960 CXVIII. HYDROCHARIDEJ. [ Hydrilla. 
masses VETE all in whorls of 4 to 8, except a single small sheathing 
e at e of each branch and a pair only next above it, all oblong- 
wr latè or broadly linea to 4 lineslong and serrulate in the 
Australian as in the typical Indian form, very narrow-linear in some 
siatic varieties ale ot seen; the above character taken 
om urgh and others. Female spathes dg = eine 
shorter than the leaves, the perianth-tube 4 to $ in. long in 
Australian specimens, the outer perianth-segments nabiy 14 lines o 
the inner ones shorter and narrower. ins it linear, iin few seeds.— 
icula verticillata, Linn. f. Suppl. 416; Roxb. Corom. Pl. t. 164; 
Hydrilla ovalifolia, Rich. in Mem. Iu Tr. 1811, 76, t. 9; Udora 
australis, F. Muell. Second Gen. Rep. 16. fo 
N. Australia. Gilbert and Roper rivers, F. Mueller. 
Queensland. Water-holes near Rockhampton, Bowman, O’ Shanesy ; near Herbert 
d pa ; Mount trs Fitzalan. 
. S. Wales. Richmond river, Fawcett; Balfour's station, Leichhardt. 
icem Murray river, F. Mueller. 
Orpver CXIX. SCITAMINES. 
in most genera one of them is saintly larger, broadly etal-like and on 
the side opposed uk the perfect stamen and is t walled the /abellum. 
Anthers 2-celled or in genera not incide l- iA Ovary inferior, 
pers gto ith 1 or more ovules in each ate or rarely 1-celled. V 
simple with a terminal entire or lobed stigma. Fruit a berry ora — 
fles 7 or dy RUNE Morem Ulis. Herbi, dial! with ; P 
perennial ort or a elongated unless formed 
t ; 
height. Leaves Grii, with long sheathing etioles, ma yi often very 
large, with very numerous parallel veins di iverging fr e midrib. 
owers often very showy, in spikes racemes or Raoi. on a radic 
S 
or icm MP or pedun 
received at the — placing this porti ion ‘of th he copy in the printer's ha 
the generic characters have re neces een 
Asiatic specimens, an y therefore not always agree precisely with t 
here referred to them À 
