174 a"KrANi>uiA monogtnia. Commelina, 



IRlS.Schreb. Gen. ^N. 91. 



Carol slv petalled; petals unequal, alternate, jointed and spreading. 

 StisLrnas "etals, from cowled to bilabiate. 



] . T. chincnsis, Curtis's Bot. Mag, N. 573. 



Root creeping. Leaves ensiform, drooping, scape ramous, ma^ 

 Iffiy- flowered. 



This elegant species has been introduced from Chiaa, into the 

 Botanic Garden, where it thrives best in cool, moist, shady situa- 

 tions. Flowerhig time the beginning of the hot season, viz. March 

 and April. 



MOREA. Schreb. Gen. K 80. 

 Corol s!X-peta!led ; the three inner spreading and narrower* Stig-^ 



via three-cleft. 



1. M.chinensis. Linn, Sp. PI ed. Willd. 245. Thunh. Diss. N. 19. 



Herbaceous, stems compressed. Leaves bifarious, ensirorm, 

 •umbels terminal, proliferous, all the six-petals expanding. 



Belameanda-shular mini. Rkeed. mal. 11. f. 37. 



Ixia chinensis. Curt. Magaz. 171. 



Pardanthus chinensis. Annals of Bot. 1. 4l6. 



Beng. Dusbaha, or DMsbichMndt. 



A native of India, China, &,c. Flowers in the rainy season in the 

 Botanic Garden near Calcutta. 



- Is common in gardens over India, where it blossoms during the 

 tains, and ripens its seeds in the cold season. 



COMMELI'^A. Schreb. Gen. N. 86. 



Cali/x inferior, three-leaved. Corol three-petalled, often dissimi- 

 lar. Nectaries or sleiile filaments three, with a cruciform head. Cap' 

 sales two or three-celled. Seeds ooe or more. Embryo simple, and 

 furnished with a perisperm. 



