Aristea.] Indacez. 285 
ARISTEA Ait. 
Inflorescence terminal; perianth tube short, segments sub- 
equal, twisting up spirally after flowering; stamens epipetal- 
ous; ovary 3-celled, with numerous superposed ovules in 
each cell; capsule loculicidally dehiscent.—Sp. 27; natives 
of S. Africa and Madagascar. 
A. Eckxtoni Bak. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XVI, p. 112 (1878). 
Leaves linear, erect, 2 ft. long, 4 in. broad; peduncle about 
14 in. high, bearing reduced leaves; infl. a lax corymbose 
panicle; fls. 4 in. across, on short pedicels; capsule elongated. 
Common on the patanas about Hakgala; also near Nuvara Eliya. 
Fls. blue. 
A native of S. Africa. 
Page 268.—For Agave americana Linn. read: 
A. VerRA-Cruz Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8, no. 7 (1768); Drumm. & 
Prain in Agr. Ledg. No. 7, p. 86 (1906). ~A. americana Trim. FI. 
Ceyl. IV, p. 268 (1898) non Linn. 
Native of Mexico? 
For A. vivipara Linn. read: 
FURCRA GIGANTEA DC. PI. Succ. Hist. p. 126 (1799-1829). Furcrea 
sp. Drumm. & Prain 1. c. p. 94. A. vivipara Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 1V, p. 268 
(1898) nec Linn. nec Wight. 
Wight Ic. t. 2024 is A. Wighttt Drumm. & Prain; the Ceylon plant 
has been identified as F. gigantea var. Willemetiana by Dr. W. Tre- 
lease. The variety appears to be specifically distinct from the plant 
cultivated in the Peradeniya Gardens as F. gigantea DC. 
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1. CURCULIGO Gaerin. 
Per-segm. sessile on the top of the ovary: 
Fls. in a lax raceme. : aoe . I. C. FINLAYSONIANA. 
Fls. in a subcapitate raceme . : ‘ : C. capitulata. 
Per-segm. on the elongate slender top of the 
ovary . : ; . : 2 , . 2. C. ORCHIOIDES. 
For C. recurvata Dryand read: 
C. capiTtuLata O. Ktze. Rev. Gen. p. 703 (1891). Leucojum capitu- 
latum Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 199 (1790). Curculigo recurvata Dryand 
in Ait. Hort. Kew, ed. 2, II, p. 253 (1811). 
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3. PANCRATIUM Linn. 
Perianth-tube about 2 in. ; staminal cup broad . . P. ZEYLANICUM. 
Perianth-tube about 3 in.; staminal cup narrow ..._-~-P. verecundum. 
Perianth-tube about 6 in. ; staminal cup broad . . P. triflorum. 
P. triflorum Roxb. 
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