646 roLYANDRiA POLYGYNIA. Nelumbium, 



ed. Stigma simple. Follicles three, polished, size of a 

 field bean. Seeds several, generally from three to five, 

 round, smooth, enveloped in a large quantity of orange- 

 coloured wool, growing from the eye of the seed. 



3. T. Euryandra. Willd. 2. 1242. 



Shrubby, scandent. Leaves elliptic, scabrous, lineate, 

 with the margins a little waved. Panicles terminal, large 

 and ramous. Flowers trigynous. Ca?j/x and coro/ of about 

 seven leaflets and petals. Germs very hairy. 



A native of the Moluccas. 



POLYANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



NIGELLA. Schreb. gen. n. 935. 



Gen. Char. Calyx none. Corol five-petalled. NeC' 

 taries within the corol. Capsules five, connected. 



N. indica. R. 



Annual. Petals entire. Germ* five, length of the sta- 

 mina, ieare* decompound. £x^mor lip of the necta- 

 ries ovate, and deeply two-cleft, interior entire and acute. 



Beng. and Hind. Kalla-jecra. 



A native of Hindoostan. It appears, flowers and rip- 

 ens its seed during the dry season. Compare with N. 

 arvensis. 



POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



NELUMBIUM.* Juss. 



Gen. Char. Calyx none. Coro/ inferior, many-pe- 

 talled. Genus many, distinctly immersed in the turbi- 



* Dr. Carey considers this name to be derived from two Swng- 

 skrit words, viz. Neel, blue ; and Umboja, generated in water. Al- 

 though we have not yet found a blue Nelumbium in these parts of 

 Asia, yet it is said to be a native of both Kashmeer and Persia. 



