488 OLXiv. PANDANE^. (Hook. f.) [Freycinetia. 



Stem as thick as the middle finger. Leaves much longer broader and more 

 coriaceous than in the preceding species, Male spcMces in bad condition ; fern, 

 li— 2 by J-1 in. diam. ; pedicel as long. 



4. P. Gaudlchaudii, Bennet, PI. Jav. Bar. 31, t. 9 ; leaves 5-6 by 

 -|-i in. strict linear-lanceolate serrulate towards the caudate tip, spadices 

 nmtellate stoutly shortly peduncled, fern, stout cylindrio, spathes short 

 fleshy. KunthlEnvm,.iii.l02,; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 170 ; Kurx in Seem. 

 Journ. Bot. v. (1867) 134. ; Solms in Linnsea, xlii. (1878) 86. 



Malacca, Maingay (Eew Distrih. 1537). 



Stem as thick as a swan's quill. Leaves coriaceous, flat ; sheaths short, mem- 

 branoQs. Spathes lJ-2 in., cymbiform. Fern, spadix ij by i in. diam. or more. — 

 The fem. spadices appear longer stouter and upon much shorter pedicels than are 

 represented in the figure cited, but no dependence can be placed on drawings and 

 descriptions of a succulent inflorescence made from dried specimens. 



6. r. inslgrnis, Blume Burrvph. 158, t. 42 ; leaves 1^-3 ft. by |-1 in., 

 acuminate spinulose-serrate on the margins and midrib beneath, spadices 

 2-3 peduncled erect, outer spathes greenish inner red, fruit 2-4 in. elongate- 

 oblong green, berries free at the conical 3-5.oornered apex, stigmas 3-1 

 horse-shoe shaped. Kunih Enum. iii. 586 ; Miq^. PI. Jimg. i. 166 ; Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. iii. 170; Xurz For. Fl. ii. 509. 



Andaman Islds., Kuris. — Disteib. Java. 



A lofty sparingly branched climber. — I have seen no specimens ; the characters 

 are from Kurz. 



OEDEa CLXV. TVPKACSa:. By J. D. Hooker. 



Aquatic or marsh perennial herbs. Leaves linear, erect or floating. 

 Flowers small or minute densely crowded in globose or cyliadric unisexual 

 bracteate spikes the upper of which are males ; perianth of green scales or 

 fine hairs. Male fl. Stamens 1-7, filaments free or connate, anthers basi- 

 flxed. Fem.fl. Ovary superior, 1-2-celled, cells 1-ovuled, styles persistent, 

 stigmas laterally papillose ; ovule pendulous from the top of the cell. 

 Fruit small, membranous or drupaceous. Seed pendulous, albumen fleshy 

 or floury ; embryo axile, cylindric, radicular end thickened, plumule in a 

 lateral slit. — Genera 2, species about 15, cosmopolitan. 



Perianth of slender hairs 1. Typha. 



Perianth of green scales 2. SPABaAuiUM. 



1. TYPKA, Unn. 



Marsh herbs, ieawes erect, spongy, i^'towers in very dense superposed 

 cyliudric spikes (catkins), often intermixed with capillary bracteoles (hairs 

 with dilated tips). Perianth of capillary hairs, or in the male. Stamens 

 1 or more, tip of connective thickened. Ooary (often reduced to a clavate 

 tipped hair) very minute, on a long capillary stipes, narrowed into a 

 capillary style with a olavate or filiform stigma. Fruit very minute ; peri- 

 carp membranous, indehiscent or laterally dehiscent ; albumen floury. — 

 Species about 10, temp, and trop. 



In all the Indian species the male spike is more or leas distant from the fem. I 

 am very doubtful as to their limits and synonyms. I am indebted to the works 

 referred to under the species of Rohrbach and Korner for indications of some minute 

 characters, The male fl. are sometimes replaced by clavate bodies. 



