. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . ular tissue, woody fibre, ducts,and spiral vessels. Leaves usually present: cuticle with stomata. Flowers with perceptiblestamens and pistils. Seeds generally with an embryo enclosed within a spermodcrm, fur-nished with one or more cotyledons. 1. RHIZANTHEjE, Blume.—RHIZANTHS. Essential Character.—Parasitical leafless plants. Stem homogeneous. Vascular systemscarcely present. Flowers propagated by the agency of sexes. Seeds havino- no embryo, butconsisting of a homogeneous sporuliferous mass. (Lindley.) Order VI—RAFFLESIACE^, Endl
. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . ular tissue, woody fibre, ducts,and spiral vessels. Leaves usually present: cuticle with stomata. Flowers with perceptiblestamens and pistils. Seeds generally with an embryo enclosed within a spermodcrm, fur-nished with one or more cotyledons. 1. RHIZANTHEjE, Blume.—RHIZANTHS. Essential Character.—Parasitical leafless plants. Stem homogeneous. Vascular systemscarcely present. Flowers propagated by the agency of sexes. Seeds havino- no embryo, butconsisting of a homogeneous sporuliferous mass. (Lindley.) Order VI—RAFFLESIACE^, Endl FlG. 119. In this Order is contained the Rafflesia Arnoldi (fig. 119), one ofthe wonders of the vegetable diameter of the flower is 3Jfeet, the weight 15 lbs. The hollowin its centre is capable of holdingtwelve pints! It grows in Java, onthe stems and roots of Cissus angus-tifolia. (Vide Trans. Linn. Society,vol. xiii.) A decoction of this plant is usedin Java as an astringent applica-tion in relaxed conditions of THE GRASS TRIBE. 59 2. , De Cand.—ENDOGENS. MONOCOTYLEDONES, JuS8. Fig. 120.
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