Puormium TENAX. New ZEALAND Fax. 
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: Class oa Order. 
aoe Hexanprra: Monoaynia. 
(Nat. Ord.— Aspuoprien. rae 
tS | Generic Character. | 
_ Perianthium profunde 6-partitum vel 6-phyllum, folio- 
is in tubum approximatis, interioribus longioribus apice 
tentibus. Stam. adscendentia erecta, 3 breviora recep- 
ulo corolle inserta. Stylus trigynus, stizmate trigono. 
psula oblongo-elongata, trigona, torta, trilocularis. Sem.. 
_humerosa, plana, margine membranacea. Schult. 
Fig a 
A aa Specific Name and Synonyms. 
-Prormium* tenax. Thunb. Diss. Nov. Gen. p. 94. Forst. 
Gen. nm. 24, Prodr. p. 325. Cook, Voy. v. 2. p. 96. 
cum Ie. Thouinin Ann. du Mus. v. 2. p. 228 et A7A. 
t.19. St. Fond, v. 19. p. 401. t. 20. Redout. Liliac. 
t. 448, 449. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2.0.2. p. 284. Schult. 
Syst. Veget. v. 6. p. 621. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. 
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Descr. Root fleshy, forming a somewhat. tuberiform 
rootstock, creeping beneath the surface of the soil, and 
sending up many tufts of luxuriantly growing leaves, from 
ur to eight feet long, and from two to four inches in dia- 
meter. They are distichous, vertical, coriaceous, deep 
Rae somewhat glaucous beneath, finely striated, ensi- 
 _ * Qopuoz, a basket, in allusion to one of the uses made of the leaves of the — 
plant, by the inhabitants of its native country. Fare 435 
