Globba. |  MONANDRIA MONOGYNIAL 81 
beyond its periphery, but without any other kind of append- - 
age, as in most of the other species. Germ round, rugose, 
one-celled, containing many ovula, attached to three parietal 
receptacles, Style length of the corol and filament, filiform, 
taking a more direct course to the anther than the groove 
of the filament. Stigma funnel-shaped, ciliate. Capsule 
globular, size of a large marrow-fat pea, warted, one-celled, 
_ three-valved. ‘Seeds several, attached to the middle of the 
valves of the capsule, round-ovate, resting on a large spongy 
pedicel. Jnieguments two; exterior firm, light brown, a 
little villous; interior membranaceous. Perisperm conform 
to the seed, hard, and friable, even while fresh.  Vitedlus in 
small ‘quantity, clear, lining the inside of the upper part of 
the cavity of the perisperm so as to embrace the upper half 
of the clavate embryo, 
7. G, subulata. R. 
Panicles radical. Filament with a subulate be Se on each 
side near the base; anthers semilunar, winged. 
Found wild in the: forests of Chittagong By Me Ww. 
Roxburgh, and by him introduced into the Botanic garden 
near Calcutta, in 1801; where it blossoms in April, May, 
and June, during which period the new foliage.also appears 
above the eround. There is a constant succession of flowers 
from the extremities of the lengthening branches of the pani- 
cle, for nearly two months, which renders this lovely plant 
one of the most charming of the whole natural order that I 
have yet met with. The specific name is taken ~— the 
shape of the wings of the filament, 
Root perennial, composed of numerous, aiveriihig? fey 
fibres, some fusiform, some columnar, Stems annual, bend- 
ing a Tittle to one vides from one to two feet igh. Leave 
six to ia ne in noon ono, and mn¢ = eee 
“‘Bheaths' seaooth} taliel 12 yu or — ait run 
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