492 MONOECiA MONANDRiA. Amhrosh.ia. 



transverse membrane from the upper portion as in A. spirale, 

 Filaments none. Anthers numerous, sessile, surrounding the 

 lower portion of the stigma. Germ conical, crowneil, six-cell- 

 ed as in the ripe state. Style cylindric. Stigma oblong, 

 apex turbinate, the lower portion surrounded with anthers. 

 Capsule rounded, six-furrowed, and crowned with the six 

 corresponding points of the ridges, six-celled. Seeds from six 

 to eio ht in each cell, affixed by their bases to a central recep- 

 tacle, each is augmented by a large spongy substance, or en- 

 velope. Embryo erect, furnished with a perisperm, and many 

 subulate cotyledons as in Pinus. 



2. A. spirale. R. 



Leaves petioled, linear-lanceolate. Spathe sessile, much 

 shorter than the leaves, twisted. Capsule five-celled, at least 

 the germ has five distinct cells. 



Arum spirale. Retz. Obs. ii. p. 30-1. Willd. iv. 486. 



A native of the moist shady banks of ponds, or standing 

 sweet water on the coast of Coromandel. 



Root perennial, stoloniferous. Stem none. Leaves radi- 

 cal, pelioled, narrow-lanceolar, smooth, from six to eight 

 inches long, and about half an inch broad. Petioles fi\\&\i\\- 

 ing. Scapes scarcely any. Spathe axillary, about as long as 

 the petioles of the leaves, the lower portion, or chamber of 

 fructification hid and shut; the upper portion thereof openat 

 the base ; above shut, and twisted, of a dark purple colour, 

 particularly the inside, and there transversely rugose. 



3. A. retrospirale. R. 



Leaves linear-lanceolar. Spathe first twisted to the right, 

 and there closed ; then to the left, and there open. Capsule 

 five-celled, five-valved. 



A native of the northern parts of Bengal, it delights in a 

 moist soil. 



7?oo/ consisting of white brownish, long, fleshy fibres. Stem 

 none. Leaves petioled, linear-lanceolar, smooth, entire, from 



