(d)
Both probably varieties of O. borbonica.
O. sandwicensis, Gray, of Hawaii.
O. elliptica, Lab., of New Caledonia.
(e) O. parviflora, Schumann, of New Guinea, probably identical with O. mariannensis.
NOTE 58 (page [156])
On Pandanus (from Warburg)
(a) The size (length) of the drupes of endemic species in oceanic islands.—The drupes of P. reineckei of Samoa are 4-5 cm. (13⁄5-2 inches). Those of P. joskei and P. thurstonii in Fiji measure respectively 6 cm. (22⁄5 inch) and 21⁄2 cm. (1 inch).
Out of about sixteen species in the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodriquez) quite half have drupes 2-31⁄2 cm. (4⁄5-12⁄5 inch) in size, whilst they run up to 8 or 10 cm. (3-4 inches), and may be less than a centimetre (2⁄5 inch).
(b) The affinities of the Fijian and Samoan species.
| P. odoratissimus | Wide-ranging | Section Keura. |
| P. joskei | Fiji | Section Lophostigma. |
| P. samoensis | Samoa | Section Lophostigma. |
| P. thurstonii | Fiji | Section Acrostigma. |
| P. reineckei | Samoa | Section Hombronia. |