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ORDER CXXV.— CASUARINACE^, (Casuarace^, Lindl. 

 Nat. Syst. p. 181.) 



Weeping trees, referred to a single genus, which according to Spreng. 

 syst. contains 13 species : 10 from New Holland and the South Sea Islands ; 

 1 from the Mascarenhas ; 1 from E. Africa ; and 2 from the E. Indies, one 

 of which is also a native of the South Sea Islands. Timber excellent. 

 Casuarina, L. (Spreng. syst. 3, p. 758, iVo. 3081; — Endl.gen.pl. l.jo. 271.) 

 l.equisetifolia, Forst. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 803; — Lam. ill. t. 746; — Roxb. 

 H. B. p. 66 ; — Rumph. 3, t. 57.) b Islands of the Pacific Sea. Moluc- 

 cas. Introduced into H. C. G. before 1814. Here it has not fl. 

 Wood reddish-grey, very heavy, hard. {Rumph.) 

 2. nodifiora, Forst. (Spreng. syst. I. c.) b South Sea Islands. Intro- 

 duced into H. C. G. in 1810. Fl. ? 

 Z.muricata, Roxb. (fi. ind. 3, p. 519; — Spreng. syst. 3, p. 804; — J. 

 Grah. Cat. B.pl. p. 196. — C. equisetifolia, L. suppl. excl. syn. Forst.) 

 L. b Coast along the Malayan Peninsula up to Chittagong. Now 

 introduced into every part of the plains of India, where in some places 

 it is completely domesticated, f. ex. in Lower Bengal, about Calcutta, 

 Barrackpore, Serampore, &c. Fl. minute, greenish, Feb. and March ; 

 fr. C. S. Wood reddish, of a texture like Toon, but held in no 

 estimation. (Roxb.) 



4. torulosa. Ait. (Spreng. syst. I. c.) b New Holland. Introduced into 

 H. C. G. in 1811. Y\.} 



5. distyla. Vent. (Spreng. syst. 3, p. 804.) b New Holland. Introduced 

 into H. C. G. in 1811. Fl. .? 



* Casuarina lateriflora. Lam. b Mascarenhas Islands. 



ORDER CXXVI.— DATISCACE^. Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 182. 



Herbs, by Lindl. referred to 3 genera : Datisca, L. ; Tetrameles, R. Br. ; 

 and Tricerastes, Presl. The first has one species in S. Europe, Asia Minor, 

 Iberia, Cashmere and Nepal ; and another in Pennsylvania. The second 

 is a Javanese genus. With the third we are not acquainted. Properties 

 unimportant. 

 Datisca, L. (Spreng. syst. 3, p. 895, No. 3191.) 



1. cannabina, L. (Spreng. syst. 3, p. 906 ; — Lam. ill. t. 823. — D. Nepa- 

 lensis, Don. ?) '4. S. Europe. Asia Minor. Iberia. Kunawar. Cash- 

 meer. Nepal. Has been introduced into H. C, G. Fl. } 



* Tetrameles nudiflora, R. Br. Horsf. pi. as. rar. 1, p. 79, t. 17. L. b Java. 



