768 CXXXIl. LILIACE/E. 



2-5 in. long, rather stout. Flowers greenish-purple, in cylindric, many- 

 flowered racemes 2-4 in. long ; bracts minute, scarious ; pedicels fili- 

 form, |— I in. long. Perianth-segments ^-^ by yV~rV ^'^•' linear-oblong, 

 obtuse. Eilaments ^ in. long, purple : anthers -j^^ in. long, ellipsoid. 

 Style jr-j in. long. Capsules ^ in. long and broad, membranous. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 6, p. 348 ; Eaker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 13 (1872) p. 250 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 293 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 524; Prain, B(ii)g. PI. p. 1074; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 2, 

 p. 489. Scilla maculata, Baker, in Journ. Linn. ISoc. v. 13 (1872) 

 p. 250. Ledehfmria maculata, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) 

 p. 143 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 251. Ledehouria hyacinthina, Both, Nov. PI. 

 Sp. (1821)p. 195; Wight, Icon. t. 2040; (Irah. Cat. p. 220; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 251 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3226.— Flowers : May-July. 



Z'fl/^'c// . without locality in Herb. Kew.! Xonkan : Sfoc/iS'. Deccan: M<aha- 

 blesliwar, very common, appearing with the first fall of rain at the end of May or 

 beginning of June, Cooke I, H. M. Birdivood ; Alandi, Woodrowl S. M. Country : 

 Belgaum, ^iVcA/e, 7o3! ; Castlerock, Woodrow.—'DihJUi^. India (Behar, Central India, 

 Chota Nagpur, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Abyssinia. 



8. URGINEA, Steinh. 



Herbs with tunicate bulbs. Leaves radical, linear or lorate. Flowers 

 racemose on a long leafless scape, often appearing before the leaves ; 

 pedicels short or long, articulate ; bracts small. Perianth petaloid, 

 campanulate ; segments G, subequal. Stamens 6, adnate at or near the 

 base of the perianth-lobes, included ; filaments filiform or thickened at 

 the base ; anthers oblong or linear, dehiscing introrsely. Ovary 3-celled, 

 often 3-gonous ; ovules numerous in each cell ; style tapering towards 

 tlie base. Fruit an oblong, 3-quetrous, loculicidal capsule. Seeds 

 usually many in each cell, compressed ; testa black ; embryo rather 

 large ; albumen fleshy. — Distrib. Species about 24, S. European, 

 AV. Asiatic, and African. 



1. Urginea indica, Kunt7i, Enum. v. 4 (1843) p. 333. Bulb pale, 

 2-4 in. long, ovoid, thick. Leaves appearing after the flowers, 6-18 by 

 |-1 in., nearly flat, sub-bifarious, linear, acute. Scape erect, brittle, 

 12-18 in. long by ^-\ in. diam. at the base. Flowers dingy brown 

 (Dalzell 6f Gibson), very distant, in slender laxly flowered racemes 

 6-12 in. long; bracts minute, soon falling; pedicels 1-1 1 in. long, 

 slender, spreading or decurved. Perianth campanulate ; segments 

 I by y!^-l- in., oblong-oblaiiceolate, obtuse, with 2 or 3 strong approxi- 

 mate nerves down the middle. Stamens rather more than i in. long; 

 filaments flaMened; anthers y^^ in. long. Style obconic. Capsules 

 ellipsoid, tapering to both ends, |-| in. long, the cells 6-9-seeded. 

 Seeds elliptic, | by i in., flattened, black. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 347 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. p. 25i> ; Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 13 (1872) p. 222; 

 AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 524; Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 1075 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 213. Scilla indicxt, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 2 (1832) p. 147; Grab. Cat. p. 220 {not of Baker).— 

 Vern. Janyli-piaz. 



KoNKAN : Stocks I ; common on the sandy shores of both Konkans, Graham, Nairne, 

 Dalzell; ITarni, on the coast below Bombay, Dalzell 4' G?'6so?;.— Distrib. India 

 (Western Himalaya, Bi'har, Chola Kagpur, Birina, W. Peninsula especially near the 

 sea) ; Tropical Africa. 



Used in medicine as a eubi-titute for I ho I rue Squill. 



