264 LILIAQEM. [ SCILLA. 



S. indica, Baker in Sound. Bef. Bot. Hi, App. 12 ; F. B. I. vi, 348 ; 

 Watt E. Z>. ; Prain Beng. PL 1074 ; Cooke FL Bomb, ii, 767. 

 Ledebouria hyacinthina, Roth ; Bot. Mag. 3226. 



Bulb ovoid or subglobose, 1-1J in. in diam. Leares 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. Scaj,e 2-5 in. 

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

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

 filiform, J to f in. Perianth-segments ^-J in. long, linear-oblong, 

 obtuse. Filaments J in., purple ; anth rs }$ in. long, ellipsoid ; 

 style -i in. long. Capsule % long, membranous. 



Bundelkhand (Royle) ; Gwalior (Maries). DISTRIB. : 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. Fruit 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 E. D. ; 

 Prain Beng. PI. 1075 ; Collett FL Siml. 526. Kanjilal For. FL 

 (ed. 2) 410 ; Cooke FL Bomb, ii, 768. SciUa indica, Roxb. ii, 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 f in. long, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, with 2 or 3 strong approxi- 

 mate median nerves. Stamens J in. or longer ; filaments flattened* 



