438 tetrandria MONOGYNiA. Chloranthus. 



charging", after which it shuts, as before that period. Spa- 

 dix cylindric, obtuse, completely covered with hermaphro- 

 dite florets*; length little more than one inch. Calyx none. 

 Petals four, obovate, concave. Filaments four, broad, length 

 of the petals. Anthers two-lobed. Germ oblong, one-celled, 

 containing- one ovula attached to the top of the cell. Style 

 none. Stigma glandular, flat. 



12. P. Lasia. R. 



Armed. Leaves radical, pinnatifid. Spat he very long, and 

 twisted above the spadix. Berries one-seeded, muricate. 



Lasia aculeata. Lourier. Cochin Ch. ed. Wit Id. i. 103. 



Teling. Moola-sari. 



Beng. Kanta-kwtchoo. 



A native of boggy, or wet places among- the Circar moun- 

 tains. 



Leaves radical, petioled, pinnatifid ; segments lanceolate, 

 smooth, shining, the nerves on the under side armed with 

 prickles ; length, about two feet, breadth about a foot and 

 half. Petioles erect, from two to four feet long, round, every 

 where thickly armed with sharp prickles. Scape the length 

 of the petioles, round, and equally covered with prickles. 

 Spathe very long, erect, below gaping ; above the spadix 

 twisted, leathery, dull red colour. Spadix about one sixth of 

 the length of the spathe, cylindric, every where covered with 

 the fructifications. Corol, stamens, and pistil as in the genus. 

 Berries, (or rather capsules,) wedge-formed, somewhat four- 

 sided, murexed, one-seeded. Seed two-lobed. 



CHLORANTHUS. Schreb. gen. N. 1730. 



Calyx none. Corol, a three-lobed, unilateral antherifer- 

 ous petal on the outside of the pistillum. Germ semi superum 

 one-seeded; attachment of the ovulum superior. Drupe one- 

 weeded. 



C. inconspicuus. Linn. spec, plant, ed. Willd. i. 688. 



