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conicus, cellulosus, callosus, albus, obtusiusculus ; junior cum septo coalitus ; pars 

 antherifera incrassata ; media omnino nuda, gracilis, filiformis ; basilaris ovariis coali- 

 tis cincta. Antherae indefinite plurimae, apicem spadicis versus longitudinaliter dis- 

 positas, sessiles, biloculares, quasi truncatae, medio constrictae, juniores membrana 

 conica margines thecae truncatas insuper prominente clausae, demum membrana lapsa 

 ore magno circulari hiantes. Pollen globosum, Iseve. Ovaria 5-7 (plerumque 6) circa 

 spadicis basin verticaliter sita, inter se et cum spadice in ovarium 5-7-loculare coalita. 

 Ovula indefinite plurima, ascendentia, pilis cellulosis longis intermixta ; foramen con- 

 spicuum hilo oppositum ; tegumentum simplex. Styli 0. Stigmata 5-7 obliqua, ex- 

 trorsum spectantia, papillosa, subapiculata. Fructus nudus, breve pedunculatus, 

 ovato-globosus, ovi circiter magnitudine, profiinde lateque 5-7-sulcatus, ad apicem 

 apiculis conicis totidem extrorsiim curvatis et stigmatum reliquiis notatus, secus sulcos 

 in valvis totidem coriaceis, demum revolutisj dehiscens, septis axique camoso-fungosa 

 areolata liberis factis. Semina plura cuivis loculo, ascendentia, sub-biseriata, sub- 

 ovata, compressa, basi pilis inconspicuis, irregulariter sitis cincta. Tegumentum exte- 

 rius (testa) cellulosum, membranaceum, tenuissimum, diaphanum, ad basin multo magis 

 cellulosum et crassius, hinc et saepiiis extrorsiim radicula perforatum : interius incom- 

 pletum, callosum, urceolato-globosum, pallide brunneum ; cavitatis parte infima mem- 

 brana cellulosa vestita. Embryo gemmiformis. Radicula brevis, conica, obliqua, vaga, 

 saepius extrorsiim spectans et testam perforans : cotyledon carnosa, nucleo fere omnino 

 arete amplexa, sub fructus dehiscentiam ad nuclei apicem constrictam amputata, parte 

 inclusa cum tegumentis cito separante. Plumula maxima, saepius placentam versus 

 oblique directa, hilo obversa, polyphylla; foliolis imbricatis subulatis, apices versus 

 deflexis, exterioribus longioribus magisque subulatis, interioribus brevioribus bases 

 versus dilatatis, intimis folia perfectiora omnino referentibus : color praesertim interio- 

 rum viridis ; apices brunnei, quasi sphacelati. 



Of this genus Roxburgh has described and figured (under Amhrosinia) four 

 species, C. ciliata, spiralis, retrospiralis, and unilocularis. This author describes 

 the stigmata as glands, the naked filiform part of the spadix as style, and the 

 conical apex of the spadix as the stigma. Jle still however places the genus 

 in Monoecia Monandria. According to the same author, glands exist below 

 the anthers in C. retrospiralis. I have observed an occasional dislocation of 

 the anthers in C. ciliata, the lowermost ones being sometimes found attached 

 at various points between the enlarged antheriferous part and the middle of 

 the naked filiform portion of the spadix. C. unilocularis is, as stated by 

 Roxburgh, remarkable for the non-existence of capsular dissepiments, the 



