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— Xyris. TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 3123 
- tivation.—Calyz slightly coloured, with pubescent angles and the 
segments obscurely keeled. — Petals oval, acute, contracted at the 
base and inserted into the mouth of the calyx so as to occupy its 
whole circumference.— Filaments naked.— Anthers beaked, subus 
late, with a cordate base, bilocular, opening on both sides along 
their whole length. 
Obs. I received this pretty little plant from my indefatigable and 
zealous assistant, Mr. Smith at Silhet, in 1817.) It seems to thrive 
very well on an elevated bed, in a soil mixed with pebbles, and while 
I write this, in July the following year, it commences shooting out 
numerous fresh leaves from the top of the stem and branches. ‘The 
structure of its flowers agrees entirely with that of the first species 5 ; 
but they are about one third smaller in size. —N. W. 
XY RIS. Schreb. Gen. N. 89. 
- Head with roundish one-fowered scales. Perianth beneath, 
three-leaved. Corol three-petalled, equal, waved. Neclaries three, 
bifid.” Capsule one-celled, three-valved. Seeds numerous, on paries 
tal receptacles. 
1, X. indica. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. Willd. 1. 254. 
~ Leaves ensiform. Heads globular ; scales round. 
Kotsjiletti-pullu. Rheed. mal. 9. p. 139. t. 71. 
Beng. Cheena ghauza. Dabi dooba. 
Grows on a low clayey soil, over many parts of Coromandel, and 
Bengal, Flowering time N ovember and phe com ripen in 
January and. February. 
Root fibrous, annual.— Leacés indicat  bifarious, straight, sword- 
shaped, on one edge slit into a sheath for the scape, pointed, smooth 5. 
from six to twelve inches long.— Scape naked, round, ‘striated, ec 
length of the leaves, each supporting a round, flow er-bearing head.— . 
sa beautiful bright yellow.— Bractes, or scales one-flowe E 
orbicular, concave, hard, smooth.— Calyx three-leaved, hid pond j 
the s scale, membranous.— Petals inar each. ema ipud onan Singer 
