600 BITRMANNIACE^, TACCACE^,. 



* Burmannia coelestis, D. Don. ; Royle ill. t. 91, f. I. © Nepal. — B. 

 triflora, Roxb. Penang. — B.flava, Mart. Brazil. — B. dasyantha. Mart. 

 Brazil. — Gonyanthes Candida, Bl. © Java. — Gymnosiphon aphyllus, 

 Bl. © Java. 



ORDER CCXXXI.— TACCACE^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 331 ;— Endl. 



gen. pi. p. 159. 



Large, perennial, tuberous-rooted herbs, belonging to 1 genus. Of this, 

 7 species belong to the E. Indies, (the Concans, Silhet, Chittagong, 

 Singapore, Penang, Java, the Moluccas). Tacca pinnatifida is also a native 

 of Madagascar, New Holland, and the South Sea Islands. 



'• The great fleshy tuberous roots are filled with a nutritive faecula resem- 

 bling arrow-root, but its petioles are acrimonious. Agardh," {Lindl.) 

 Tacca, Forst. (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 10, No. \2di;—R. Br. pr. p. 340; — 

 Endl. gen.pl. I, p. 159. 



1. pinnatifida, Forst. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 118; — Schult. 7, p. 166; — 

 R. Br. I. c. ;—Endl. I. c. ;—Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 172 ;— J. Orah. Cat. 

 B. pi. p. 230;— B. Cab. t. 692.— T. pinnatifolia, Gartn.fr. \,p. 43, 

 t. 14, /. 2, excl. syn. Rheed. and Rumph. 5, t. 12; — Rumph. 5, 

 t. 114.) % Tropical New Holland. Otaheite. Moluccas. Worlee and 

 Parell Hills, Bombay. Throughout the Concans. Madagascar. Fl. 

 smallish, pale green. June, July and August ; fr. Oct. Root intense- 

 ly bitter when raw, but yielding a great quantity of white fsecula, of 

 which the best flower for confectionary, puddings, &c., is made. (Roxb.) 

 In the Islands of the South Sea, where grain of every kind disappears, 

 its place is partly supplied by Tacca pinnatifida. (Schouw.) 



2. liEvis, Roxb. (fl. ind. 2, p. 171 ,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 230.) % 

 Silhet. The Concans. Fl. largish, of a dark greenish grey violet 

 colour. H. and R. S. ; fr. 0. 



3. integri/olia, Ker. (B. M. 36, t. 1488 ;— Spreng. syst. 2, p. 118;— 

 Schult. syst. 7, p. 169;— Roxb. Corom. 3, t. 257. — T. aspera, Roxb. 



fl. ind. 2, p. 169. — Ataccia integrifolia, Presl. ; Schult. syst. 8, p. 

 1653.) % Chittagong. Fl. largish, of a greenish- purple and yellow 

 colour, R. S. ; fr. C. S. 

 4.cristata, Jack. ^.Singapore. In 1841, introduced into the Gover- 

 nor General's garden at Barrackpore by Dr. Cantor. Fl. ? 



* T. Rafflesiana, Jack. %. Singapore. Penang.— T. montana, Bl. Rumph. 

 .0, t. 1 15. %. Amboyna. Java. 



