Casuarina. monoecia monandkia. 519 



brown hair. Male florets. Perianth proper or corol un- 

 equally ovate, with a minute perforation at the apex Tor the 

 style and stigma to pass through. FUametits single, froniythe 

 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 su[)erior, 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, e valvular. 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. Embryo 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 amont. Corol none. Germ one-celled, 

 one-seeded ; ultackment inferior. Style two-cleft. Strobile 

 two-valved, one-seeded. Seeds winged. Embryo inverse, 

 with little or no perisperm. 



C. muricata. R. 



Dioecous, arboreous. Branches and branchlets scattered, 

 horizontal ; strobiles oval, murexed with the unarmed, sharp, 

 conical points of the little capsules. 



A native of the sand hills, on the sea side, in the province 

 of Chittagong ; and from thence was sent by Dr. Buchanan 

 to the Botanic garden, where in the course often years, from 

 the seed, they have grown to be trees of from sixty to eighty 

 feet in height ; with trunks three feet and a half in circum- 



