Casuarina. MONOECIA MONANDRIA, mes) 3!) 
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brown hair. MALE FLorets, Perianth proper or corel un- 
equally ovate, with a minute perforation at the apex for the 
_ style and stigma to pass through. Filaments single, from{the 
bottom of the tube of the perianth, ovate with a minute per- 
foration at the apex for the style and stigma to pass through. 
Germ superior, hid in the perianth, lanceolate, one-celled, 
Style short. Stigma trifid. Drupe oblong, rather larger 
than the largest olive; when ripe smooth, and of a reddish 
orange colour, one-celled, Pulp intermixed with many ten- 
der spicule like those of Cowhage, yet said to be greedily 
eaten by the natives, where the plants grow. Nut conform 
to the drupe, rather tough, but thin and ribbed on the inside, 
and on the outside striated, one-celled, evalvular. ‘Seed con- 
form to the nut. Integuments two; the exterior one thin and 
fibrous; the inner one less distinct, and adhering to the pe- 
risperm very firmly, Perisperm conform to the seed, car- 
tilaginous. L'mbryo in the apex of the perisperm, straight. 
Cotyledons two, ensiform, unequal. Radicle superior. 
CASUARINA. Schreb. gen. N. 1395. 
Male calyx an ament. Corol two-petalled, or two-parted, 
Female calyx an ament, Corol none. Germ one 
one-seeded ; adtachment inferior. Style two-clett. Strobile 
two-valved, one-seeded, Seeds winged. Embryoi inverse, 
with little or no perisperm, ; 
eae pes ad Branches and branchlets tek 
horizontal ; strobiles oval, murexed with the unarmed, ohare 
conical points of the little capsules, 
_ Anative of the sand hills, ‘on the sea side, in shi ah 
: ong; and from thence was sent by Dr, Buchanan 
pee the Botanic garden, where in the course of ten eesti: Ps 
feet in height; ath trunks thee feet oni a half in 4 
