. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. lands, especially the Isleof France, where, under thename of Vaquois, they arefound covering the sandyplains. There they havepecuhar means given themby nature to subsist in suchsituations in the shape ofstrong aerial roots, which areprotruded from the stem,and descend towards theearth, bearing on their tipsa loose cup-like coating ofcellular integument, whichpreserves their tender new-ly-formed absorbents frominjury until they reach thesoil, m which they quicklybury themselves,
. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. lands, especially the Isleof France, where, under thename of Vaquois, they arefound covering the sandyplains. There they havepecuhar means given themby nature to subsist in suchsituations in the shape ofstrong aerial roots, which areprotruded from the stem,and descend towards theearth, bearing on their tipsa loose cup-like coating ofcellular integument, whichpreserves their tender new-ly-formed absorbents frominjury until they reach thesoil, m which they quicklybury themselves, thus add-ing at the same time to thenumber of mouths by whichfood can be extracted fromthe unwilling earth, and acting as stays to prevent the stems from being blown aboutby the wind. They are common in the Indian Archipelago, and in most tropical islandsof the Old World, but are rare in America. Ifumb. de Distr. Georjr. 198. The Frey-cinetias are scrambhng plants, often of considerable stature, found in the Indian Archi-pelago and adjacent islands. The Cyclanthese are exclusively American, from Peruand Brazil,. Fig. LXXXIX. Fig. LXXXIX.—Fruit of Freycinetia imbricata. k2 132 PANDA]<JACEvE. [Endogens. The seeds of Pandanus are eatable. The flowers of Pandanus odoratissimus arefragrant and eatable, and are reckoned in India apliiodisiac. The juice ofNipa, asitflows from the poimded spadices, furnishes one of the inferior kinds of Palm plant of this Order is probably the Palm mentioned by :Mr. Drummoud as havinga fruit which the natives of the Swan River find wholesome when fermented for sometime, but wliich without preparation, produces violent vomiting and other dangerous sj-mp-toms. HooTc. Journ. 356. The fruit of several is also an article of food. The leaves areused for thatching and cordage, and their juice is employed in diaiThcea and immatme fruit is reputed emmenagogue.—Humh. 1. c. I.— Pandanece. Leavessimple. Flowers naked. Pandanus, Li
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