142 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BOTANY OF 
nudo simpliciter racemoso brevioribus, scapi ramis 2—3 brevissimis, 
floribus solitariis vel geminis, pedicellis semipollicaribus prope basin 
articulatis, filamentis vesiculis minutissimis papillosis, ovulis in locu- 
lis 10 biserialbus, capsula triquetra, in quoque loculo seminibus 
5—6 compressis reniformibus, testa atra subtilissime papillosa. 
Quoad habitum Antherico tuberoso simillimum.—Crescit in prov. Mal- 
wan ; fi. Julio. 
4. C. Nümmonii; radice tuberosa, foliis radicalibus planis late lanceo- 
latis basin versus longe attenuatis utrinque nitidis striatis scapo 
tereti simpliciter ramoso bracteato brevioribus, scapi ramis ex axillis 
bractearum vaginantium longis compressis vel angulatis indivisis, 
floribus bracteatis geminis cernuis distantibus racemosis, sepalis 
omnibus sub anthesi patentibus, exterioribus acutiusculis, interiori- 
bus obtusis, paulo majoribus, stylo adscendente staminibus longiore, 
antheris filamentisque minute papillosis zequilongis, ovulis in quoque 
loculo 1-2, capsula triquetra loculis 1-spermis.—Crescit in prov. 
Malwan; fl. Julio. 
This species rises to the height of three feet, and has leaves two feet 
in length. 
5. C. glaucum; radice tuberosa, foliis radicalibus recurvis lanceolatis 
acuminatis basin versus attenuatis subcomplicatis glaucis striatis 
(marginibus undulatis) scapo stricto erecto simplici squamato 
duplo brevioribus, squamis pluribus vaginantibus acuminatissimis, 
floribus geminis approximatis patentibus, sepalis omnibus subsequa- 
libus, pedicellis supra medium articulatis, stylo filiformi stricto sta- 
minibus breviore, antheris filamentisque minutissime papillosis, 
ovarii triquetri loculis 8-ovulatis, ovulis biserialibus. 
Folia 8—9 poll. longa, medio 14 poll. lata. Seapus sesquipedalis, tota 
longitudine bracteis squamzeformibus vestitus, multiflorus. — Crescit 
in montibus Syhadree, lat. 16-19? ; ff. Aug. et Sept. 
The root of this species differs from that of all the preceding. It 
consists of a spherical depressed fibrous tuber, from the apex of which 
proceed several stout vermiform fibres, which are not, properly speak- 
ing, connected with the tuber, but are derived from the base of the new 
tuber just forming above the old one, which gradually disappears. 
Genus URoOPETALUM. 
l. U. montanum; scapo tereti pedali, racemo nutante 8-floro, foliis 
