Scilla. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 147 
base, withering. Filaments six, short, inserted on the unit- 
ed segments of the corol, §Anthers erect. Germ flask- 
shaped, villous, three-celled, with many ovula in each, at- 
tached to the axis. Style crooked, shorter than the petals, 
Stigma enlarged with three small lobes. 
= 
SCILLA. Schreb. gen. n. 567. 
Calyx none. Corol six-petalled, spreading, deciduous. 
Filaments filiform. 
1. S. indica. R. 
Bulb tunicated. Leaves narrow and taney from the 
base. Racemes simple, longer than the leaves. Flowers 
remote, solitary, long-pedicelled, drooping. 
_ A native of the sandy shores of various parts of India. 
Flowering time the month of March and April. 
Root a round, white, perennial, tunicated bulb, about 
the size of a large apple.. Leaves numerous, radical, sub- 
bifarious, ensiform, nearly flat, smooth on both sides, 
from six to eighteen inches long. When in blossom the 
plant is perfectly destitute of leaves. Scape erect, round, 
smooth, naked; including the raceme from two to three 
feet long. Raceme very long, erect. Flowers remote, 
long-pedicelled, drooping. 
The taste of the root is fully as nauseons, and bitter as 
that of Scilla maritima, and may be possessed of the 
Same qualities. 
_ 2. S. coromandeliana, R. | 
Leaves linear, rather acute, deeply channelled. Ra- 
cemes erect, longer than the leaves, bearing from four to 
eight, remote, long-pedicelled, drooping flowers. Inner 
Petals straight, and bearded at top, 
A native of the sand hills of the Coast of Coromandel. 
Ih the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, it blessopne 3 in ‘May, 
5s ths 
