Tela. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 165 



umbellets of pedicelled, pale, whitish green, small, ino- 

 dorous, naked flowers. Involucres cordate, spathiform. 

 Calyx none. Petals six, ovate-oblong, exterior three 

 broader, expanding ; inner three refracted, or rigidly 

 bent back. Filaments six, inserted between the petals and 

 germ, broad, and rather short, with their apices incurved, 

 each augmented at the apex with a large yellow gland. 

 Anthers issuing from the forementioned glands, erect, ta- 

 pering, with two small round perforations on the top, 

 lor the pollen to escape. Germ superior, nearly round. 

 Style straight, about as long as the stamens. Stigma 

 small, somewhat three-dentate. Berry three-celled, 

 succulent, size of a large marrow fat pea, smooth, and 

 when ripe, very dark purple. Seeds from one to three 

 in each cell, smooth, black, ovate pointed. 



I was long inclined to think this a species of Dracaena, 

 but the corol, and stamens differ so widely from any 

 other Indian species of that genus I have yet met with, 

 that I thought it would be better to adopt Lamarck's 

 name. 



TETA. (R.) 



Calyx none. Corol six-petalled, spreading. Nectary 

 turbinate ; jr?€fa?-bearing. Anthers sessile, in the mouth 

 of the nectary. Berries from one to three, one-seeded. 



T. viridifiora. R. (*.) 



Found by Dr. Buchanan at Chittagong, and on the 

 eastern border of the Delta of the Ganges, and introduc- 

 ed by that gentleman into the Botanic Garden at Cal- 

 cutta, where it blossoms in the months of March and 

 April ; the seeds ripen in July and August. 



Root perennial ; from the crown or united bases of the 

 leaves issue many, long fleshy fibres. Stem none. Leaves 



* Probably it may belong to Jussien's natural order Asparagi. 



