Curculigo. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 143. 
and shorter than the scapes. Scapes rising from the cen- 
tre of the short stem formed by the united sheathes of 
the leaves, naked, round, smooth, slightly swelled towards 
the base and from thence tapering to the umbel, from 
one to two feet long. Sheathes shorter than the umbel, 
irregularly bursting into two or three subovate segments. 
Umbels globular, as much as two bundred-flowered. Flow- 
ers like those of the common onion, (Cepa.) Petals 
equal, expanding, shorter than the stamens, white, with 
agreen keel. Filaments erect, alternately dilated at the 
base. Anthers ovate, green. 
GLORIOSA. Schreb. gen. n. 561. 
Calyx none. — Corol six-petalled reflex. Germ supe- 
rior, three-celled. Cells many-seeded, attachment cen- 
tral. Style oblique. Capsule three-celled, three-valved. 
Seeds several. Embryo double, furnished with a peris- 
perm. 
1. G. superba. Willd. 2. 95. 
Root bulbous, biennial. Siem herbaceous, Leaves lan- 
ceolate, ending in a tendril, 
Mendoni. Rheed. Mal. 7. t. 57, 
Hind. Cariari. . Kar hCard 
Beng. Ulat-chandal. Eesha langula, 
_ Native of forests of India ; it appears during the rainy — 
season in Bengal, and is one of the most ornamental plants — 
any country can boast of; the root is said to be a violent 
Poison, 
CURCULIGO. Gort. 
Calyx none. Corol superior, pedicelled or sessile ;_ 
border six-parted. Germ three-celled, Cells many-seeded ; ws 
attachment central. Capsule veined, one.three-celled: 
