HYPOXIDEAE INDICAE. 
SULPICIUS KURZ, 
HORTO CALOTTTESST AD1USCTTS. 
MOLINERIA COLLA Hort. Ripul. App. II. p. 333. 
Ovarium uniloculars ovula placentis 3 parietalibus 2— 4-seriatim affixa. Semina minora, exarillata, 
hilo minuto gibbiformi. 
1. Molineria recurvata HERBERT. Foliis lato laticcolatis utrinquo attenuatis amplis, longe 
petiolatis, plicato-nervosis, subtus pubescentibus; spicis densi-vel laxifloris, longe pedunculatis cermiis; 
floribus longiuscule v. breviusoule pedicellatis, tubo subnullo, filamentis rcctis, antheris libcris v. ad- 
glutinatis, stylo breviter v. longiuscule exserto; baccis breviter v. longiuscule pedicellatis globosis, saepiua 
bicarinatis. — Curealigo recurvala dryand. in Hort. Keio. td. 2. II. p. 253. Bot. Bey. p. 770. bom. 
Ft. Ind. II. p. 145. Icon. ined. tab. 394. bl. Emm. I. p. 16 iiassk. Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. IX. p. 
137. PL lav. rar. p. 119. Curculigo Finlaysoniana WALL. Cat. n. 5102 (forma iunior?). 
Rhissoma crassum, obliquum, stoloiiiferum. Folia 2-3 pcd. longa, usque { ped. lata, lato- v. oblongo-lanceolala, 
utrinque attenuata, acuminata, plicato-nervosa, subtus adpresse puboscentia glabrescentia ; petioli lamina pie- 
rumque breviores obsolete sericei. Racemus densus v. laxiusculus cernuus; icaput usque pedalis anceps secedente- 
cinereo-villosus. Flares longiuscule v. breviusoule pedicellati unibracteati; oracleae ovarium paullo superantes 
lauceolatae acuminatae extus adpresse villosulae margino carinaque stupposae, pedicellos laxe v. arete ongentes; 
pedicelh J — J- poll, longi, obsolete ancipites subfurfuraeeo-villosuli. Limbi laeiniae recurvatae aureae v. sul- 
fureae, subtus pallidiores, in medio incano-villosulae, oblongae obtusiusculae, exteriores paullo angustiores apice 
minute apiculatae. Filamenta recta, antherae utrinque obtusae luteae Iiberae; stylus paullo exsertus; ovarium 
obscure trigonum, griseo-villosulum. Baccae breviter v. longiuscule pedicellatae compactae v. laxae magnitudine 
nuclei cerasi globosae v. oblongae bicarinatae v. ecarinatae albidae secedente-subfurfuraceo-villosulae glabrescen- 
tes, laciniis emarcidis coronatae. Semina eleganter striolulata aterrima. 
Has. lava in m. Malabar: t. Anderson n. 04, Silhet et Nepalia: wall. Cat. 5159, Kumaon: 
t. anderson, SikMm .- j. hooker, Khasya 2 — 4000'.- hook. fit. et TnoMS., Assam: simons, Paramatt: 
T. THOMSON. 
Oiserv. Hue forsan referenda species quae tanquam C. sumatrana iaok in siiq. Comment, phyt. p. 108 descripta. 
var. (J pedunculosa, floribus laxioribus longiuscule pedicellatis, bracteis pedicellos arctius involventibus, antheris 
in tubum adglutinatis, stylo longiuscule exserto, baccis longe (usque 1 poll.) pedicellatis patentibus laxis plerumque 
bicarinatis. — Haud rara, manifeste ad speciem transiens. 
2. Molineria sulcata kurz. Foliis lato-lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis amplis longe petiolatis 
plicato-nervosis, subtus pubescentibus; spicis densifloris subsessilibus v. brevissime pedunculatis; floribus 
brevi-pedicellatis, tubo brevissimo, filamentis flexuosis, antheris in tubum adglutinatis, stylo longiuscule 
exserto; baccis brevissime pedicellatis ovatis apice in tubum brevissimum attenuatis costato-sulcalis. 
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