CENTURIA IX, 1^ 



822. AmidenaAcI. diff. Orontium, cal. 6part. 

 3 alt. latior, stig. sess. drupa oliveforniis sp. nu- 

 cleo cordato. Scaposa spica term. jl. dislinc- 

 tis bracteatis. — Type A. japonica 11. Oront. 

 do. L. auct. fol. convol. venosis scapo brevior, 

 bracteis membr. subrot. Quite distinct from 

 our O. aquaticum cal. spong. eq. baca spoiii2;iosa 

 Isp. sem. cornea in spadix immersa. 



823. TiLcusTA Raf. cal. Opart, stam. 6, stig, 

 sess. bacca Slocul, 3-6sp. Habit of Amidena — 

 Type T. nepalensis R. fol. convol. bract, elon- 

 gatis fl. multo longior. Mts. of Nipal : indica- 

 ted by Buchanan and Smith under the native 

 name of Tilcusta, akin to next G. Tupistra. 



824. Tupistra Wal. spadix nudus multifl. 

 cal. Gfidus, antheris 6 sessiles cal. inrierta. stylo 

 sulcato, stigma peltato umbil. 31obo, bacca 31oc. 

 3sp. Rhizomafol. et scapis f evens ^ fl. distinc- 

 tis bracteatis. — Two types T. nutans b. reg. 

 1223, b. mag. 3054, fol. ovatolanc. acum. spa- 

 dix obi. nutans, cal. camp. Sylhet in India, fl. 

 fulvous with brown dots. — 2. T. squalida b.reg. 

 704. b. rn. 1655. fol. lanceol. acutis, scapo brevi 

 spadix recto, cal. urceolato. Amboyna and 

 Molucas, fl. cineroaus. The G. Aspidistra and 

 Macrogyne very akin in habit, differ from this 

 by lack of spadix, and solitary radical fl. but 

 the pistil being free cannot belong to Asarides, 

 they are Monocotyle linking the Acorides and 

 Asparagoides. 



825. EMPROTIA, the Aroides, This 

 order of Monocotyles as reformed by me in 

 1815 contained 2 sub orders and 6 families, 

 which I now will enumerate here with their 

 Genera. The presence of a spadix is the main 

 character of all. 



1. Gymnadia flowers without perigone. 



