130 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. CHnum. 



faintly fragrant, short-pedicelled. Tube slender, about 

 three inches long, trigonal. Segments of the border six, 

 linear, recurved, length of the tube. Filaments equal, 

 and equally disposed, shorter than the segments of the 

 border. Anthers linear, incumbent. Germ, style, and 

 stigma as in the other species. 



5. C. longifolium. R. 



Bulb spherical, stemless. Leaves linear, long, droop- 

 ing, channelled, margins slightly scabrous. Umbel from 

 ten to twelve flowered ; flowers subsessile. 



A native of the interior parts of Bengal w^here it was 

 found in single plants among grass, and on low inundated 

 ground, by Dr. Carey, and by him introduced into the 

 Botanic Garden at Calcutta, where it flowers and rip3ns 

 its seed during the rainy season. It comes nearest C. 

 asiaticum, but diflfers much in appearance, and in the size 

 and shape of the bulb. This being a much better looking 

 plant, the bulbous root has not the long spindle-shaped 

 crown of that species, which penetrates deep into the mud 

 on the borders of creeks, where that plant is naturally 

 found. 



Root many strong, fleshy libres, from the crown of a 

 round, tunicated bulb, which penetrate deep into the 

 soil. Leaves many, equally disposed in all sides, de- 

 clinate, tapering regularly from the base to a fine point ; 

 general length from two to three feet, including their 

 withered apices, concave, but no keel, margins cartilagi- 

 nous, and hispid, striated, breadth about two inches at 

 the base. <Stcf/)es axillary, length various ; in low inun- 

 dated places, sufliciently long to raise the flowers above 

 the water ; in the Botanic Garden, on dry ground, always 

 much shorter than the leaves, variously bent, a little 

 compressed, smooth. Umbel, w ith from eight to twelve 

 sessile, large white, fragrant flowers, intermixed with 

 filiform bractes. tSpaiAe two-leaved. Calyx none. Coral 



