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m e nW o rm tu s ^ ^ ? ^ tT ® ™“ ^ - 3 sterilibus alternantibus dissepimenWormibus
stigmatibus brevibus recurvis. T. decipiens, ü r . T . filifolium, SeS. H o o k Ic . P l f 579
. Cunn. P ro d T. Montevidense, Spreng. S yst. Veg. T. tricapsulare, B a n k s et Sol. M S S . et H .
AB. Th ro u g h o u t tlie Islands, in marshy places, often nea r tb e sea, common, Bank s a n d Solander ete
t e r e t e ^ ! ! u l r o r ‘‘/ j e q , variable in size, 3 inches to a span long. Leaves filiform, grassy, semiorbirai
Abundant m Anstraha and Tasmania, the Cape of Good Hope, and extra-tropical North and South Am’erica. '
Gen. n . POTAM O GE TO N, L .
PeriantUuM 4 -p artitum . S tamina et ovaria 4. Capsnlæ 4, evalves, 1-spermæ; e-mbryone curvato.
nart- o n i r ' ‘a " “ “I- ™ over various
° , 7 ® ? elongated, branched. Leaves with often ochreate stipules, grassy and linear or broad
.n d pe lolate, submerged or floating; sometimes the submerged ones differ from the others Flowei-'s sessile in
a Z ; : : : " Z / : : r - ^ d r y .in d eM s c e n t . (Name from
1. P otamogetón L. ; foliis natan tib u s petiolatis elliptico-oblongis lauceolatisve u trin q u e ro tu n datis
acutisve. lm n . Sp. P l. A . Cunn. Prodr. Eng. B o t. t. 18 2 2 .
H ae. N o rth e rn an d Middle Islands, A . Cunn., ete. (A native of England.)
One of the commonest European aud North American water-plants, also fonnd in India Australia Tasman'
rr.tr;;,
»pica oblonga.” Raoul, Choix de Pla n tes, p . 13. <, 6. ; “erecïus,
H ab. Middle Islan d . Akaroa, Raoul.
I never saw this plant, which seems, according to M. Eaoul’s description and beautiful plate, to be the common
P . grarmiwas, found m many parts of the world, including Australia and Tasmania. I t may be recognized T v T
h n e a , grassy, blnnt leaves. 2 *-3 inches long; and the membranous sheathing tubular s tip /e s , with a f l l r i a t e d
4 ; antheris 1-locularibus.
Gen. I I I . R U P P IA , L .
Mores hermaphoditi, pauci, spicati. P e rianthium 0.
in dm sum . Achenia 4, pedicellata, 1-sperma
' A ~ S = H r s ~ ~ ™ = —
S é ' S S á r
1. E uppia maritima, L . Eng. B o t. t. 136.
H ab. N o rth e rn Islan d , frequent. Sinclair, ete. (A native of England.)
Gen. IV . Z A N N IC H E L L IA ,
a Venetian
Flores monoici. P l . cf. P e rianthium 0. Stamen 1 ; an th era 2 -4 -lo cn la ris. E l . ? .
i-foholatum. Ouart« 4 v. plura. S t i g m a t a AcAcwi« stip ita ta (rarius sessiha).
Floating or submerged plants, forming tangled masses in fresh water, with long, thread-like, branching stems
aud leaves, and minute axillary flowers, which are unisexual, and arise from a membranous bract. Wale flower a
long filament, on a short peduncle, with an anther at the summit. Female sessile or shortly pedunculate, surrounded
with a membranous hooded bract. Achenia linear, curved, stipitate, with long styles and discoid stigmata. The
Z. palustris is found in most temperate ehmates, Australia, etc. (Named in honour of / . J . ,
apothecary and botanist.)
1. Zannichelliay ia& íím , L . Engl. B o t .t. 1 8 4 4 .
H ab. N o rth e rn Islan d . E a st Cape, Colenso. (A native of En g lan d .)
N a t . O r d . LXXXIV. PANDANBoE, Br.
Gen. I . E E E T C IN E T IA ,
Flores pseudo-polygami ; spadice simphci. E l . g . Stamina plurima, circa discum oblongum fascicula
ta ; filamentis filiformibus; antheris 2-locularibus. F l . ? . Ovaria plurima, in phalanges connata, staminibus
effoetis stipata, 1-locularia. Ovula plurima, placentis 3 parietah b u s funicuhs brevibus affixa, ascendeu-
tia, anatropa. Ba e ca carnosulæ, e carpeUis connatis multiloculares, polyspermæ.
A very remarkable genus of chiefly Tropical Asiatic, Malayan, and Polynesian climbing plants, with sheathing,
long, rather grassy leaves, usually spinous or serrate along the edge, and terminal, solitary, or fasciculate simple
spadices of unisexual flowers. The F. Banksii climbs the loftiest trees, rooting as it ascends, and branching copiously.
Leaves 2 -3 feet long, linear-subulate, minutely toothed along the edges, with a long trigonous tip.
Spadices fascicled, suiTOunded by fleshy white bracteæ formed of reduced leaves, pedunculate, male and female on
separate branches, erect, cylindrical, 3 -4 inches long. Males of numerous bundles of stamens surrounding a raised
gland (or abortive ovary). Female of many bundles of concrete ovules, smTounded by abortive stamens. Fm it a
mass of rather fleshy truncate berries, formed of the connate ovaria,—The bracteæ and young spadices of this plant
are eaten by the natives, and made into a jelly by the colonists, tasting hke preserved strawberries. Leaves used
for making baskets, etc. (Named in honour of the French Admhal Fregcinet, who circumnavigated the globe in the
frigate L ’Dranie.)
1. Freyciiietia B a n k sii, Cunn. ; alte scandens, fohis 2-pedahbus anguste lineari-subulatis serrulatis,
bracteis carnosis, spadicibus cylindraceis obtusis. A . Cunn. Prodr. P an d an u s inchnans. B a n k s et Sol. M S S .
et le . T ab. L IV . et LV . -
H ab. N o rth e rn Islan d , as far soutli as tb e Thames an d east coast, B a n k s a n d Solander, ete. N a t.
name, “ Tawliara,” Col.
P l a t e LIV. aud LV. Fig. 1, male spadix; 2, flowers; 3, stamen; 4, ovarium; 5, its imperfect stamen;
6, ripe female sp.adix ; 7, ripe fruit detached; S, vertical section of the same; 9. 10, seeds; 11, vertical section
of ditto -.— all but flg. 1 and 6 magnified.