Leea. pentandria monogynia. 053 



size of a cherry. Seeds five, hard, nut-like, obliquely ob- 

 long, lapped over at both euds. 



When in flower, this is one of our most elegant water 

 plants. 



LEEA. Sckreb. gen. N. 1432. 



Calyx five-toothed. Corol one-petalled, with a five-cleft, 

 staminiferous nectary in the mouth of the tube. Germ six- 

 celled; cW/s one-seeded. 



This definition includes, I think, Aquilicia sambucina, 

 which of course I do not consider as a distinct srenus. 



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 . L. macrophylla. R. 



Herbaceous. Leaves simple. 



Sans. Smnoodrwktt. 



Bern). Dhol-Shwmoodr«. 



Is common throughout Bengal. Flowering time the rainy 

 season. 



Root tuberous, perennial, red. Stem erect, annual, flexuose, 

 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 



