if they had existed they must have been deciduous, and 

 perhaps more analogous to the cirrhi of Arum than to 

 real stamens. The fertile anthers are quite sessile ; these 

 only come in sight in our figure, the pistils being entirely 

 concealed by the spathe. In the position of the different 

 organs this plant agrees with Calla cethiopica, but not 

 with the European species palustris. 



Dr. Roxburgh observes that it is indigenous in Chitta- 

 gong, where the medicinal virtues of its root are held in 

 high estimation by the natives. According to this author, 

 when cut, the plant diffuses a pleasant aromatic scent, some- 

 thing like that of the scitamineous tribe. In the Calcutta 

 garden it blossoms nearly the whole year. With us its 

 time of flowering seems uncertain, Messrs. Loddidges fix 

 December as its season, and we were favoured by them with 

 a specimen of the flower in the present month, November ; 

 at Sir Abraham Hume's, as we have observed above, it 

 flowered in July. 



