‘Burmannia. © HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 117 
BURMANNIA. Schreb. gen. n. 542. 
Calyx gibbous, mouth six-toothed ; the alternate one 
very small, (or they may be called petals.) Corol 
none. Stamina in pairs. Capsule inferior, three-celled, 
Seeds numerous, 
1. B. disticha, Willd. 2. 16. 
Leaves sword-shaped. Spike double. 
Burmannia spica gemina, Burm. zeyl. p. 50. t. 20.f. 1. 
It is a native of Ceylon. 
Root of numerous capillary fibres, annual. Leaves radi- 
_ cal, sword-shaped. Scape erect, from twelve to twenty 
inches high, round, pointed, with a sword-shaped sheath 
at each joint. Spikes double, spreading in opposite di. 
rections. Bractes lanceolate, one-flowered. Flowers e- 
rect, subsessile on the upper side of the spikes, pale blue. 
Calyx gibbous, one-leaved ; mouth six-parted, divisions 
alternate, larger permanent, and keeled on the back, 
Corol none, unless the three smaller divisions of the calyx 
be so called. Filaments none. Anthers three, joined 
to the sides of three large, ox-head-shaped glands, affix- 
ed to the calyx just below the smaller divisions thereof. 
Germ ii erior, three-sided, three-winged, the wings a 
continuat.on of those of the calyx. Style erect. Stigmas 
three, large, emarginate. Capsule three-winged, three= 
cornered, three-celled, three-valved. Seeds numerous, __ 
2. B. triflora. R. 
Flowers about three in a terminal head. Leaves ensi- — 
form. Found by Mr. W. Roxburgh on Prince of Wales’ 
Island. Root annual, consisting of a few small fibres, 
Leaves, few round the base, those of the scape ensiform, _ 
smooth. Scape filiform, erect, generally simple, invested _ 
in a few remote leaflike scales ; height about six inches. _ 
Flowers from two to four, terininil; short-pedicelled, al 
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