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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 marrowfat 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. Integuments two; exterior firm, light brown, a 

 little villous ; interior membranaceous. Perisperm conform 

 to the seed, hard, and friable, even while fresh. Vitellvs 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. snbulata. R. 



Panicles radical. Filament with a subulate wing on each 

 side near the base; anthers semilunar, winged. 



Found wild in the forests of Chittagong by Mr. W. 

 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 ground. 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 vet met with. The specific name is taken from the 

 shape of the wings of the filament. 



Root perennial, composed of numerous, diverging, fleshy 

 fibres, some fusiform, some columnar. Stems annual, bend- 

 ing a little to one side ; from one to two feet high. Leaves 

 alternate, bifarious, sessile on their sheaths, lanceolate, with a 

 long, withered, filiform point; villous on both sides ; from 

 six to nine inches long, and about one and a half broad. 

 Sheaths smooth, keeled ; Ugula, or stipulary process truncat 



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