1054 BENGAL, PLANTS. _ [Sansevieria. 
Seeds 1-3, globose, ripening outside the pericarp, all large or 1 or 
2 imperfect; testa lax, saa or succulent; embryo partially 
enclosed in the fleshy album 
Leaves grooved or flat on the upper surface beyond the sheath, and with 
only a short conical tip :— 
Leayes cya linear-ensiform, semi-terete, channelled above; 
flowers °5 i Roxburghiana. 
Leaves Te me ensiform, flat, not channelled above ; flowers about 
an inch long trifasciata. 
Leaves quite cylindric, igi or sulcate except at the short, sheathing 
ase; flowers about °75 ong cylindrica. 
2179. SanseviertA RoxpurGuHtana Schult. f.; F. B. I. vi. 271. 
S. zeylanica F. I. ii. 161; E. D. 8. 785 
Very fre gi sen eee ted. 
A herb, with tuf fea -ensiform, fleshy, rigid leaves. 
Vernac. Murva, cite murga. Indian Bowstring Hemp. 
This species is apparently indigenous in India, but is not wild 
within our area. 
2180. epi enr TRIFASCIATA eae 
; en cultivated ; sometimes as an escape. 
A herb, "with tufted, Siisee Intiantats leaves. 
Closely related to W. African Bowstring Hemp (S. guineensis, 
but with narrower, more definitely maculated leaves. 
2181. SANSEVIERIA CYLINDRICA Bo . 
ecasionally cultivated. 
A herb, with tufted, cylindric, pointed leaves. 
Order CXXXI. IRIDEA. 
Perennial herbs ; rootstock woody, creeping or stoloniferous, oF 
short, corm-like; stems herbaceous, solitary or fascicled, some 
times short or 0. Leaves narrow, often distichous and equitant. 
inal 
the axil of a floral leaf; bracts, outer spathaceous, inner 
Perianth superior, petaloid; segments 6, 2-seriate, imbricate- 
Stamens 8, epigynous, or adnate to the outer perianth-segments ; 
anthess ovate, oblong, or linear; dehiscence longitudinal, extrors¢ 
teral. Carpels 3, connate in an inferior, 3-celled ovary; 
