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ple. Spadix cylindric, obtuse, every part occupied. An- 
thers obovate, two-celled, with gaping slits at top, occupying: 
nearly the upper half of the spadix, to its very apex. .NVec- 
taries solid, obovate, smooth, pearl white, occupying about 
one fourth of the middle of the spadix, between the anthers, 
and germs, as if studded with large pearls, Germ ovate, 
two-celled, with one ovulum in each, attached to the lower 
and inner angle of its cell, Style short. Stigmas large, . 
round, with a small division at top ; clammy, yellow. 
CALLA. Schreb. gen. N. 1388. 
Spathe one-leaved. Spadia covered with florets. Calyx 
none. Corol none. Berries many-seeded. 
1. C. aromatica, R. ‘ 
- Caulescent. Leaves sub-sagittate, cordate, acuminate ; 
lobes rounded and divaricate. Spadix cylindric, obtuse, 
equalling the spathe ; above male, below female, with abor- 
tive stamina intermixed ; anthers many-celled. 
Cuchoo-gundubee, is the vernacular name in Chittagong, 
where it is indigenous, In the Botanic garden it is in flower 
the whole year. When cut it diffuses a pleasant aromatic 
scent, something like that of the scitamineous tribe; themedi- 
cinal virtues of the root are in high estimation amongst the 
natives, and they sell from ten to sixteen rupees the maund, 
Root, the body or tuber is a continuation of the stem when 
the plants are old enough to have one, invested in the old 
withered sheaths of the leaves, with numerous, long, white, 
fibrous cords issuing from every part. Stem short and of a 
* slow growth, Leaves radical, long petioled, shape between 
cordate and sagittate, acuminate, lucid; obes rounded and 
rather remote from each other, general length about twelve 
inches, and little more than half of that in breadth. Petioles 
with a sheathing base, and smooth, as in the order, Flow- 
ers many together from the axills and centre of the leaves, 
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