Mr. Grirritn on the Ambrosinia ciliata of Roxburgh. 265 
conicus, cellulosus, callosus, albus, obtusiusculus; junior cum septo coalitus; pars 
antherifera incrassata; media omninó nuda, gracilis, filiformis; basilaris ovariis coali- 
tis cincta. Antherz indefinite plurime, apicem spadicis versus longitudinaliter dis- 
posite, sessiles, biloculares, quasi truncate, medio constricte, juniores membrana 
conicá margines thece truncatas insuper prominente clause, demüm membrana lapsa 
ore magno circulari hiantes. Pollen globosum, leve. Ovaria 5-7 (plerumque 6) circa 
spadicis basin verticaliter sita, inter se et cum spadice in ovarium 5-7-loculare coalita. 
Ovula indefinité plurima, ascendentia, pilis cellulosis longis intermixta; foramen con- 
spicuum hilo oppositum ; tegumentum simplex. Styli 0. Stigmata 5-7 obliqua, ex- 
trorsüm spectantia, papillosa, subapiculata. Fructus nudus, breve pedunculatus, 
ovato-globosus, ovi circiter magnitudine, profundé latéque 5-7-sulcatus, ad apicem 
apiculis conicis totidem extrorsüm curvatis et stigmatum reliquiis notatus, secus sulcos 
in valvis totidem coriaceis, demüm revolutis, dehiscens, septis axique carnoso-fungosá 
areolata liberis factis. Semina plura cuivis loculo, ascendentia, sub-biseriata, sub- 
ovata, compressa, basi pilis inconspicuis, irregulariter sitis cincta. Tegumentum exte- 
rius (testa) cellulosum, membranaceum, tenuissimum, diaphanum, ad basin multo magis 
cellulosum et crassius, hinc et sepitis extrorsüm radiculá perforatum : interius incom- 
pletum, callosum, urceolato-globosum, pallide brunneum; cavitatis parte infimá mem- 
braná cellulosá vestita. Embryo gemmiformis. Radicula brevis, conica, obliqua, vaga, 
siepiüs extrorsüm spectans et testam perforans : cotyledon carnosa, nucleo feré omnino 
arcté amplexa, sub fructás dehiscentiam ad nuclei apicem constrictam amputata, parte 
inclusá cum tegumentis citò separante. Plumula maxima, sæpiùs placentam versus 
obliqué directa, hilo obversa, polyphylla; foliolis imbricatis subulatis, apices versus 
deflexis, exterioribus longioribus magisque subulatis, interioribus brevioribus bases 
versus dilatatis, intimis folia perfectiora omnino referentibus: color presertim interio- 
rum viridis; apices brunnei, quasi sphacelati. 
Of this genus Roxburgh has described and figured (under Ambrosinia) four 
species, C. ciliata, spiralis, retrospiralis, and unilocularis. This author describes 
the stigmata as glands, the naked filiform part of the spadix as style, and the 
conical apex of the spadix as the stigma. He still however places the genus 
in Monccia Monandria. According to the same author, glands exist below 
the anthers in C. retrospiralis. 1 have observed an occasional dislocation of 
the anthers in C. ciliata, the lowermost ones being sometimes found attached 
at various points between the enlarged antheriferous part and the middle of 
the naked filiform portion of the spadix. C. unilocularis is, as stated by 
Roxburgh, remarkable for the non-existence of capsular dissepiments, the 
