GS2 PHILYDRACE^ — PAXDANACE*. 



ORDER CCXLVIII.— PHILYDRACEiE. Liadl. Nat. Syst. p. 357. 



Herbs, natives of marshes or other wet places, belonging to 1 genus, and 

 2 species, both belonging to New Holland, and 1 of them also to China 

 and Cochin China. " Properties unknown." {Lindl.) 



Philydrum lanuginosum, Banks. (Garciana cochin- chinensis, Lour.) 

 Tropical New Holland. S. China. Cochin China. 



ORDER CCXLIX.— PANDANACE^. Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 361. 

 (Pandanese, Endl. gen. pi. p. 242.) 



Palm-like plants, by Lindl. referred to 2 genera. Of these, Spreng. 

 syst. enumerates 8 species for the Mascarenhas Islands ; 2-3 for Mada- 

 gascar ; 2 for New Holland ; and 1 for Guinea. In the E. Indies have 

 been found 12 species of Pandanus, and 4 oi Freycinetia. The American 

 species of this order, alluded to by Humb. in Lindl. 1. c. p. 362, are un- 

 known to us. 



" The seeds of Pandanus are eatable. The fruit of several is also an 

 article of food. The leaves are used for thatching and cordage. The im- 

 mature fruit is reputed emmenagogue. Humb" {Lindl.) 

 Pandanus, L. fil. {Spreng. 3, p. 892, No. 3158;— ft. Br. pr. p. 341 ;— 

 Endl. gen. pi. l,p. 242.) 

 1. odoratissimus, L. fil. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 897 ; — Rosb. Coram. 1, t. 

 94, 95, 96; /, ind. 3, p. 738, excL syn. As. res. — Lour, co- 

 chinch. 2, p. 603 ^—Rheed. 2, t. 8 ;— /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p, 227- 

 — Athrodactylis spinosa, Forst. gen. No. 75; — Rheed. 2, t. 1-5; 

 — Rumph. 4, t. 74.) C^1 Kea. B Native place uncertain. Cultivated 

 over all the warmer parts of Asia. Fl. small, delightfully fragrant, 

 R. S. ; fr. C. S. The fusiform, tough, fibrous roots are used by basket- 

 makers to tie their work with, and on account of their softness, by the 

 natives, as corks, {Roxb.) Matting and package bags are made of 

 them at the Mauritius. Avenues are formed of the shrubs themselves 

 in China, Cochin China and Mauritius, and in the two former countries 

 elephants are fed on them. {Lour. Hardw.) The lower yellow pulpy 

 part of the drupe, is sometimes eaten by the natives during times of 

 scarcity and famine, the same is the case with the white base of the 

 leaves, which is consumed raw or boiled. {Roxh.) 

 2.moschatus, Rumph. {Amb. 4, p. 147, cap. 85; — P. Isevis, Lam.; — 

 Spreng. ii, p. 398. — P. inermis, Roxb. fi. ind. '■\,p. 744.) $ Moluccas. 

 Cochin China. Introduced into H. C. G, in 1810, but had not fl. in 

 1814. 



