188 |o CXXVII. LAURINES. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Cassytha. 
introrse anthers, of the 9nd similar or stamens reduced to staminodes, gi 
the 3rd 2-glandular with extrorse 2-celled anthers. Fruit enclosed in the 
succulent perianth-tube, crowned by its limb. Cotyledons at length con- 
fluent.—Species about 15, Australian, with a few S. African and one widely 
distributed. 
1. C. filiformis, Linn. Sp. Pl. 35; quite glabrous, or young parts 
puberulous, stems slender, flowers sessile in lax or dense lateral spi oh 
perianth twice the length of the rounded ciliate bracteoles, outer sepa 4 
rounded ciliate, inner oblong, fruit globose smooth (not ribbed). Nees Syst. 
Laurin. 649; Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 255; Wight Ic. t. 1847 ; Wall. ` 
Cat. 2608 and 7534; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 314; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Ft. 29 
Griff. Notul. iv. 353; Hook. Fl. Exot. t. 167; Benth. Fl. Austral. v. 911. 
C. americana and C. guineensis, Meissn. in DC. L. c. 311.—Rheede Hort. 
-Mal. vii. t. 44. 
From BANDA to BENGAL, SILHET? and CHITTAGONG, and southward to i 
VANCORE and CEYLON. PENANG, Wallich. MALACCA, Griffith. — DISTRIB. yr 
Mascarene Island, Tropical E. Asia and islands, Australia, Polynesia, Tropical 
and America. i: hite 
Forming a web of leafless cords over bushes. Spikes 4-2 in. ; flowers yz 10., "d d 
rather distant; bracts rounded, ciliate. Perianth-segments, outer small, rounded, 
ciliate; inner much longer, ovate, Fruit glabrous, the size of a pea, crowned by the 
perianth-lobes. 
2. €. capillaris, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 252; quite glabrous, 
stems capillary, flowers few in very small peduncled heads, bracts minute 
acute, sepals ovate obtuse inner rather the longest. . 
CEYLON, Thwaites.— D1sTRIB. Borneo. 
A much more slender plant than C. filiformis, forming hair-like masses of con- 
siderable length. 
15. HERNANDIA, Linn. 
Evergreen trees. Leaves alternate, ovate or peltate, 3-7-nerved. F ntc $ 
moncecious, 3-nately involucrate at the ends of the branches of a lax DA d ’ 
pedicelled, centre flower 9 with a cupular involucel at its base, latera, re 
bracts of involucre 4—5, subvalvate in bud. Perianth-segments 1n 2 wr “the 
series, 3-6 in (d? fl., 4-8 in 9 fl. Stamens as many as and opposite " 
outer perianth-segments, filaments 1-2- or e-glandular; anthers ie mà 
extrorse; staminodes 4-5 in fl. 9. Ovary inferior; style short, s ed 
dilated toothed or lobed. Fruit enclosed in the enlarged involucel. 
globose or ovoid, testa thick hard ribbed ; embryo thick, lobed and ruminate. 
— Species 8, tropical. 
H. peltata, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 263; leaves rounded-ov 
obtuse or acute peltate, flowers in hoary long-peduncled corymbs, fi a 
2-glandular, fruit ovoid 8-ribbed. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 309; Beddow 
Sylvat. t. 300; Benth. Fl. Austral. v. 314; Seem. Fl. Vit. 205, t. 97. 
t. 
Sonora, Linn. in part; Wight Ic. t. 1855; Thwaites Enum. 258 ; Wall. Ca 
7811. 
ea- 
SINGAPORE, Wallich. ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Herb, Calcutt. CEYLON; 0n the ada- 
shore.— DisTRIB. Malay Archipelago, N. Australia, Pacific Islands, E. Africa, 
car. 
A tree; branchlets stout, smooth, wood soft. Leaves 6-12 in., rather coriaceous 
$-9-nerved; petiole as long, stout. Corymbs 4-10 in. broad; flowers clustered, 
: jin 
middle one of the three female with sometimes a few males below it. Male fei ucel 
diam. ; segments 6, hoary, 2-seriate; filaments short. Female fl. smaller ; 
