830 



XXIX. FKEYCINETIE.E. 



each strip become Involute, giving it a cylindrical shape, which greatly increases its solidity. The price 

 of these hats varies singularly ; the commonest are sold for Is. Gd., those of medium quality are worth 5s. ; 

 a fine one will fetch 3/. 2. Gd. to 51. 4s. 2d. ; but some are made of so fine a tissue that they are sold at 

 the enormous price of 20/. 16s. 8rf. The straw of Carludoiica is also used in the manufacture of cigar- 

 cases. 



XXIX. FREYCINETIE^E, Brongniart. 



Fr<yeinelia Santtii. 



Vertical section of a group of 



stamens enclosing the abortive 



pistil. 



Frrycinetia imbricata. 

 Transverse section of 



fruit (mat'.). 



F. Banktii. 



Ovary accompanied by 

 sterile stamens. 



Frfycinetia. 



Seed, entire and cut vertically 

 (mag.)- 



STEM often rooting or sarmentose, rarely arborescent, with the habit of 

 Pandanus. LEAVES narrow, sheathing, amplexicaul below, with parallel nerves, 

 denticulate or sub-spinous on their edge and dorsal face, equitant in aestivation. 

 INFLOEESCENCE terminal, rarely lateral ; spathes usually yellow or red. SPADIX 

 polygamo-diojcious, simple, entirely covered with naked flowers. FLOWERS $ in a 

 tuft, often grouped around an abortive ovary. STAMENS oo ; filaments filiform, 

 isolated or in groups of 2-3 ; anthers 2-celled. FLOWERS 9 : OVARIES numerous, 

 1-celled, many-ovuled, accompanied at the base with sterile stamens, which are 

 isolated or agglomerated in bundles of 3 4-oo ; stigmas sessile, distinct; ovules 

 anatropous, ascending, 2-seriate on 3 parietal placentas, linear, alternating with the 

 stigmas. BERRIES aggregated, 1-celled, several-seeded. SEEDS minute, sunk in a 

 colourless pulp, erect on short funicles ; testa membranous, smooth or striate ; raphe 

 lateral, more or less developed, and strophiolate ; albumen fleshy, dense. EMBRYO 

 minute, straight ; radicle near the hilum, and inferior. 



ONLY GENUS. 

 Freycinetia. 



Freyctnetieee are distinguished from Pandunete by their ovaries with three many-ovuled placentas, 

 and the baccate lower part of the fruit. Like Pandanea thev inhabit the large islands of the [Malayan 

 Archipelago,] Pacific Ocean, Norfolk Island, New Zealand and North Australia. 



