lAliacew,'] . cetlon plants. 



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7. CHLOROPHYTUM, Ker. 



1. C. parviflorum, Da 



Bomtay Flora, p. 251. 

 2039,— c.p. 2292. 



Wight 



Hab. I^ot uncommon in tlie soutliern parts of the island, at no ereat 

 elevation. 



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2. C. breviscapum, Dalz. 1. c.?— c.P. 2291. 



Hab. Korne^alle and Matale, Gardner; Central Province, common. 

 JNom. Tulg. "Bim-pol." 



/bZ^^ pedalia, spatliiilato-knccolata, acuminata. Scapi foliis brcviores, parum 

 densillori. Pediceili breves, apice articulati. Bractea liiicari-lanccoIatBe, acutae, in- 

 feriorcs pollicai'cs. Sepala laiiceolata, 3 liii.longa, apicc plus minus cucullata apicu- 

 lataque. Ovarium \ocy\Y\^ circiter 15-ovulatis. Gajisula tnquctra, 4 lin. louga, 

 locuHs 8-10-spermis. Semlna atra, rugosa, niiuutissimc tuberculata. 



This appears to agree in every respect with Mr. Dalzell's description, except' ia 

 the more numerous ovules of the prescut plant. 



Used medicinally by the Ciughalcse. 



8. ALLIUM, Linn. 



1. A. Hooker!^ Th^v. ; scapo elongato, subtriangulari, basi folioso ; 

 foliis membranaceis, linearibus, G-ll-nerviis, scapo brevioribus ; urn- 

 bella muUiflora; se^alis linearibus, parum acutis, filamentis subaequi- 

 ^ngis ; capsula ssepms monosperma. — Allium, No. 7. in Herb. Ind. Or. 



7000 



Hook. f. and Thorns.— c.P. 3659. 

 H 



feet. 



ocapus li-2-pedalis. Folia 2-2-3 En. lata, acuminata, apicc miuutissinie rctusa, 

 reaicelh 6 lin. iongi. Semina ovoidea, opaca, rugulosaj nigra. If lin. loiiga. 



This is closely allied to A. fFaUichii, Kunth, but is smalfer in all its parts, and its 

 leaves havejewer nervui'cs. , 



9. IPHIGENIA, Kunth. 



1. I. Zndicai Kunth, (Enum. iv, p. 213, cum syn.) — Anguillaria In- 

 . dica, E. Br. ; Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. t. 259. Melanthium Indicum, 

 Lmn.— c.P, 3G80. 

 Hab. Trincomale, lieu, 5. 0. Gle7iie. 



10. GLOEIOSA, Linn. 



1. G. superba, Linn. (Eoxb, Fl. Ind. ii. p. 143, cum sjn,)—3fct/i0' 

 ntca superba, Lam. ; Eunth, Enum. iv. p. 276, cum syn. ; Bot. Eeg. t. 



77. Mendoni, Eheed. Hort. MaL vii. t. 57.— c.P, 2295. 



Hab, Common in bushy places, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 

 J>om. vulg. "NeyangaUa." 



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11. OPHIOPOGON, Kcr. 



Ophiopogon and Ilugrjea, Kunth (baud Fl'dggea, Willd.). 



1. O. intermedius, Don, Prod. FJ. JS"ep. p. 48. — Flilygea intermedia^ 



