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GENUS V. UKOPETALTJM. 



Bexandria MonOigryiila. Sex: Syst: 



Deriv. From Owra, a tail or appendage, and Petalon, a petal : the 

 divisions of the flower are lengthenied out. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx coroHaeeons campanulate-tnbular, limb 6- 

 parted, regular, persistent, outer segments spreading, inner ones 

 shorter, broader, connate, coimivent- stamens 6, inserted on the 

 throat, three opposite the inner segments more deeply inserted, all 

 enclosed, filaments adnate, free and filiform at the apex, anthers 

 2-ceUed, iatrorse, Unear, 2-cleft at the base, fixed at the back belo-w 

 the middle : ovary free, sessile, oblong, triangular, 3-ceUed : ovules 

 12 — 22, in two rows, horizontal, anatropal: style erect, teretely 

 3-comered, stigma largish, S-cleft, segments sub-ovate-rotund : 

 capsule parchment-iike, short obevate, round at the apex, acutely 

 3-oomered, S-celled, looulicidally 3-valv«d, valves septiferous in the 

 middle : seeds compressed, elliptic-oblong, winged at the margins, 

 dotted, scabrous, black : embryo axile, cylindric, straight, a little 

 shorter than the albumen : radicle touching the hilum.^-Bulbous 

 herbs : bulb tunicated : leaves linear, thickish : raceme simple, 

 remote-flowered: pedicels 1-bracteate at the base, bracts exceeding 

 the pedicels : flowers nodding. 



(1) TJ. MONTAITOM. (Dah.) 



Ident. Daiz. in Hook. Joum, Bot. II. p. 142. — Bomb, flor, 

 p. 250. 



Spec. Chae. Scape round, 1-foot : leaves linear, folded, as long 

 as the scape; raceme about 8-flowered: bracts soarious, acuminated: 

 capsule stalked : cells 3 — 4-seeded ; flowers white. 



JBelgaum. "Western Deccan, in pastures, flowering in August. 



(2) U. CoifCAifENsii. [BahJ 



Ident, Balz. L o. 



Spec. Chae. Scape 8 — 10 inches Tiigh: leaves half-round, flediy, 

 filiform, few, deeply grooved «,bove, a half shorter than the scape : 

 raceme drooping, 3 — 4-flowered : capsule 3-lobed, cells 6-seeded : 

 seeds fla;t, black, shining and smooth : flowers white. 



Kooky places in the Malwan district, flowering in August. 



