264 LILIACEA. [ Scrnna.. 
S.indica, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii, App. 12 ; F. B. I. vi, 848 ; 
Wait E. D.; Prain Beng. Pl. 1074; Cooke Fl. Bomb. ii, 767. 
Ledebouria hyacinthina, Roth ; Bot. Mag. 3226. 
Bulb ovoid or subglobose, 1-14 in. in diam. Leaves appearing with the 
flowers, 3-6 in. long, oblong to lanceolate or oblanceolate, subacute, 
narrowed into a sheathing petiole, rather fleshy, undulate, obtusely 
keeled, sometimes rooting at the tips, dull-green above and often 
with darker blotches, paler and glaucous beneath. Scaze 2-5 in. 
long, rather stout. Flowers greenish-purple, in cylindric many- 
flowered racomes 2-4 in. long. bracts minute, scarious; pedicels 
filiform, } to 3 in. Perianth-segments }- in. long, linear-oblong, 
obtuse. Filaments 4 in., purple; anthers y in. long, ellipsoid ;. 
style 3-1 in. long. Capsule 4 long, membranous. 
Bundelkhand (Royle); Gwalior (Maries). DistrrB.: Behar, Chota 
Nagpur, Bombay Presidency and S. India to Ceylon ; extending to. 
Abyssinia. 
6. URGINEA, Steinh. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. vi, 347. 
Herbs with tunicate bulbs. Leaves radical, linear or lorate. 
Flowers racemose or on a long leafless scape, often appearing before 
the leaves; pedicels short or long, articulate, bracts small. Pe- 
rianth petaloid, campanulate; segments 6, 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, 
introrse. Ovary 3-celled, often, 3-gonous, style tapering towards 
the base, ovules many in each cell. Frutt an oblong 3-quetrous 
loculicidal capsule. Seeds usually many in each cell, compressed ; 
testa black, marginally winged, embryo rather large, albumen 
fleshy.—Species about 24, in S. Europe, W. Asia and Africa. 
U. indica, Kunth. Enum. iv, 333 ; F. B. I. vi, 347 ; Watt HE. D. ; 
Prain Beng. Pl. 1075 ; Collett Fl. Siml. 526. Kanjilal For. Fl. 
(ed. 2) 410 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb. ii, 768. Scilla indica, Roxb. i, 147.— 
Vern. Kanda (Saharanpur), jangli-piydj, uskil.—Indian Squill. | 
Bulb 2-4 in. long, ovoid. Leaves appearing after the flowers, 6-18 in- 
long, linear, acute, nearly flat. Scape erect, 12-18 in. long, brittle. 
Flowers distant, drooping or spreading, greenish-white; or dingy- 
brown; bracts minute, soon falling. Perianth campanulate ; seg- 
_ ments 3 in. long. oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, with 2 or 3 strong approxi- 
mate median nerves. Stamens } in. or longer; filaments flattened. 
