DAMASONIUM indicum. IVilld. Sp. PI. 2. 276. (exclufo 

 Forfk ) Roxb.pl. corom. 2. 45. /. 185. 



STRATIOTES alifmoides. Lin. fl. zeyl. 223. Sp. PI. Yd. 2. 

 1. 754. Mant. ^Qfr'SyJl. Veg. Murr. ed. 

 14. 506. 



OTTEL-AMBEL. Rheed. Hort. malab. 11. 95. /. 46. 



NEER VENEKY. Telingaris. 



As we could only procure a very imperfect fragment of this 

 rare plant for infpe&ion, we have trufted for much of the above 

 defcription, to a well preferved fpecimen in the Bankfian 

 Herbarium from Tranquebar, as well as to the defcription and 

 figures of Rheede and Roxburgh. The laminae of the leaves 

 are from three to fix inches each way ; and are faid to be very 

 brittle, like thofe of englifh water-Aloe. We fufpecl that Dr. 

 Roxburgh is miftaken in calling it an annual plant. The 

 corolla is entirely white. The root-Hock and fibres of a reddilh 

 yellow hue. A native of various parts of the Eaft- Indies, 

 growing in ponds and rivers. Sir Joseph Banks has different 

 fpecies brought from China by Sir G. Staunton ; and 

 Mr. N.Brown has one or two others found by himfelf on the 

 ifland of Timor. Requires to be cultivated in a ciftern or 

 pan of water placed in the Hove. Our drawing was made at 

 Mr. Woodford's. G. 



