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by Linnaeus to three different species, of which only one belongs 

 to the present genus. These three species were as follows: 



I. A plant in Hermann's herbarium, from Ceylon, apparently 

 the only actual specmien of U. caerulea ever seen by Linnaeus 

 before 1753. The specimen is still in existence, at the British 

 Museum (Nat. Hist.), and is here accepted as the type of the 

 Lmnaean species, and of the present genus. This species has 

 been most generally known as U. racemosa Wall. 



8. Meloneura. M. striahda (Sm.) Barnh. a, b. Plants, half natural size c 

 Bract and bractlets, X 8. d. Corolla, X 3i e. Fruit, X 3|. 



9. Pelidnia. p. caerulea (L.) Barnh. a, h, c. Plants, hllf natural size. d. Scale 

 X 32- e. Bract and bractlets, X 3i /. Flower, X 3*. 



10. Pleiochasia. p. dichotoma (Labill.) Barnh;' a. Plant, half natural size 

 0. Bracts and bractlets, X 4. 



2. A plant illustrated by Rheede, and confused with the pre- 

 cedmg by Linnaeus, who cited Rheede's illustration under U. 



