Botany.] 
natural history. 
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brevissima acuta dcnticuliformia. PericarpUm cxsuccum, indc- 
hiscens, villosum, basi styli aristatum, perianthio scarioso et fila- 
mentis cmarcidis cinctum, abortione monospermum. Semen tur- 
g-idum obovatum rctusum, integuraento (testa) simplici membra- 
naceo aqueo-pallido, bine (intus) fere a basi acutiuscula, raphe 
fusca verticem retusum attingentc ibique in chalazam parvam 
concolorem ampliata. Albumen semini conforme dense carnosuin 
album. Embryo raonocotyledoneus, aqueo-pallidus subglobosus, 
extrernitate inferiore (radieulari) acuta, in ipsa basi seminis situs, 
semi-immersus, nec albumine omnino inclusus. 
Tab. C. fig. 1. KiNGiiE Australis pedunculus capitulo florido 
terminatus ; fig. 2. capitulura fructiferurn ; 3, sectio trans- 
versalis pedunculi: 4, folium: hse magnitudine natural!, se- 
quentes omnes plus minus auctae sunt ; 5, flos ; 6, stamen ; 
7, anthera antice et, 8, eadem postice visa ; 9, pistillum ; 
10, ovarii sectio transversalis ; 11, ejusdem portio longitu- 
dinaliter secta exliibens ovulum adscendens cavitatem loculi 
replens ; 12, ovulum ita longitudinaliter sectum ut meinbrana 
interna solummodo ej usque insertio in apice cavitatis testae 
visa sit; 13, ovuli sectio longitudinalis profundius ducta ex- 
hibens membranam internam et nucleum ex ejusdem basi 
ortum ; 14, bracteae capituli fructiferi ; 15, pericarpium pe- 
rianthio filamentisque persistentibus cinctum ; 16, pericarpium 
perianthio avulso filamentorum basibus relictis ; 17, semen. 
Obs. I. — It remains to be ascertained, whether in this 
genus a resin is secreted by the bases of the lower leaves, 
as in Xanthorrhoea; and whether, which is probable, it agrees 
also in the internal structure of its stem with that genus. 
In Xanthorrhoea the direction of fibres or vessels of the 
caudex seems at first sight to resemble in some degree 
the dicotyledonous arrangement, but in reality much more 
nearly approaches to that of Dracaena Draco, allowance 
being made for the greater number, and e.\treme nar- 
