276 



tube of eorol 2 J to 5 inches long. On the banks of the Gutpurba 

 and Mulpurba rivers. Syn. C canaUculatum, Roxb. loc. cit. 



2. PANCRATIUM, Linn. 



1. P Parvum, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. ii, p 144. — Leaves 

 linear-striated, rather flat, attenuated towards the base ; scape 

 compressed, striated, 3 to 4-flowrered ; corol-tube very long and slen- 

 der ; corona half the length of the limb, 12-toothed; flowers white, 

 six inches long ; capsule ovate, 3-lobed ; seeds few in each cell. 

 Concan and Ghaut hills ; flowers in June. Syn. P malabathricum, 

 Herbert Amar. 292 (?). 



CXLVII. HYPOXIDACE^. 



I. CURCULIGO, Gaert. 



L C Brevifolia, Ait. Hort. Kew. — Root perennial, somewhat 

 fusiform ; leaves sessile or short-petioled, narrow linear lanceolate, 

 sprinkled with long, soft hairs ; scape short ; lower flowers only 

 hermaphrodite ; tube long, slender, pubescent ; flowers yellow, star- 

 like, just appearing above the ground. Common at the beginning 

 of the rains. 



2. C Malabarica, Wight Ic. 2043. — Leaves long-petioled, 

 linear-lanceolate, tapering at both ends, smooth ; scape racemose, 

 the lower flowers only bisexual, all clothed with long, soft pube- 

 scence ; bracts ovate, tapering from the base, subulate-pointed ; 

 leaves 2 feet long and upwards. On the Ghauts, pretty common ; 

 at Mahableshwur. 



3. C Graminifolia, Nimmo in Grab. Cat. p 215. — A small 

 species of a very different habit from the others ; leaves very 

 narrow-keeled; flowers solitary, on very long, slender peduncles. 

 Kandalla, Belgaum, Sewnere Fort, and probably all along the 

 Ghauts. 



CXLVIII. TACCACE^. 



I. TACCA, Forst. 



1. T PiNNATiFiDA, Forst. PI. Exs. No. 28; Prod. No. 209.— 

 Root tuberous, perennial; radical leaves petioled, 3-parted, the 

 segments 2 to 3-parted, and finally pinnatifid, with waved margins ; 

 petioles! to 3 feet long; scape radical, round, smooth, naked, 

 twice the length of the petioles ; umbel simple, 10-flowered ; flowers 

 long-pedicelled, drooping, greenish, mixed with several long 

 threads. In the Concans, common in the rains. The root yields 

 excellent Arrowroot. 



