THE HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE. 313 
adopted in the Supplement of the Encyclopedie (iii. 450), 
and by most recent botanists. 
When in Chatigang, I observed a species very nearly 
allied to this, and sent specimens, and a description, to Sir 
Joseph Banks; and, on the 24th April 1798, I sent seeds 
to Dr Roxburgh. I have since found the same plant on 
the hills of the Rangpur district ; and Dr Roxburgh pro- 
cured it from his son, for the Botanical Garden of Calcutta, 
where it is called Licualia peltata. I annex a description 
taken from my Notes. 
Licualia peltata stipite aculeato, frondi flabelliformij stamini- 
bus distinctis. 
Kurup et Kurkuti Bengalensium. 
Habitat in montibus ultra Gangem. 
Caudex S — 5 pedes altus, crassitie brachii humani curvus, 
teres, laevis, apicem versus stipitum rudimentis exasperatus, 
plerumque simplicissimus, sed aliquando vidi ramos paucos ut 
in Cycis. 
Frondes 5 seu 6 confertissimae, sparsae, horizontales, peltatae, 
subrotundae, 8—12 partitae laciniis cuneiformibus, ad latera 
integerrimis, apice praemorsis, nitidis, glabris, ad nervos longi- 
tudinaliter plicatis, pedem unum vel alterum longis. Stipes 
trigonus, longus, patens, imberbis, utrinque aculeis rectis hori- 
zontalibus validis armatus. Stipulae retiformes, lacerae, basin 
stipitis investiunt. 
Spadix erectus, foliis longior, interruptus articulis ad basin 
compressis lasvibus, apicem versus incrassatis tomentosis. Spicae 
simplices, teretes, ex apice singulorum articulorum solitariae, 
secundae, resupinatae, pedem longae, multiflorae. Pedunculus 
communis compressus, angulatus, tomentosus. Flores plurimi, 
sparsi, magnitudine florum hyacinthi. Spathae vaginantes, lae- 
ves, teretes, laxae, basin articulorum spadicis singulorum te- 
gentes, ore oblique-truncato, indefinite dentato. 
Calyx monophyllus, subcylindricus, inferus, ore tridentato. 
Corolla raonopetala, calyce duplo longior, persistens, trifida la- 
ciniis ovatis acutis patulis. Filamenta sex, ovata, acuta, plana, 
distincta. Antherae sagittatas, erectae, corolla breviores. Germen 
oblongum, truncatum. Stylus subulatus, staminibus longior. 
Stigma simplex. 
Bacca aurantii colore oblonga, basi attenuata, stigmate coro- 
nata, unilocularis. Cuticula punctata. Caro succulenta, fibrosa. 
