Ambrosinia. MONOECIA MONANDRIA. 491 
Fora purging with gripes, two of the fresh leaves are rub- 
bed up ina little water, and given to an adult = a dose, once 
in twenty-four hours, 
CLASS XXI. 
_ MONOECIA MONANDRIA, 
AMBROSINIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1383. 
Spathe one-leaved. Calyx none. Corol none. Stamina 
inserted round the top of the style. Capsule many-seeded, 
1. A, ciliata, Roxb, _ 
Leaves long-petioled, lanceolar, Spathe shorter than the 
leaves, with a tubular base, and expanding, ciliate pie 
Capsule six-celled. gare’, 
Beng. Kerali. 
Found on the wet banks of rivulets, ponds, and wet places 
in Bengal. Flowering time the hot season. 
Root perennial, perpendicular, tuberous, stoloniferous with 
long fleshy fibres. Leaves radical, petioled, lanceolate, vein- 
less, somewhat fleshy, from six to thirty-six inches long. 
Petioles, upper half cylindric, lower half sheathing ; some 
spathaceous bractes surround their lower parts. Scapes 
axillary, solitary, short, somewhat compressed, Spathe, base 
tubular, and somewhat gibbous, middle portion cylindric, and 
convolute; apex expanding, sub-lanceolate ; margins ciliate 
with along, flexible purple filament ; the lower tubular por- 
tion where the fructification is lodged is half separated by a 
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