X^ris'. TKIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. l^jf 



tivation. — Calyx slightly coloured, with pubescent angles and the 

 segments, obscurely keeled. — Petals o\d^, acute, contracted at the 

 base and inserted into the mouth of the caiyx so as to occupy its 

 '»vhble circumference. — Filaments naked. — Antmrs beaked, subu- 

 late, with a cordate base, bilocular, opening on boiti siUes along 

 their whole length. 



Obs. I received this pretty lictle plant from my indefatigable and 

 zealous assistant, Mr. Smitli at aiihet, in 181?. It seems to ihnve 

 very well on an elevated bed, in a soil mixed >\ith pebbles, and while 

 I write this, in July the following year, it comnunjoes shooting out 

 numerous fresh leaves from the top of ihf S'.eiu and branches. The 

 structure of its {lowers agrees etit:iely with that of tue iirst species ; 

 but they are about one third smaller in size. — N. W. 



' XYRIS. Schreb. Gen. iV. 89- 

 Head with roundish one-douered scales. Perianth beneath, 

 three-leaved. Corot three-petailed, equal, waved, ^eclanes three, 

 bilid. Capsule one-celled, three-valved. Seeds numerous, on parie- 

 tal receptacles. 



1. X. indka. Linn. Sp. PL ed. Willd. 1. 2J4. 



heaves eusiform. Heads globular; scales roundi. 



Kotsjilelti-puUu. Rheed. mal. 9. p. 139. ^. 71. 



^eng. Cheena ghauzi. Dali doobfl. 



Grows on a low clayey soil, over many parts of Coromandel, and 

 Bengal. Flowering time November and December. Seeds ripen in 

 January and February. 



Uoot fibrous, annual. — Leares radical, bifarious, straight, sword- 

 shaped, on one edge slit into a sheath for the scape, pointed, smooth ; 

 from six to twelve inches long.— 5fo/)e naked, round, striattd, erect, 

 length of the leaves, each supporting a round, flower-bearing head. — 

 F/ozoen a beautiful bright yellow.^^rflc^es, or scales one-flowered, 

 orbicular, concave, hard, smooth.-^ Ca/^'x three-feaved, hid withia 

 tlie scale^ membranous.— Pe/a/s three, each supported ok m u»guis 



