144 BOTANY OF WESTERN INDIA. 
brevissimum, lineam longum et latum, supra antheram in ligulam 
brevem rotundatam ciliatam reflexam productum. Stigma infundi- 
buliforme, ciliatum, dorso tuberculatum.—Crescit in rivulorum ripis 
prov. Malwan ; ff. Julio. 
PANCRATIUM. 
1. P. parvum ; scapo compresso striato 3-4-floro, perianthii tubo 
longissimo gracili, laciniis linearibus acutis tubo multo brevioribus 
tribus exterioribus mucronatis, corona perianthii laciniis dimidio 
breviore apice 12-dentata, dentibus æqualibus, filamentis brevibus 
vix dentibus coronæ altioribus, antheris dentibus coronze longioribus, 
foliis linearibus striatis planiusculis basin versus attenuatis, ovarii 
loculis pluriovulatis, capsula ovata triloba, seminibus in loculis abortu 
paucis (1-2).— Crescit in monte Dronaghiri Concani septentrio- 
nalis ; fl. Junio. 
Tube of the corolla five inches long, limb one inch; anthers three 
times longer than the free part of the filament. 
CURCUMA. 
l. C. decipiens; perennis, e radice fibrosa tuberibus amygdaloideis 
plurimis pendulis intus candidis, scapis primum lateralibus postea 
ex axillis foliorum e solo tardius emergentium centralibus 6-8 poll. 
longis clavatis, foliis late ovalibus glabris raro subtus velutinis longe 
petiolatis, petiolis laminz pedali æqualibus basi vaginatis, bracteis 
floralibus saccatis purpureis inferioribus rotundatis superioribus 
oblongis obtusis, floribus geminis purpureis, calyce infundibuliformi, 
corollæ tubo dimidio breviore 3-dentato, dentibus rotundatis, corollz 
purpurez tubo intus medio barbato, laciniis exterioribus oblongis, 
suprema mucronata cucullata, interioribus conformibus labio bifido 
marginibus crispis, filamento complanato antherze longitudine, stigma 
infundibuliformi antice 3-lobulato ciliolato; glandulis epigynis longis 
linearibus.— Crescit in prov. Malwan ; jl, Junio—Aug. 
The existence of both central and lateral spikes seems to be a new 
feature in this genus; and I am aware of the existence of another 
undescribed species having the same peculiarity : the central spikes 
make their appearance two months after the others. 
SAGITTARIA. 
l. S. triandra; pedalis acaulis, foliis longissime petiolatis lineari- 
