Tacca, HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 169 
ACORUS. Schreb. gen. n. 586. 
Spadix cylindric, covered with florets. Corol six-pe- 
talled, naked. Style none. Capsule three-celled, 
A. calamus, Willd. 2. 199. 
The point of the scape very long and leafy. 
Vaembu, Rheed. Mal. 11. t. 48. 
Sans. Vucha. 
Beng. Buch, or shwet-buch. Gora-buch. 
Sweet flag, or Calamus aromaticus. Mat. Med. 
Iti is common in gardens throughout India, 
TACCA. Schreb. gen. n. 588. 
B i sinkipntteds staminiferous. Corol none. Stinthin 
eailted: Germ inferior, one-celled ; ovula numerous, at- — 
‘tached to three equidistant parietal receptacles. Berry 
“one-celled. Seeds many. Embryo subcentrifugal ; and 
‘furnished with a perisperm. 
~ 1. 'T. aspera. R. 
Leaves oblong, entire ; petioles and scapes scabrous. ~ 
_ Found by Mr. J. R. indigenous in the yallies amongst 
the hill behind Chittagong; from thence it was intro- 
. duced into the Botanic Garden at Calcutta where it blos- 
-Soms during the hot and rainy season, and the seeds ri- 
‘pen three or four months after. © 
Root an oblong, curved tuber, of a middling size, with 
Wiry fibres fromits sides ; inward colour pale yellow ; pe- 
rennial. Stem none, or very trifling. Leaves radical, peti- 
‘Oled recurvate, oblong, entire, acuminate, smooth, strong- 
ly marked with parallel veins, and somewhat bullate ; ee 
from. sight to sixteen tg long, and fron a. = ight : 6 
