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leaves 4 — 6, short-ovate, obtuse, imbricating : stigmas dentiform ; 

 capsule globose, not ribbed. 



Eivers in Malabar. 



GEFUS lY. DALZELLIA. 



Tvlandria Trl^ynia. Sex: Systi 



Gen. Chae. Perianth, calycine, 3-parted, veinless, lobes equal, 

 imbricated in aestivation : stamens free, alternate with the lobes : 

 stigmas sessile, linear, short, diverging : capsule 3-celled, longitudi- 

 nally 9-ribbed. — Frondose .plants broadly expanding on all sides, 

 linearly branched : leaves entire : bud connate into an open tube : 

 flowers scattered and terminal. 



(1) D. POLiosA. {R. Wight.J 

 Ident. Wight's Icon. v. t. 1919—2. 



Spec. Chab. Rhizome spreading, lichen-Uke, lobed and free on 

 the margin, buds for the most part on the free margins : leaves 

 numerous, fascicled round the base of the pedicel, linear, pointed : 

 no sheath : pedicel 2 — 3-times the length of the leaves, 



Eivers in Salsette, near Bombay. 



(2) D. Lawh. fR. Wight.) 

 Ident. Wight 1. c. t. 1919—3. 



Spec. Chae. Rhizome spreading, margins free, gemmiferous : 

 leaves surroTinding the sheath few, short, broader than those within, 

 somewhat lanceolate : those of the sheath very numerous, short, 

 needle-shaped, recurved : capsule ovoid, scarcely angled. 



Salsette, near Bombay. 



(3) D. PEDUNCTTLOSA. fR. Wight.) 



Ident. Wight 1. c. t. 1919—4. 



Spec. Chab. Ehizome spreading, margins free, lobed, gemmi- 

 ferous : leaves all aggregated and united to form the sheath, short, 

 bristle-like: peduncle 6 — 8 -times the length of the sheath, very 

 slender : capsule ovoid, round or scarcely angled, 



Salsette, near Bombay. 



