10 J MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Hedl/cMum^ 



and slightly covered with depressed, soft, white hairs; 9-12 incheslong, 

 and about two broad. — Sheaths smooth on botli sides, striated, termi- 

 nating in a ligulated process, (as in many of the grasses) wliich is often 

 two-parted. — Spike terminal, solitary, erect, linear-oblong, about the 

 size of the thumb, compactly imbricated with many large, oval, con- 

 cave, green, common, permanent bractes. — i''/offi'e/-s large, pure white,* 

 \&YS fragrant, 2-4 to each common bracte, but seldom more than one 

 or two expand at the same time. — Bractes ; besides the common ex- 

 terior ones, already mentioned, there are as many iuteiior as there are 

 flowers in the fascicle ; ttie largest of 'which is about half the lenjith of 

 the common bracte, and envelopes not only the most foreward (ex- 

 terior) flower, but all those of the same fascicle, gradually diminish- 

 ing in size; all have a sheathing base, are mend^ranous, and stria- 

 ted. — Calj/x superior, one-leafed, a little inflated, contracted at the 

 mouth, a little hairy, striated, half the length of the tube of the corol. 

 — Corol one-petalled. Tube long and slender, from the apex of the 

 exterior bractes recurved. Border flat, double. Exterior three- 

 parted ; divisions equal, lanceolate, acute, membranaceous, striated. 

 Interior resupinate, three-parted ; lozoer two divisions obliquely oval, 

 short-clawed ; upper division broad, obcordate, banner-like, with 

 the fissure deep, and the lobes roundish ; margins waved ; towards 

 the base tinged yellow. — Nectar)/ (of Kbnig and Retzius) two short, 

 fleshy, subulate bodies embracing the base of the style. — Fila- 

 ment from the lower margin of the mouth of the tube, between the 

 insertions of the inner border of the corol, ascending ; upper side 

 channelled for the style, and inserted into the anther a litde above 

 its base. Anther linear, sub-erect, two-lobed. — Germ obsoletely 

 three-sided, three-celled, vvith many ovula in each, attached to the 

 axis. Sti/le slender, in length sufficient to elevate the large, hairy, 

 perforated, glandular, green stigma jixst about the apex of the anther. 

 — Capsule oblong, three-celled, three-valved, opening from the apex ; j 

 inside orange coloured. — Seeds many in each cell, invested in their 

 proper, multifid, crimson aril. Integuments two. — Perisperm and 



* A variety deeply tinged with yellow, is found in some of the interior provinces ; 

 and another of a pale yellow colour: all are equally fragrant. 



