1074 BENGAL PLANTS. [ Iphigenia. 
stellately spreading, a ; segments equal, narrow, clawed. 
Stamens 6, hypogynous; filaments short, flat; anthers oblong, 
versatile, introrsely ae ce d. Carpels 3, connate in a sessile, 
8-celled ovary; ovules in each cell numerous; styles 3, shortly 
connate below, free above, linear, recurved, stigmatic within. 
| Fruit a loculicidal capsule. ge subglobose ; testa thin, brown, 
adpressed ; albumen fleshy; embr, » small. 
2222, IpHiGENIA INDICA Kunth; F. B. I. vi. 357; E. D. 
I, 340. 
Chota Nagpur; Behar; W. Bengal. 
A herb, 3-10 in. high, with a globose, perennial corm. 
Santal. Chutia chanel: 
967. Scilla Linn. 
Herbs with tunicate eri gna radical, linear lorate or 
he Flowers racemo imple, leafless scape; bracts 
mall. Perianth petaloid, 1 asain, Sicllate or campanulate ; 
ba a 6, subequal, often recurved. Stamens 6, adnate at or 
near base of perianth-lobes ; anna usually filiform; anthers 
ovate or oblong; dehiscence introrse. Carpels 8, connate in a 
8-celled ovary; ovules in each cell bacity few, often 2; style 
filiform; stigma small, capitate. vit a globose, 3-lobed, 
Pp Fruit 
loculicidal capsule; cells 1-2-seeded. Seeds obovoid or sub- 
sea ; testa thin, black; embryo shorter than the firm 
album 
anes. eh InDICA Bak.; F. B. I. vi. 348; E. D. 8. 968. 
Chota Nagpur; Behar. 
A small, bulbous herb; flowers appearing with the 
leaves. Beng. Safedi-khus. 
968. Urginea Steinh. 
Herbs with tunicate bulbs ; Zeaves radical, linear or lorate. Flowers 
racemose, On a ae leafless scape, —_ eae before the 
8, connate in a sessile, 3-celled, often 3-gonous 
Ovary ; ovidies each cell numerous; style filiform ; stigma some- 
what thickened. Fruit an oblong, 3-quetrous, loculicidal capsule. 
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