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height two lo three ftet : duration from, one to two ytftrs. — heaven 

 bifarious, lauceolar, acunutiate, smooth ; iron; ten \o twelve inches 

 long, ami tioia two to four broad. — 6pi/tes radical, imbricated, at hi^t 

 cluvatc, afterwards becoinixig roundish as the fruit advances. Scape 

 from one to three inches long, hid under the surface of the eartli, and 

 embraced by numero^us imbricated, sheathing scales. — FlozLers of a 

 •niddling size, pale yt-llow. — Bractesj exterioi- one-llowered, obiorjg, 

 ;oncuvt', smooth. Interior, or inferior perianth, tubular, sheathing 

 the germ, and lower half of the proper perianth. — Ca/j/x superior. 

 rvlindric, enlirci, or dentate, villous. — Corol with a long, slender tube ; 

 .segments of the exterior border sub-lanceoiar, obtuse, the upper o,;e 

 .somewhat vaulted over the stamnia, and stigma. Up noariy round, 

 .ind hndivided, tinged with red down the middle ; lio spui1^, or oro- 

 jections between it and the base of the lilament.- - Filamtnl linear, 

 incurved. Anihcr crowxwA \\\i\\ a three-lobed crest. — GiV/v villous, 

 three-celled, with many ozw/a in each, attached to the axis. — Capsuk 

 ovate, size of a large nnlmeg, rather fleshy; surface somewhat ru^o-so 

 thrce-valved, three-celled. — Seeds several in each cell ; oval, andcb- 

 ovate are the most prevailing forms. — Perisperm conform to the 

 seed. — f iteliui nearly round, occupying a considerable portion of the 

 up})er part of the perisperm. — Emhri/o clavate, length of the seed, 

 its apex passing through tire centre of tiic vitellus. 



S. A. senceum. R. 



Jjcaves laneeolar, senceoas underneath. Kaeemei> ladical, sub- 

 globular, ranioui. Ljp obovate, baso calcarate. 



A uative of the iiiountaiiis on the North-East border of Bengal, 

 vihere it is aUo called Dooi Kcsha. It is a stalely plant, with leaves 

 about two feet lor^g, and ol the Lolonr and appearance of highly 

 polished silver luidf^rneath. The inflorescence a (M;u)pleiely coni' 

 pound, sub-globular raceme with the short, villous, hianchet; there- 

 of two or three-flowered, each Jiower pretty h.ag-pediceiled and 

 imbraced during their early period with villous, oblong, meliibrana- 

 ceous bractCif wliich soon perish ; the cal-.;. is irore perujantnt, tu- 



