H.*-MOnoilACK/« BURMANNIACEjE. 599 



ORDER CCXXIX.— H^.MODORACE^, R. Br Lindl. Nat. Syst. 



p. 330 ;— Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 170. 



THE BLOOD-ROOT TRIBE. 



Herbs, referred to about 12 genera. Of these, Spreng. syst. enumerates 

 12 species for New Holland ; 12 for S. Africa; (10 Harvey) 4 for S. Ame- 

 rica; and 4 from N. America. One species, Aletris litoralis. Herb. Kon. 

 is mentioned in Wall. Cat., but can scarcely be of Indian origin. 



" The red colour found in the roots of Dilatris tinctoria, Pursh. in N. 

 America, where it is used for dyeing, prevails in Haemodorum, Sm., and 

 Wachendorfia, L." DC. {Lindl.) 



Wachendorfia, Burm. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 127, No. 178; — Endl. gen. 

 pi. \,p. 171.) 

 X.thyrsifiora, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 169;— B. M. 27, t. 1060.) '2^. C. 

 G. H. Introduced into the garden here in March 1841, but has not 

 fl. yet. 

 2. brevifolia, Ker. {B. M. 29, t. 1166.) 2/. C. G. H. Introduced with 

 No. 1, and has likewise not fl. yet. 



* Hagenhachia brasiliensis, Nees. 2|. Brazil. — Xiphidiuni albidum, Lam. 

 %. W. Indies. — X. coeruleum, Aubl. % Guiana. — Hcemodorum cocci- 

 neum, R Br. % Tropical New Holland. 



ORDER CCXXX.— BURMANNIACE^, Bl.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 330; 

 —Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 163. 



Herbs, by Lindl. referred to 5 genera. Of these, Spreng. syst. assigns 

 4 species to Brazil; 2 to Carolina; 2 to New Holland; (1 Indian) and 

 1 to S. Africa. Lindl. adds Apteria setacea, Nutt. for N. America. In the 

 E. Indies have been discovered 3-4 species of Burmannia, (Ceylon, S. 

 Concan ; New Holland ; 1 from Penang ; 1 from Nepal ; 1 from the Peninsula 

 of India, Rottl.) ; 1 of Gonyanthes, (Java) ; and 1 of Gymnosiphon, (Java.) 

 " Apteria setacea is slightly bitter, and very astringent. A similar flavour, 

 something like that of Green Tea, is discernible in Tripterella coerulea. 

 Nuttall." {Lindl.) 

 Burmannia, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 125, No. 144 ; — R. Br. pr,p. 264 ; — 



Endl. gen.pl. \, p. 164. 

 l.disticha, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 145; — Rozb. Carom. S, t. 242 ; Jl. 



ind. 2, p. m ,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 223 -—Burm. zeyl. t. 20, 

 /. 1. — B. distachya, R. Br. pr. p. 264.) © Ceylon. S. Concan. New 



Holland. Fl. pale blue, and fr. R S. 



