488 CLXIV. PANDANE.E. (Hook. f.) [ Freycinetia. 
Stem as thick as the middle finger. Leaves much longer broader and ur 
coriaceous than in the preceding species. Male spadices in bad condition; fem. 
14-2 by £-1 in. diam. ; pedicel as long. 
4, F. Gaudichaudii, Bennet, Pl. Jav. Rar. 31, t. 9; leaves 5-6 by 
$-1 in. strict linear-lanceolate serrulate towards the caudate tip, specie 
umbellate stoutly shortly peduncled, fem. stout cylindric, spathes shor 
fleshy. Kunth Enum. iii. 102; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 170; Kurz in Seem. 
Journ. Bot. v. (1867) 134; Solms in Linnea, xlii. (1878) 86. 
Mataccoa, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1537). . 
Stem as thick as ` LO, quill. pM coriaceous, flat; sheaths short, mem- 
branous, Spathes 11-2 in., cymbiform. Fem. spadix lj by à in. diam. or paez 
The fem. spadices appear longer stouter and upon much shorter pedicels than an 
represented in tbe figure cited, but no dependence can be placed on drawings 
descriptions of a succulent inflorescence made from dried specimens. 
5. F. insignis, Blume Rumph. 158, t. 42 ; leaves 14-3 ft. by KE 
acuminate spinulose-serrate on the margins and midrib beneath, spadico 
2-3 peduncled erect, outer spathes greenish inner red, fruit 2-4 in. etong 
oblong green, berries free at the conical 3-5-cornered apex, stige” 
horse-shoe shaped. Kunth Enum. ii. 586; Mig. Pl. Jung. i. 166; 
Ind. Bat. ii. 170; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 509. 
ANDAMAN Isrps., Kurz.—DISTRIB. Java. 
: ters 
A lofty sparingly branched climber.—I have seen no specimens; the charac 
are from Kurz. ` 
Order CLXV. TYPHACEÆ. By J.D. Hooker. 
Aquatic or marsh perennial herbs. Leaves linear, erect Or TG: 
Flowers small or minute densely crowded in globose or cylindric nni es or 
bracteate spikes the upper of which are males; perianth of green sca basi- 
fine hairs. Male fl. Stamens 1-7, filaments free or connate, anthers tont, 
fixed. Fem. fl. Ovary superior, 1-2-celled, cells 1-ovuled, styles penne cell. 
stigmas laterally papillose; ovule pendulous from the top of fleshy 
Fruit small, membranous or drupaceous, Seed pendulous, albumen. in à 
or floury; embryo axile, cylindric, radicular end thickened, Dom 
lateral slit.—Genera 2, species about 15, cosmopolitan. 
Perianth of slender hairs... . . . . 0... L TYPHA . 
Perianth of green scales deeg 
1. TYPHA, Linn. 
sed 
Marsh herbs. Leaves erect, spongy. Flowers in very dense pies ts 
cylindric spikes (catkins), often intermixed with capillary bracte 
D D D 1 mens 
with dilated tips). Perianth of capillary hairs, or 0 in the male. a clavate 
1 or more, tip of connective thickened. Ovary (often reduced tor into 2 
tipped hair) very minute, on a long capillary stipes, narrowe’ ` oer 
capillary style with a clavate or filiform digma. Fruit very minuto; ` 
carp membranous, indehiscent or laterally dehiscent ; albume? 
Species about 10, temp. and trop. I 
m. 
In all the Indian species the male spike is more or less distant from the orks 
am very doubtful as to their limits and synonyms. I am indeb y me minute 
referred to under the species of Rohrbach and Korner for indications of 80 í 
characters, The male fl. are sometimes replaced by clavate bodies. 
