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base, withering. Filaments six, short, inserted on the unit- 

 ed segments of the corol. Anthers erect. Germ flask- 

 shaped, villous, three-celled, with many ovula in each, at- 

 tached to the axis. Style crooked, shorter than the petals. 

 Stigma enlarged with three small lobes. 



SCILLA. Schreb. gen. n 567. 

 Calyx none. Corol six-petalled, spreading, deciduous. 

 Filaments filiform. 



1. S. indica. R. 



Bulb tunicated. Leaves narrow and taper from the 

 base. Racemes simple, longer than the leaves. Flowers 

 remote, solitary, long-pedicelled, drooping. 



A native of the sandy shores of various parts of India. 

 Flowering time the month of March and April. 



Root a round, white, perennial, tunicated bulb, about 

 the size of a large apple. Leaves numerous, radical, sub- 

 bifarious, ensiforra, nearly flat, smooth, on both sides, 

 from six to eighteen inches long. When in blossom the 

 plant is perfectly destitute of leaves. Scape erect, round, 

 smooth, naked ; including the raceme from two to three 

 feet long. Raceme very long, erect. Flowers remote, 

 long-pedicelled, drooping. 



The taste of the root is fully as nauseous, and bitter as 

 that of Scilla maritima, and may be possessed of the 

 same qualities. 



2. S. coromandeliana, R. 



ieaves linear, rather acute, deeply channelled. i?a- 

 cemes erect, longer than the leaves, bearing from four to 

 eight, remote, long-pedicelled, drooping flowers. Inner 

 petals straight, and bearded at top. 



A native of the sand hills of the Coast of Coromandel. 

 In the Botanic Garden at Calcutta it blossoms in May, 



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