170 triandria monogynia. Commelina. 



IRIS. Schreb. gen. N. 97- 

 Corol six-petalled, petals unequal, alternate, jointed and 

 spreading. Stigmas (petals,) from cowled to bilabiate. 



1. 1, chinensis. Curtis 9 s Bot. May. N. 373. 



Root creeping. Leaves ensiform, drooping ; scape ramous, 

 many-flowered. 



This elegant species has been introduced from China into 

 the Botanic garden, where it thrives best in cool, moist, shady 

 situations. Flowering time the beginning of the hot season, 

 viz. March and April. 



MOREA. Schreb. gen. N. 80. 

 Corol six-petalled ; the three inner spreading and narrow- 

 er. Stigma three-cleft. 



1. M. chinensis. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 245. Thunb. Diss. 

 JV. 19. 



Herbaceous, stems compressed. Leaves bifarious, ensiform. 

 Umbels terminal, proliferous, all six-petals expanding. 



Belameanda-shular mini. Rheed. Mai. 11. t. 37. 



Ixia chinensis. Curt. Magaz. 171. 



Pardanthus chinensis. Annals of Bot. 1. 416. 



Beng. Dwsbaha, or Dushichundi. 



A native of India, China, &c. Flowers in the rainy season 

 in the Botanic garden near Calcutta. 



Is common in gardens over India, where it blossoms dur- 

 ing the rains, and ripens its seeds in the cold season. 



COMMELINA. Schreb. gen. N. 86. 



Calyx inferior, three-leaved. Corol three-petal led, often 

 dissimilar. Nectaries or sterile filaments three, with a cruci- 



