164 -HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Dianella; 
clearing the fibres from the pulpy parts of the leaves,than 
that of the natives above mentioned, must be contrived 5 
_ for as they now do it, that alone would involve a greaiey 
_ ‘than every other charge. 
DIANELLA. Lamarck. 
Calyx none. Corol six-petalled, the three inner re- * | 
fracted. Filaments with glandular apices, Anthers per- 
forated at top. Germ superior, three-celled ; cells few- 
seeded ; attachment subsuperior. Berry shonetaliadl 
Seeds few (from one to two, in each cell.) Embryo in the Be 
apex of an ample perisperm, 
D. nemorosa. Lamarck, Encyclop. 2. 273. 
Perennial. Leaves cauline, bifarious, ensiform. 
Draceena ensifolia. Willd. 2. 158. ) 
Gladiolus odoratus Indicus, Rumph. Amb. 5, t. 37. 
In 1800 the roots were sent from Sumatra, where I am. 
told it is indigenous, to the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, 
by Dr. Campbell, where the plants thrive well, and con- 
tinue in blossom and seed most part of the year. 
Root fibrous. Stems perennial, several from the same 
root, erect, or nearly so, smooth, jointed at the insertion 
of the leaves, somewhat compressed. In our plants 
the naked part of the largest is only as thick asa ratan, 
and two or three inches high, and the height of the 
whole, about three feet. Leaves cauline, bifari 
alternate, sheathing, spreading, or a little recurved, 
sword-shaped, keeled on the back, smooth on both sides; 
edges most minutely serrulate. Sheathes compressed, 
embracing the stem edge-ways, as in the Iridee, ScapeS 
from the centre of the leaves, round, smooth, with two 
or three very short leaves at nearly equal distances. 
Panicles terminal, with ramifications ending in small 
