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LEDEBOURIA HYACINTHINA. HyAcInTH- 
LIKE LEDEBOURIA. 
KEK KEKE EEE EE EK KEE EER 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeyntia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Smimacinz. Boyle.) 
Generic Character. 
Cor. 6-petala: petalis basi staminiferis, persistentibus. 
Germen 3-partitum, pedicellatum, subrotundum. Stylus 
capillaris, simplicissimus: stigmate acuminato. Ufriculi 
3 basi connexi, monospermi; 2 sepe abortivi, et tune 1 
obovatus, subcurvatus. Roth. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Lepesourtia* hyacinthina. 
Lepesouria hyacinthina. Roth, Nov. Sp. Ind. Or. p. 195. 
Sprengel, Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 97. Wall. Cat. of Pl. 
in E. I. C. Mus. p. 180. 
Me antuium hyacinthinum. Heyne, MSS. 
AntueEricum hyacinthoides. Walld. MSS. 
Eryturonium Indicum. Rottler (according to Sprengel). 
Descr. Bulb ovate, tunicated, about the size of a nut- 
meg, coats membranaceous, pale brown. Leaves five or 
six in number, four to five inches long, broadly lanceolate, 
waved, entire, glabrous, dark green above, with dee 
spots, the underside pale and glaucous, finely striated, below 
tapering into a sort of membranaceous, silky petiole : Scape 
one or two, arising from the summit of the bulb, bearing a 
raceme 
* In honour of C. F. LEpDEBOUR, author of Travels in the Altaic Moun- 
tains, and of a Flora Altaica. 
