480 



capitate or discoid, undivided or lobed : fruit baccate, indehis- 

 eent, 1 — many-celled, 1 — many-seeded: seeds sub-globose 

 or angled : testa coriaceous, usually thick : albumen fleshy, 

 mealy, copious. 



GEKUS I. CEYPTOCOEYKE. 



SEoncecia Diandvia. Sex: St/st: 



Derw. From Zrttptos hidden, and Coryne a club, alluding to the 

 shape of the flowers. 



Gen. Chajr. Spathe shortly tubular at the base, limb elongated, 

 the fold closing a tube, connate with the top of the spadix, trans- 

 versely 2-celled : spadix enclosed, interruptedly androgynous, naked 

 in the middle : anthers many, sessile at the top of the spadix, 

 with two pores on their summit : ovaries 6 or more, verticilled 

 round the base of the spadix, many-ovuled : ovules affixed to the 

 inner angle, sub-horizontal, orthoteopal: styles as many as the 

 ovaries, distinct, diverging radiately : stigmas discoid : berry inany- 

 celled, umbilicate : seeds many in the cells : embryo albuminous. 



(1) C. spiRAXis. (Meeher.J 



Ident. Rsch. MSS. — "Wydler in Lirmsea, v. 428. — Schott. 

 Meletemata, I. 16. 



8yn. Arum spirale, ReU. obs. I. 30. — ^Ambrosinia spiralis, Eoxh, 

 Jlor. Ind. III. p. 492. 



Engrcm. Blume Eumphia, I. 84, t. 36. — Bot. Mag. t. 2220. — 

 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 525.— 'Wight's Icon. t. 773. ' 



Spec. Chab. Leaves linear-lanceolate: spathe sessile, much 

 shorter than the leaves, spirally twisted. 



Banks and ponds of rivers on the coast of Coromandel, Deccan, 

 and the Concansy flowering in the rainy season. 



(2) C. EETBOSPiEAiis; (FiscTwr.) 

 Ident. Fisch. 1. o. — Kunth. Enum. pi. III. p. 12. 

 Syn. Ambrosinia retrospiralis, Roaib. I. c. p. 492. 

 Engrmi. "Wight 1. c. t. 772. 



Spec. Chab. Leaves hnear-lanceolate : spathe first twisted to 

 the right and there closed, then to the left and there open : capsule 

 5-ceUed, 5-valved. 



Northern parts of Bengal, in mud soil. 



