Plates 2515 and 2516. 



TACCA VIRIDIS, Utmsl. 



Taccack.i;. 



T. viridis, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; inter species foliis divi.siy foliia pal- 



matisectis distincta. 



llerba perennis, undique glaberrima. Folia ampla, herbacea, longe 



petiolata, rugulosa, supra nitida, alte pahnatisecta vel subpedatisccta, 

 usque ad 3 ped. diametro, segmenta primaria ssepius 5 grosse lyrato- 

 pnmatifida, lobis paucis latis angulatis acutis ; petiolus crassus, subteres, 

 facie leviter canaliculars, If-2 ped. longus. Scopus validus, folia 

 superans. Incolucri bractea foliaceie, 3-4 poll. longae, 2 recurve et apice 

 acute lobatse, cetera erectae, lanceolate, acutie tlores longe superantes. 

 Bracteolm ("pedicelli steriles *' auctorum nonnullorum) tiliformes, 

 deursum crassiores et canaliculate, elongate, pedales. pendentes. 

 Flore* numerosi, virides. Fedicelli numerosi, recurvi, eonfertissimi, 

 umbellam forniantes. Ferianthll tegmenta carnosa, ovato-oblonga, 

 4-5 lin. longa, apice rotundata, 3 exteriora angustiora, omnia 

 incurva et demum arete conniventia, persistentia. Ovarium vertiee 

 3-foveolatum et glandulis stipitatis nectariferis instructum, stigmatis 

 lobis petaloideis bilobatis arete recurvis subtus uniporis. Bacca 

 viridis, carnosa, ovoidea, circiter 3 poll, longa, prominenter 6-costata ; 

 semina numerosissima, longitudinaliter multicostata, rugulosa, in pulpa 

 viscosa irregulariter immersa. 



India. Presented to Kew by Messrs. James Veitch k Son in 1895. 

 It is probably from the Malayan Peninsula. 



Ripe fruit of this was not obtained until after the plate was printed 



off. 



Hemsley. 



pinnatifida, Forst.— W. Butting 



/Plnte 2ol6: fig. 1, section of bracteole ; 2, a flower ; 3, vortical section of a 

 flower; 4, extrorse stamen attached to perianth; 5, hooded connective containing 

 tne anther-cells ; 6, a lebe of the stigma showing the pore,— All enlarged 



