CASUARINEJE 



525 



free at the tips only. In this respect they bear a strong 

 resemblance to the Equisetaceae and some of the Coniferae. 



Casuarina Cunninghainiana, Miq. (fig. 664). 



Primary root slender, wiry, flexuose, with 

 similar lateral fibres. 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, glabrous, wiry, deep 

 shining brown, very slender, 6'5 mm.-2'l cm. 

 long. 



Cotyledons oval, obtuse, entire, sessile, 



FIG. 664. Casuarina 

 Cunninghamiana, x 2. 



FIG. 665. Casuarina stricta. Nat. size. 



glabrous, with a midrib slightly discernible on the under side by 

 transmitted light, deep green above, paler beneath, 3-4-25 mm. 

 long, 1-5-2-5 mm. wide. 



