ON SELECT INDIAN PLANTS. 593 



Svn. Sangandliica, or Sweet-scented. 



V cj L c . Swidhi-haldy or Snndhl '-hdla-ndli. 



Linn. Nvmpii/ea Lotos. 



Calyx as in the genus. 



Cor. Petals fifteen, lanced, rather pointed and keel- 

 ed ; the exterior series green without, imitating an 

 interior calyx. 



St am. Filaments more than forty; below flat, broad ; 

 above narrow, channelled within, smooth without ; 

 the outer series erect, the inner somewhat converg- 

 ing. Anthers awled, erect; some coloured like 

 the petals. 



Pi st. Germ large, orbicular, flat at the top, with 

 many (often seventeen) furrows externally, be- 

 tween which arise as many processes, converging 

 toward the stigma ; the disk marked with as many 

 furrowed rays from the center, uniting on the mar- 

 gin with the converging processes. Stigma round- 

 ish, rather compressed, sessile in the centre of the 

 disk, permanent. 



Per. Berry in the form of the germ expanded, with 

 sixteen or seventeen cells. , 



Seeds very numerous, minute, roundish. Flowers 

 beautifully azure, when full blown more diluted ; 

 less fragrant than the red, or rose-coloured, but with 

 a delicate scent. Leaves radical, very large, sub- 

 targeted, hearted, deeply scollop-toothed. On one 

 side dark purple, reticulated ; on the" other dull 

 green, smooth. Petiols very smooth and long, 

 tubular. The seeds are eaten, as well as the bulb 

 of the root, called Sdl/<ca> a name applied by 



U3 Rheede 



