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14. Vaxda, ISo. 2. Flowers rosc-colourcil. C'oiumon. 



15. Vaxdv, No. 3? 



16. Yaxda teres, Lliull. 



17. TiKXIOI'lIVLLUM XOEMAI.E, KurZ. 



18. Cleisostoma, Sp. ? (iin C. galeata, Thwaitos?). 



19. Al'PENDICULA, Sp. ? (or AliKOSTOI'UVI.I.lM ?). 



20. Cyjibidiusi aloifolium, S\v. 



21. AcKiopsis, Sp. ? 



22. Peuistylus, Sp. ? 



23. Vanilla, Sp. ? 



24. Et.eiua, Sp. ? 



25. TKOriDIA CORCtJLIGOIDICS, Liudl. 



* * * AUiumeyi fonry. Einlnjo disUncf. 



ANOMALES. 



Flowers usually hermaphrodite and very irregular (except in BromcUcicea). 

 Periuntk of 5 or 6 segments. ,Staincux 6, with 1 or 5 anthers, the rest petaloid. (In 

 Uromeliaccw aU bear anthers.) Ovar^ usually 3-celled. Fruit a berry or capsule. 



Ordir BllOMELIACE^. 



Floioers hermaphrodite, regular or nearly so. Perianth scx-merous, bi-scriato, the 

 exterior calycoid, the inner petaloid. Stmi/eiis 6. Orary 3-celled. Fruit a berry 

 indeliiscent, or a 3-valved capsule. Generally stomless herbaceous plants, with 

 perennial stock and fibrous roots and mostly e])ipbytio. 



Ananassa. 

 *A. SATITA, Schult. Cultivated all over Burma and tlie 



Na-nat. Pine-apple. Nicobars. 



The Bromeliaeea arc all American plants. The pine-apple is the most important, 

 and when fine is the most delightful fruit ot the tropics, being juicy, wholesome, and 

 fragrant. The leaves yield a beautiful fibre, which in countries like Burma, where 

 tlie ])ine-apple flourishes like a weed about villages, should become of commercial 

 importance ; and a cheap and simple way of extracting and preparing the fibre seems 

 all that is necessary to insure its becoming so. 



Order MUSACE.E. 



Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual, irregular. Perin/ifh siiperior, corolla-lik(!, 

 sexpartite in 2 distinct rows, the outer jieriauth triphyllous, the iuner 3 segments 

 developed, or the 2 perianths united into 2 lip-like segments. Stamens 6, adnate to 

 the base of the perianth, or free, or often the postichous stamen aborted. Anthers 

 linear, 2-celled, turned inwards. Ovary inferior, 3-celled, with many, or rarely a 

 solitary ovule in each cell. Style simide ; stiyma usually trilobed. Fruit cither 

 a 3-celled woody capsule, opening loculieidally, or succulent and indehiscent or 

 irregularly bursting. Seeds usually imbedded in pulp, or rarely with a luiir-like 

 arillus, the testa usually crustaceous. Albumen mealy. Embryo straight, oblong- 

 linear, or mushroom-shaped. 



A small order of great economical importance. It contains only a single woody 

 tree, the rest being cither low or tree-like tall herbs. The ])lantains and banana are 

 well known as nutritive fruits, and many, if not all, of the .species of Musa yield 

 more or less valuable fibre, amongst which the Manilla-hemp {Mum textilis) is best 

 known in commerce. The juice of most plantains may be used for blackening leather. 



