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free : anthers 2-celled, fixed by the base, erect, generally 

 moveable, dehiscing lengthways : cells parallel : ovaries 6 or 

 more, orbiculately disposed, separate or more or less coherent 

 at the middle, 1 -celled : ovules numerous, fixed to the walls 

 of the reticulately veined cavity, sessile or supported by a 

 short thread, ascending, anatropal or campylotropal : styles 

 continuous, distinfct, introrsely stigmatose at the apex, 

 sometimes none, then the sligmas extrorsely adnate to the 

 ovaries : carpels as many as the ovaries, distinct, coriaceous, 

 beaked with the persistent style, 1-oelled, many-seeded, dehis- 

 cing by the ventral suture : seeds , minute, parietal : testa 

 membranaceous: embryo exalbuminous, homotropal, straight 

 or uncinately plaited: radicle looking towards the hilum. — 

 Marshy or aquatic perennial herbs, stemless or caulescent^ 

 glabrous : leaves scattered, quite entire, sometimes sessile, 

 linear, sheathing at the base, sometimes petioled, broad, ftu"- 

 nished with a petiole sheathing at the base : scapes simple, 1 or 

 umbellately many-flowered at the apex: umbel involucrated 

 with bracts : flowers rose-coloured, white or yellow. 



GENUS I. BUTOMOPSIS. 



Oetandna Triandpia. Sex: Sytt. 



Berw. Plants resembling Butomm, which is from B<m», an ox, 

 and Temno, to cut ; it cuts the mouths of cattle. 



Gen. Chab. Same as the Order. 



(I) B. LANCEOLATA, (Kwitll.) 



Ident. Kunth Enum. pi. III. p. 165. 



Syn. Butomus lanceolatus, Boxl.flor. Ind. 11. p. 315. 



Engrm. Eoyle 111. t. 95, fig. 1. 



Spec. Chajr. Leaves radical, long-petioled, lanceolate : scape the 

 length of the leaves, 6 — 12 flowered: flowers pedicelled, erect, 

 umbellate, middle-sized, white, sepals pale green outside, tipped 

 with rose. 



-Surat. North "West Provinces. Flowering in the rains. 



