'181 TRIANDRIA T.IONOGYNIA. FmrcnO^ 



just long eliough to rais&lheir expaoding, oval, crenate borders above 

 the scales. — l^ectaryf three filaments inserted, alternately M'ilh the pe- 

 tals, round the base of the germ ; apex two-cleft, each division end- 

 ing in a pencil of fine yellow hairs; adhering firmly at the cleft to 

 the edges of the petals, near the apex of the claws. — Filaiuents 

 three, short, broad, erect, inserted on the inside of the apex of the 

 claws of the petals. Anthers twin, erect, united by a coir iimation 

 of the filament. — Germ superior, three-sided. Stj/lelan^th oitheclavvs 

 of the petals, from thence three-cleft. Stigmas torn. — Capsule three- 

 valved, one-celled. Seeds nuruerous, attached to a heel down the 

 inside of each valve. 



Obs. The following account of the virtues of this plant J have been 

 favoured with, by the irionourable John Hyde, who informs me that 

 " the natives of Bengal esteem it a plant of great value because 

 they think it an easy, speedy, and certain cure for the troublesome 

 irruption called ring worms." This accords with what V^an Rheede 

 says of it, at page 139 of the Qth volume of the Hortus Malabaricus, 

 viz. Foliorum succus cum aceto mixtus impetigini reiistit. Folia 

 cum radice oleo incocta contra lepram sumuntur. 



FUJ^RENA. Schreb. Gen. N. 90. 



Ament imbricated on all sides with tailed scales. Corol three- 

 petalled. Seed naked. 



1. F. ciliaris. R. 



Culms erect, about twelve inches, columnar, jointed, leafy. Leaves 

 hairy. Heads axillary and terminal. Scales very hairy. Siigmas 

 three. Seeds three- sided. 



Scirpus ciliaris. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. Willd. 1.309. Uottb. gram. o. 

 t. 17./ 1. 



Teling. Elagabora gadd/. 



A native of moist places on the Coast of Coromandel, with the 

 Scirpi, &c. • 



Root iibrous. — Culms nearly erect, about a foot high, round, 



