164 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Dianellu, 



clearing the fibres from the pulpy parts of the leaves,thaii 

 that of the natives above mentioned, must be contrived ; 

 for as they now do it, that alone would involve a greater 

 expence 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 three-celled. 

 Seeds few (from one to two, in each cell.) Embryo in the 

 apex of an ample perisperra. 



D. nemorosa. Lamarck. Encyclop. 2. 273. 



Perennial. Leaves cauline, bifarious, ensiform. 



Dracaena ensifolia. Willd. 2. 158. 



Gladiolus odoratus Indicus. Rumph Amh. 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 as a ratan, 

 and two or three inches high, and the height of the 

 whole, about three feet. Leaves cauline, bifarious, 

 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 Iridece. 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 



