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GENUS VI. BAENAEDIA. 

 Hexandria Monody nla.. Sex; Sysu 



Bervo. In honour of E. Barnard, F.L.S. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx corollaceous, 6-sepaled, regular, witliering, 

 persistent: sepals distinct, lanoeolate-oblong, acute, equal, much, 

 spreading : stamens 6, adnate to the base of the sepals and almost 

 equalling them, filaments memhranaceous, anthers 2-celled, introrse, 

 oblong, 2-lobed at both ends, fixed by the middle of the back : ovary 

 free, shortly Stalked, oyate, 3-celIed: ovules solitary, ascending: 

 style erect, subulate, filiform, stigma truncated, simple : capsules 

 oblong, triangular, parchment-like, 3-celled, looulicidaUy 3-valved, 

 valves septiferous in the middle : seeds linear-oblong, very finely 

 striated, convex at the back: testa cheStnut-brown,~soluble : embryo 

 axile, cylindric, straight, shorter than the fleshy albumen : radicle 

 touching the hUum. 



(1) B. Inbica. /'H.WJ 



Ident. "Wight's Icon. b. t. 2041. 



Spec. Chae. Bulbous: learves lanceolate, channelled towards 

 the base, sub-acuminate at the apes, strongly nerved : scape terete, 

 racemose, longer than the leaves : flowers cernuous, afterwards 

 drooping. 



"Western slopes of the Neilgherries. Nagpore. Flowering in 

 May. 



GENUS VII. URGINIA. 



Hexandria Monody nla. Sext Systs 



Gew. Chas. Calyx corollaceous, 6-sepaled, regular, deciduous, 

 sepals connate at the base, oblong, obtuse, 1 -nerved, equal : stamens 

 6, inserted at the base of the sepals, filament filiform, equal, 

 sUghtly dilated towards the base or middle, anthers 2-ceIIed, 

 introrse, linear-oblong, 2-cleft at the base, fixed by the middle of 

 the back: ovary free, sessile, oblong, 3-cornered, 6-furrowed, 

 3-ceUed : ovules many, in two rows, horizontal, shortly funiculate, 

 anatropal : style fiUfonn, erect, stigma convex, entire or 3-lobed : 

 capsule chartaceous or membranaceous, elliptic, rounded at the top, 

 3-comered, 3-celled, loculioidally 3-valved, many-seeded : seeds 

 flat, winged at the margin, ascending, imbricated upwards : testa 

 membranaceous, black or brown, margin dilated into a wing: 

 embryo axUe, cylindric, straight, a little shorter than the albumen : 

 radicle next the hilum. — Bulbous scape-bearing herbs: bulb 

 tunicated : leaves lanceolate or linear, appearing late : raceme 

 simple, pedicels bibracteate at thei base. 



