Spironema
(from speira, spiral, and nema, a filament; alluding to the spirally-twisted bundles of vessels contained in the filaments). ORD. Commelinaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a robust, creeping or stoloniferous, stove, perennial herb, more curious than beautiful. It thrives in any light, rich soil, and may be increased by divisions. S. fragrans (fragrant). fl. white, small, fragrant, in dense, head-like cymes, sub-sessile or very shortly pedicellate, forming a tall, rigid, few-branched panicle; sepals and petals sub-equal, distinct; stamens six, all perfect. May. l. large, oblong-lanceolate, sessile, in slightly-imbricated sheaths. Stem leafy, short, thick. h. 2ft. Mexico, 1839. (B. R. 1840, 47.)