288 



(4), M. MLATATA. (Kwtlih.) 



Idmt. Kimth 1. c. 



Stfn. Pontedfcria dilatata, Such, in Symes' Ava. Roxh. I. e. 

 p. 123. 



Engrm. Andr. Rep. t. 490. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves cordate-sagittate, long-patioled, shorter 

 than the floriferous petioles, very acute : flowers umbellately 

 corymbose, pale blue. 



Bengal, flowering in the rainy and cold season. 



(5) M. PLANTAGINEA. (Kunth.) 



Ident. Kunth L e.. p. 135. 



Si/n. Pontederia plantaginea, Soxi. I. c. p. 123. 



Spec. Chab. Diffluse : leaves narrow, cordate : racemes peduneled, 

 3-flowered. 



SUhet. Assam in marshes. 



ORDER CLXIII. LILIACE^. 



Flowers hermaphrodite : calyx 6-sepaled, corollaceous, 

 regular, deciduous or persistent, sepals distinct, equal: aesti- 

 vation imbricated : stamens 6, inserted at the bottom of the 

 flower or the base of the sepals and shorter than them : fila- 

 ments distinct, subulate or filiform, beardless, seldom pubescent: 

 anthers 2 -celled, dehisciiig lengthways introrsely or at either 

 margin : cell parallel, adnate to a narrow dorsal connectivum : 

 ovary free, sessile, 3-celled, cells opposite the outer sepals, 

 ovules numerous, fixed to the central angle, in two rows, 

 horizontal, anatropal : style terminal, sometimes very short, 

 nearly wanting : stigma 3-lobed or 3-cleft, very rarely entire, 

 lobes or segments for the most part plaited : capsule 3-celled, 

 loculicidally 3-valved, central column none : seeds numerous, 

 compressed, superposed : testa membranaceous, thin, sometimes 

 sub-spongiose, brown, rufescent or pale: embryo small, 

 ■enclosed, axile, straight: radicle next the hilum: albumen 



