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174 (— ERIANDRIA MONOGTYNIA. Comi 
— IRIS. Schreb. Gen. N 97. 3 
Coral six- petalled, petals unequal, alternate, jointed and spreading. 
- Stigmas petals, from cowled to bilabiate, 
1. I. chinensis. Curtis’s Bot. Mag. N. 373. . 
Root creeping. Leaves ensiform, drooping, scape ramous, ma- 
ny-flowered. : 
This elegant species “has been introduced from China, into the 
Botanic Garden, where it thrives best in cool, moist, shady situs- 
tions. Flowering time the beginning of the hot season, viz. March | 
= April. aa 
MOREA. Schreb. Gen. N. 80. * 
Corol six-petalled ; the MET inner spresti and narrower. Stig- - 
ma B Sees! dida 
1. M. disini. ae om Pl. ed. Willd. 245. Thunb. Diss. N.19. 
Herbaceous, stems compressed. Leaves bifarious, ensiform. 
umbels terminal, proliferous, all the six-petals expanding. ° 
— Belameanda-shular mini. RAeed. mal. 11, t. 37. 
Ixia chinensis. Curt. Magaz. 171. 
Pardanthus chinensis. Annals of Bot. 1. 416. 
Beng. Dusbaha, or Dusbichundi. ; i 
A native of India, China, &c. Flowers in the rainy season in the - 
Botanic Garden near Calcutta. 
-~ Is common in gardens over India, where it macie during t the | 
rains, and ripens its seeds in the cold season. “oe 
COMMELINA. Schreb. Gen. N. 86. 
qo inferior, three-leaved. Corol three-petalled, often dissimi- 
lar. Nectaries or sterile filaments three, with a cruciform head. Cap- 
sules two or ihree-celled. Seeds one or inore. aps npe ond 
furi ished with a perisperm. ic Leach a. % ca 
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