45 S TETRANDRIA M0N0«5YN1A. Poth 



OS. 



long lanceolate, acuminate segments, smooth above, nerve and larger 

 veins armed on the under side; length from six to fourteen or sixteen 

 inches. — Petioles completely armed ; base sheathing ; above round, 

 generally shorter than the leaves.— Scopes axillary, solitary, one-tlow- 

 ered, lenj;th of tlie petioles, and armed like \hem. — Spalhe sub-cy!in- 

 dric, acute, spirally twisted above the spadix; colour a dark dull 

 reddish purple; length from eight to twelve inches long, and as thick 

 as the little finger, opening at the base only \\here the spadix is 

 lodged \\\n\e the pollen is discharging, after which it shuts, as before 

 that period. — S/?«(//a^'cylindric, obtuse, completely covered with her- 

 maphrodite florets ; length little more than one inch. — Ca///.r none. — ■ 

 Petals four, obovate, concave. — Filaments four, broad, length of the 

 petals. Anthers two-lobrd. — Germ oblong, one-celled, containing 

 one ovula, attached to the top of the cell. Style none. Stigma glan- 

 dular, flat. 



10. P. Lasia,R. 



Armed. Leaves radical, pinnatifid. SpatJie very long, and twist- 

 ed above the spadix. BerJtes one-seeded, muricate. 



Lasia aciileata, Loureir. Cocliiuch. eel. JVilUl i. 103. 



Te/ing. INl oola-sari. 



Beng. Kantfl-kutchoo. 



A native of boggy, or wet places among the Circar mountain. 



Leaves radical, petioled, pinnatifid ; segments lanceolate, smooth 

 shining, the nerves on the under side armed with pnckles ; length 

 about two feet, breadth about a foot and half. — Petioles erect, from 

 two to four feet long, round, every were thickly armed with sharp 

 prickles. — Scape the length of the petioles, round, and equally cover- 

 ed with pi'icklea.—Spathe very long, erect, below gaping ; above the 

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

 the length of the spathe, cyliudric, every where covered w ith the fruc- 

 tifications.— Coro/, stamens, and pistil as in the genus.— Bernes, (or 

 rather capsules,) wedge-formed, somewhat four-sided, murexed, one- 

 seeded. — Seed two-lobed. 



