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Gen. V. CORDYLINE, Comm. 
Perianthium campanulatum, 6-fidum, sequale, deciduum. Stamina 6, fauce inserta; filamentis subu- 
latis, glabris; antheris versatilibus. Ovarium loculis polyspermis; stylo erecto; stigmate 3-lobo. Bacca 
globosa, 3-locularis. Semina plura v. abortu solitaria; umbilico strophiolato.—Frutices caulescentes v. 
arbores trunco elato, apice folioso ; floribus paniculatis, 2-3-bracteatis. 
Natives of the Tropical islands and South Temperate zone; one species is Australian. Of the New Zealand 
species, one is a small stemless plant, the others are trees with tall trunks and leaves clustered at the top.—Flowers 
white, sessile or nearly so, on the branches of a spreading terminal panicle, 2-3-bracteate. Perianth 6-partite, 
bell-shaped. Stamens glabrous, attached to the pieces of the perianth. Ovary three-celled; ovules many; style 
straight; stigma three-lobed. Berry globose, three-lobed, three-celled, ripening but few seeds. —The celebrated 
“Ti” of the South Sea Islands (whence the New Zealand name “Ti” for C. australis) belongs to this genus, and 
forms an important part of the Sandwich Islanders’ food; its roots are eaten baked, are bruised, fermented, and dis- 
tilled for preparing an intoxicating drink, and are boiled for sugar. The leaves are eaten by cattle, and used for 
thatching; the fibre is woven into cloth. The whole plant forms a hedge. (Name from xopdvAn, a club.) 
1. Cordyline stricta, Endl. ; acaulis, rhizomate crasso, foliis angustissime lineari-lanceolatis basi sub- 
eguitantibus costatis striatisque margine scaberulis, panicule ramis gracilibus elongatis, panicula laxiflora, 
floribus parvis sparsis breve pedicellatis, perianthio brevi—ndl. Synops. Fl. Ins. Occ. Austr. in Ann. 
Vienn. Mus. v. 1. p. 162. A. Cunn, Prodr. Anthericoides stricta, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. Via Draceena 
stricta, Bot. Mag. t. 2575, et Bot. Reg. t. 956. Tas. LVIII. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands; common, Banks and Solander, etc. 
Much the smallest New Zealand species. Stem none, or very short, and covered with the bases of the leaves. 
Leaves distichous, rigid, deeply striated, 13-23 feet long, 4-4 inch broad. Panicle large and spreading, with very 
long and slender distant ascending branches. Flowers small, greenish, 2 lines across, nearly $ inch apart. Bracts 
subulate, outer longer than the short pedicel.—This does not appear to be the Dracena stricta of the ‘ Botanical 
Magazine’ and ‘Register,’ but is the Anthericoides stricta of Banks and Solander. Endlicher describes it as a 
Norfolk Island plant, whence I have seen no specimens.—Puate LVIII. Fig. 1, flower; 2, the same laid open :— 
both magnified. 
2. Cordyline australis, Endl.; arborea, trunco 10—40-pedali simplici v. apice ramoso, foliis lineari- 
lanceolatis planis sessilibus vel in petiolum angustatis basi dilatatis striatis costa venisgue inconspicuis, 
panicula laxiflora, floribus sparsis.—JZnd/. Prodr. Fl. Ins. Norf. Bot. Mag. t. 2835. C. obtecta, Graham 
in Ed. Phil. Journ. 1827, p. 175. Draceena australis, Forst. 
Haz. Northern and Middle Islands, Banks and Solander, etc. Nat. name, “ Ti,” Cunn. (Cultivated 
in England.) 
This is a common Bay of Islands plant, with a trunk 20-40 feet high, and 30 inches in diameter, simple or 
divided at the top, and a head of long, coriaceous, lanceolate, acuminate, sword-shaped leaves, 2—3 feet long, often 
narrowed into a petiole, and with midrib and veins inconspicuous, or the latter distinct but slender. Panicles 2-4 
feet long, much branched. Flowers numerous, odorous, larger, and rather more crowded than in C. stricta, nearly 
3 inch across when expanded, white; segments of the perianth linear-oblong. Bracs three, very variable in size 
and form ; outer largest, ovate-acuminate or blunt, inner broader, blunt. The pith and bases of the petioles of this 
were once used as food by the natives. Wood soft, of no value.—I think there may be two species confounded 
under this,—one common in the Bay of Islands and other northern parts, with the leaves scarcely contracted into a 
petiole, and the nerves very inconspicuous; the other with leaves much contracted and the lateral nerves distinct. 
The latter Mr. Colenso describes as a smaller and very different plant, but I find no character whatever in the 
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