459 



3-cIeft : berry umbilicated to the persistent perianth, 1 — or 

 incompletely 3-celled : seeds ovate, angular or lunate : testa 

 coriaceous, striated : hilum basilar or ventral : embryo ovoid, 

 enclosed at the base of fleshy albumen. 



GENUS I. TACCA. 



Hexandria Monog^ynia. Sex: Syst: 



Deriv. The Malay nanie. 



Gen, Chaii. Same as in the Order. 



(1) T. mfifATrFrDA. (For&t.) 



Idmt. Forst. pi. exs. No. 28.— Prod. No. 209.— Eoxb; flop. Ind. 

 II. 172. ' , / 



Spec. Chab. Eoot tuberous i radical leaves petioled,, 3-parted, 

 segments 2 — 3-parted and finally pinnatifid -with -waved margins : 

 petioles 1 — 3-feet long : scape radical, round, naked, twice the 

 length of the petioles: umbel simple, lO-flowered: flowers long 

 pedicelled, drooping, greenish, mixed with several long threads. 



Concans, flowering in the rains. 



(2) T. wEvis. (Roxb.j 



Idmt. Eoxb. flor. Ind. II. 171. 



Spec Chae. Leaves oblong, acuminated: petioles and, scapes 

 glabrous : leaflets of the involucre sessUe, equal, ovate, finely 

 acuminate : flowers greenish-grey violet. 



Silhet. Goalpara. Flowering in the rains. 



(3) T. ASPEEA. (EoxbJ. 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 169. 



Syn. T. integrifolia, Ker. 



Engrm. Eoxb. Cor. III. t. 257. 



Spec. Chae.. Leaves oblong, acuminate; petioles and scape* 

 scabrous: outer leaflets of the involucre stem-clasping, broadly 

 ovate-lanceolate, reflexed, inner ones much longer, broadly petioled, 

 galeate, oval-ventricose : flowers greenish, purple and yellow. 



Chittagong, flowering in the rains. 



