New or Noteworthy Trees from Micronesia X

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Kanehira, Ryozo (1935). "New or Noteworthy Trees from Micronesia X". Shokubutsugaku Zasshi. Toyko, Japan: Botanical Society of Japan. 49 (579): 103–114. doi:10.15281/jplantres1887.49.103. ISSN 0006-808X.


Abstract: 105) Pandanus Hosinoi KANEHIRA ( Keura) nov.sp.(Fig. 8) Foliis 2 m lougis, 6-6 cm latis, margine erebre armatis. Syncarpiis 26 cm l.ongis, 20 cm latis, phalangiis obovoideis, apice rotundatis, basi sicco abrupte angustatis, partibus 1/4 superioribus liberis, 8-ad 12-locellatis, loculis leviter convexis, haul pyramidatis, inaequal.ibus,plus minusve concentrice disposltiis, valde sulcatis, stigmatibus renif ormibus, suberectis. Endocarpium osseum dorsiventraliter compressum, utrinque rimosum, margine sursum protruso. Mesocarpium cum cavernis, lacunosum, distincte loculatum, exterioribus majoribus, usque ad 3 cm longis, mesocarpium inf erum fibrosum, 1.5 cm longum. Syncarps oblong, composed of about 85 angular, obovoid phalanges. Phalanges about 9 cm long, 4 cm in extreme width, the sutures prominent but not deep, the 6-8 outer large locules surrounding 2-4 inner small ones, convex at the apex, terminating in a bony suberect stigma. Endocarp osseous, thick-walled, slightly supra-median in position, margins directed prominently upward, both ends rimose. Apical mesocarp divided into distinct locular chambers, outer ones much larger, about 3 cm. in length while the inner ones only 1.5 cm long. No. 2811 III. IIosINo Ponape Aug. 1933; locally known as "nane kejak" ( Ponape). A species well characterized by its large many-loculed, obovoid phalange, with rounded shoulders and slightly convex locules as well as by its large apical mesocarps which are distinctly divided into Jocular chambers.106) Pandanus jaluitensis KANEHIRA (~ Keura) nov.sp.(Fig. 9) Syncarpiis solitariis, pendulis, oblongis, usque ad 30 cm longis, 20 cm latis, phalangiis obpyrif ormis, 8 cm longis, 4-5 cm latis, apice subtruncatis, basi sicco abrupte angustatis, partibus superioribus cylindraceis, partibus medianis plus minusve dilatatis, 9-interdum 8-lecellatis, loculis sub-

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