481 

 (3) C. ciLiATA. (Fischer. J 



Ident. Fisch. 1. c. — Schott. Meletemata I. 16. 



Syn. Ambrosinia ciliata, Roxb.flor. Ind. III. p. 491. 



JEkgrm. Eoxb. Cor. t. 262.— Wight 1. c. t. 775. 



Spec. Chab. Leaves long-petioled, oblong-lanceolate : spathe 

 peduncled, long-tubular, fimbriated at the apex : capsule 6-celled. 



Bengal, in marsliy ground and bads of streams and tanks, 

 flowering in th.e rainy season. 



(4) C. BoxBTJKGHn. (Dah.J 



Ident. Dalz. Bomb. Flor. p. 257. 



Syn. C. unilocularis, Kunfh. — Ambrosinia unilocularis, Roxh 

 flor. Ind. III. p. 493. 



Engrav. Wight 1. c. t.,774. 



Spec Chab.. Boots fibrous, stoloniferous ; leaves radical, erect, 

 ensiform, smooth, a little curled on the margin, 8 to 12 inches 

 long : scape about an iach long, smooth, compressed : spathe as 

 long as the leaves, erect, twisted like a screw to a very fine point, 

 beautifully spotted inside with very dark purple ; capsule coriaceous, 

 conical, 5-celled : seeds very numerous. 



Banks of streams and other wet places, common ; flowering in 

 October. 



GENUS II. AEIS^MA. 



monteeia Heptandria. Sex: Syst: 



Gen. Chab. Spathe' convolute at the base, limb fornicate or 

 flattish : spadix unisexual below, increased above with rudimentary 

 organs, naked with an exserted or enclosed apex; anthers verti- 

 ciQate in distinct filaments, cells separate or opposite, dehiscing by 

 a transverse pore or cleft : ovaries many, free : ovules 2 — 6, erect, 

 orthotropal : style short or nearly none : stigma capitato-peltate or 

 depresso-hemispherical : berries 1 — few-seeded : seeds sub-globose : 

 testa coriaceous or membranaceous : embryo albuminous. — Perennial 

 plants with a tuberous rhizome, stemless or caulescent, the petioles 

 of the leaves sheathing at the base and concrete with a central 

 scape : leaves (very rarely undivided) sometimes peltatisect, some- 

 times pedate or palmatipartite, segments sessile or stalked, quite 

 entire, or rarely eroso-serrate, sub-reticulately veined. 



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