No. 396. 
ARUM FLAGELLIFORME. 
Class, Order. 
MON(ECIA POLYANDRIA. 
We received this curious plant, with 
many more, in 1819, from our much-valued 
friend, the Rev. Dr. Carey, of Serampore, 
a name which can never cease to be dear to 
all who desire the extension of the blessed 
Redeemer's kingdom, s 2 the instruction of 
the poor, ignorant, of the 
East. 
It is a native of Bengal, and according to 
the Hortus Bengalensis, is herbaceous, and 
flowers in the rainy season, which is there 
from the middle of June till the end of 
October. With us it was in bloom in 
April. The germens are situated at the 
base of the spadix, for about half an inch 
in height: above these are several rows of 
flat leafy projections, white, with purple 
tips; over these are the anthers, all within 
the closed part of the spathe. The top or 
naked part of the spadix is lengthened and 
attenuated to a point, the spathe being like- 
