Tacca. hexandria monogynia. 169 



ACORUS. Schreb. gen. n. 586. 

 Spadix cylindric, covered with florets. Corol six-pe- 

 tailed, naked. Style none. Capsule three-celled. 



A. calamus. Willd. 2. 199. 



The point of the scape very long and leafy. 



Vaenibu, Rheed. Mai. 11. t. 48. 



Sans. Vucha. 



Beng. Buch, or shwet-bwch. Gora-b?^ch. 



Sweet flag, or Calamus aroraaticus. Mat. Med, 



It is common in gardens throughout India* 



TACCA. Schreb. gen. n. 588. 



Calyx six-parted, staminiferous. Corol none. Stamina 

 vaulted. Germ inferior, one-celled ; ovula numerous, at- 

 tached to three equidistant parietal receptacles. Berry 

 one-celled. Seeds many. Embryo subcentrifugal ; and 

 furnished with a perisperm. 



1. T. aspera. R. 



Leaves oblong, entire ; petioles and scapes scabrous. 



Found by Mr. J. R. indigenous in the vallies amongst 

 the hill behind Chittagong; from thence it was Intro, 

 duced into the Botanic Garden at Calcutta where it blos- 

 soms during the hot and rainy season, and the seeds ri- 

 pen three or four months after. 



Root an oblong, curved tuber, of a middling size, with 

 wiry fibres from its sides ; inward colour pale yellow ; pe- 

 rennial. 5fem none, or very trifling, ieav^s radical, peti- 

 oled recurvate, oblong, entire, acuminate, smooth, strong- 

 ly marked with parallel veins, and somewhat bulla te; 

 from eight to sixteen inches long, and from four to eight 



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