Calla. MONOECiA monandria. 513 



pie. Spadix cyliiidric, obtuse, every part occupied. An- 

 thers obovate, two-celled, with gaping* slits at top, occupying 

 nearly the upper half of the spadix, to its very apex. JVec- 

 taries solid, obovate, smooth, pearl white, occupying about 

 one fourth of the middle of the spadix, between the anthers, 

 and germs, as if studded with large pearls. Germ ovate, 

 two-celled, w ith one ovulum in each, attached to the lower 

 and inner angle of its cell. Style short. Stigmas large, 

 round, with a small division at top ; clammy, yellow. 



CALLA. Schreh. gen. N. 1388. 

 Spathe one-leaved. Spadix covered with florets. Caljjx 

 none. Corol none. Berries many-seeded. 



1. C. aromatica, R. 



Caulescent. Leaves sub-sagittate, cordate, acuminate ; 

 lobes rounded and divaricate. Spadix cylindric, obtuse, 

 equalling the spathe ; above male, below female, with abor- 

 tive stamina intermixed ; anthers many-celled. 



Cuchoo-gundubee, is the vernacular name in Chittagong, 

 where it is indigenous. In the Botanic garden it is in flower 

 the whole year. When cut it diflfuses a pleasant aromatic 

 scent, something like tliat of the scitamineous tribe; the medi- 

 cinal virtues of the root are in high estimation amongst the 

 natives, and they sell from ten to sixteen rupees the maund. 



Root, the body or tuber is a continuation of the stem when 

 the plants are old enough to have one, invested in the old 

 withered sheaths of the leaves, with numerous, long, white, 

 fibrous cords issuing from every part. Stem short and of a 

 slow growth. Leaves radical, long petioled, shape between 

 cordate and sagittate, acuminate, lucid; lobes rounded and 

 rather remote from each other, general length about twelve 

 inches, and little more than half of that in breadth. Petioles 

 with a sheathing base, and smooth, as in the order. Flow- 

 ers many together from the axills and centre of the leaves, 

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