Leea, PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, : 653 
size of a cherry, Seeds five, hard, nut-like, obliquely. ob- 
long, la pped over at both ends, | 
When in flower, this is one of our most elegant water 
plants, . 
LEEA. Schreb. gen. N. 1432. 
Calys five-toothed. _Corol one-petalled, witha five-cleft, 
staminiferous nectary in the mouth of the tube. Germ six- 
celled; cells one-seeded, 
This definition includes, I think,, Aquilicia sambucina, 
which of course I do not consider as a distinct genus. 
The position of the anthers in this family is so remarkable 
and anomalous, that I know of nothing like it elsewhere. 
The filaments are inserted into the bottom of the fissures of 
the nectary, and rise parallel with its segments, to their height, 
where they are quickly bent in and down, to their projecting 
apices, the inverted anthers are attached near the middle of 
their backs, with their sides touching, and in most of the 
Species, as firmly united as in any syngenesious plant, form- 
ing a cylindrical tube round the stigma ; in this position they 
remain, until by the detachment of the filaments from the nec- 
tary, they fall off in one body. 
1, Lageenephitia ie 
Herbaceous. Leaves simple. 
Sans. Sumoodruka, 
Beng. Dhol-Shumoodra. 
_Is common phrmmshent Pongale lewete time the: rainy 
season. . 
Root tuberous, paiclidiels aes Stem soray piece yet 
jointed. Leaves simple, alternate, petioled, broad-cordate, ir- 
regularly serrate, or tooth-lobed ; posterior lobes large and 
overlapping each other ; smooth on both sides, except that on 
the under side the numerous veins are very protuberant, of 
which the larger are always opposite; from one to two feet 
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