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A great proportion of the flowers are male, and I have 

 not seen the perfect fruit. Dr, Roxburgh's plant was a 

 native of Chittagong. 



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CALLA HUMILIS. W. J. 



MONOECIA MoNANDRIA. 



C.humilis; acaiilis, foliis ellipticis supra glabris, pedunculis 

 4-5 ex axillis foliorum petiolis brevioribus. 



Kladee ayer. Malay. 



Pulo Penang, &c. — A small stemless plant, growing under 

 the shade of forests, 5-6 inches high. Root a leaf-bearing 

 tuber, which sends out numerous, long, villous fibres. Stem 

 none, except the above-mentioned tuber, wliich is everywhere 

 invested with the sheaths of the petioles. Leaves erect, 

 petiolate, elliptical, ovate, rather obtuse, with a subulate 

 acumen, slightly cordate at the base, entire, with a pellucid 

 crisped margin, smooth and green above, somewhat hoary 

 beneath, with villous papillae. Petioles shorter than the 

 leaves, channelled above, sheathing and dilated into a waved 

 margin at the base. The bases of the sheaths are often, 

 perforated by the fibres of the root. Peduncles 4-5, axillary? 

 1-fliowered, shorter than the petioles, furnished with mem- 

 branous sheaths at the base. Spathas of an obscure red 

 colour, oblong, convolute, acuminated, as long as the spadix. 

 Spadix cylindrical, entirely covered with florets, male above 

 and female below, for about a quarter of its length. Anthers 

 numerous, subrotund, yellow, sessile. Germens ovate. Styles 

 very short- Stigmas obtuse, peltate. A few anthers are 

 intermingled with the pistils. Capsules membranaceous, 

 globose, somewhat 44obed, {2-celled ?) generally 8-seeded- 

 Seeds somewhat kidney-shaped, arranged round the axis. 



CALLA ANGUSTIFOLIA. W. X 



C angustifolia ; acaulis, foliis lanceolatis utrinque glabns 

 acutis, peduncuhs 4-5 ex axillis foliorum petiolis brevi- 



orib 



us. 



