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TUPISTRA NUTANS. DROOPING TUPISTRA. 



Class and Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Aroidejs. ) 



Generic Character. 



Spadix nudus, multiflorus. Perianthium campanulatum, 

 6-partitum, basi bracteatum. Anthers sessiles, perianthio 

 insert®, laciniis opposite. Stylus columnaris, sulcatus : 

 Stigma magnum, 3-lobum, peitatum. Bacca 3-locularis, 

 loculis dispermis. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Tupistra* nutans; spica oblongo-cylindracea obtusa nu- 

 tante, floribus densissime approximates brevi-campa- 

 nulatis unibracteatis. 



Tupistra nutans. Wallich in Bot. Reg. t. 1223. 



Descr. Perennial. Stem about two inches long-, and 

 set round at the base with a few short but thick fibres: 

 from the summit of the rootstock there arise many large, 

 sheathing scales, which surround both the base of the leaf 

 and of the scape. Leaves few, between two and three feet 

 lon g ; petiole semicylindrical, furrowed on the upper side, 

 three to four inches long, tapering gradually into an obo- 

 vato-lanceolate, acuminated, striated, membranous leaf, 

 from the united bases of the leaves arises the scape, which 

 is semiterete, and curved downwards, bearing a thick, 



oblongo-cylindrical spadix, of many sessile, unibracteated 

 flowers. Perianth shortly campanulate, its limb spreading, 



six-cleft, 



Name j rvwtt, a mallet, from the large, mallet-like stigma. 



