Amhrosinia. monoecia monandria, 491 



Fora purging witli gripes, two of the fresh leaves are rub- 

 bed up in a little water, and given to an adult for a dose, once 

 in twenty-four hours. 



CLASS XXI. 



MONOECIA MONANDRIA. 



AMBROSINIA. Schreh. ge7i. N. 1383. 

 Spathe one-leaved. Calyx none. Corol none. Stamina 

 inserted round the top of the style. Capsule many-seeded. 



1. A. ciliata. Roxh. 



Leaves long-petioled, lanceolar. Spat he shorter than the 

 leaves, with a tubular base, and expanding-, ciliate apex. 

 Capsule six- celled. 



Beng. Kerali. 



Found on the wet banks of rivulets, ponds, and wet places 

 in Bengal. Flowering time the hot season. 



Root perennial, perpendicular, tuberous, stoloniferous with 

 long fleshy fibres. Leaves radical, petioled, lanceolate, vein- 

 less, somewhat fleshy, from six to thirty-six inches lono-. 

 Petioles, upper half cylindric, lower half sheathing ; some 

 spathaceous bractes surround their lower parts. Scapes 

 axillary, solitary, short, somewhat compressed. Spathe, base 

 tubular, and somewhat gibbous, middle portion cylindric, and 

 convolute; apex expanding, sub-lanceolate; margins ciliate 

 with a long, flexible purple filament ; the lower tubular por- 

 tUm where (he fructification is lodged is half separated by a 



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