Plants from North-Western India. 91 
lata, evaginata vel sessilia, cordato-ovata, acuta vel subcomplicata, presertim in fructu, 
vel patentia. Racemi 2-6-flori, flore superiore seepe sterili; bracteis hyalinis, lanceola- 
tis. Sepala 6, albida, hyalina ; tria exteriora elliptica, acutiuscula; 3 interiora anguste 
linearia, apice paulo dilatata. Stamina 6; filamenta supra medium pilis luteis barbata. 
Anthera 6, versatiles; loculis quadratis brachiatim divaricatis, demum apice fissis. 
Ovarium sensim in stylum attenuatum ; stigmate capitato, puberulo. Capsula ovata, 
obtusé trigona, apiculata, glabra, levis, trivalvis. Semina angulata (in quoque loculo 
duo) truncato-trigona, rugoso-sulcata. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Tas. II. 
Fig. 1. Streptolirion volubile, of the natural size. 
Fig. 2. Flower, slightly magnified. 
Fig. 3. A stamen. 
Fig. 4. Pistillum. 
Fig. 5. One of the valves of the capsule. 
Fig. 6. Transverse section of capsule. 
Figs. 7 & 8. Seeds in different points of view. 
Fig. 9. Embryo. 
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