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ORDERS 149. MELANTH ACE. 
Tue Cotcnhicum Tripe. Lind, Hort Brit. p. 539. 
725. ANGUILLARIA. R. Br. Hexandria Monogynia. 
’ From anguilla—an eel; the application not obvious. 
1571. A. Inpica. Sprengel. 2. p. 146. Melanthium Indicum. Willd, 2° 
p. 268. Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3. t. 259. Melanthium racemosum and Caricin- 
um? Roth. : ; 
Mar-kullai—A small plant, springing up during the rains. Concans. N. 
Kandalla. 
ORDER 150. BROMELIACE. 
THe Pine-AppLte Trise. Limd. Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 539. 
726. AGAVE. L, Hexandria Monogynia. 
From aganos—admirable, stately ; in reference to the appearance of the 
plant. Lam. Ill. ¢. 235. 
1572. A. CantuLa. Rox. Flora. Ind. 2 p. 167. Aloe Americana. Rumph. — 
Hort. Amb. 5. ¢. 94. 
A stately Aloe-looking plant. The central scape rising to the height of 
15 to 20 feet, flowers in the rains. In Gardens, Bombay, Seroor. There is 
a variety with long flexuous leaves. The seed germinates in the capsules be- 
fore they drop off as in A. vivipara. 
727. BROMELIJA. L. Hexandria Monogynia. 
So named by Linnaeus in memory of Bromel, a Swedish Naturalist. Gaert. 
Carp. 1. ¢. 11 Tourn. Inst. ¢. 426. ¢. 428, Lam, Il. ¢. 223. 
1573. B. Awanas. Rox. Flora. Ind. 2. p. 116. Bot. Mag. ¢. 1554. 
Kapa-tsjakka. Rheed. Hort. Mal. 11. ¢. 1.and 2. Rumph. Hort. Amb. 5. 
t. 81, The well known Pine-apple, cultivated inGardens. 
ORDER 151. PONTEDEREZ. 
Lind. nat, syst. p. 272. Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 540. 
728. PONTEDERIA. L. Hexandria Monogynia. 
In memory of Pontedera, a Professor of Botany at Padua. Lam. Ill. ¢. 22%. 
1574. P. Vacinauis. L. Rox. Flora. Ind. 2. p. 121. Carimgola. Rheede. 
Hort. Mal. 11. ¢. 44, Rumph. Hort. Amb. 6. ¢. 75. fig. 1. Rox. Cor. Pl. 2- 
t. 110. Pluk. Alm. ¢. 215. fig. 4. 
Leaves cordate on long petioles from which the racemes of pretty blue 
flowers burst. Rice fields and margins of Tanks. Concans. N. 
1575. P. Hastata. L. Rox. Flora. Ind. 2. p. 121. Cor. Plants, 2. ¢.111. PI. 
Alm, t, 220. fig. 8, Moris. Hist. 3.S. 15. ¢. 4.f.7. Found in similar situ- 
tion with the above. N. 
ORDER 152. XYRIDEZ. 
Lind. nat. syst. p. 255, 
729. XYRIS.L. Triandria Monogynia. 
' From xyros—acute, pointed; in allusion to the shape of the leaves, Gaert. 
Fruct, 1: t, 15, Lam, Ul, ¢. 36, 
