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(1) U. Indica. fXunth.J 



Ident. Kunth Enum. pi. iv. p. 333. 



Syn. Soilla Indica, Roxb.fltyr. Ind. II. 147. 



Engrao. WigM's loon. t. 2063. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves narrow, attenuated at tte base : racemes 

 simple, exceeding the leaves : flowers remote, solitary, long- 

 pedicelled, lax. 



Sandy shores of both Concans. Tuticorin. Eocky places at 

 Covalom near Trevandrum. 



(2) U. COHOMANBELIAIIA. f R.W.J 



Ident. "Wight 1. c. t. 2064. 



Syn. Scilla C&romandeliana. Eoxl. I. e. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves linear, tapering to the point, shorter than 

 the scape : racemes erect, flowers short, pedicelled, supported by a 

 largish scariose bract as long as the pedicel. 



Sand hills on the COTomandel coast, flowering in April and May. 



(3) IT. C0N6ESTA. f R.W.J 



Ident. Wight 1. c. t. 2064. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves linear-subulate, about the length of the 

 scape : scape erect, naked : racemes shoi-t, compact : flowers short- 

 pedicelled, supported at the base by a short, broadish scariose obtuse 

 bract: sepals lanceolate, the inner slightly smaller- l., ovary conical : 

 capsules sub -ovate or globose, 3-eelled, cells 3 — 4- seeded, seeds. 

 orbicular, bound all round by a broad wing, shinirtg black. ^ 



Sea coast. 



GEISTTS VIII. LEDEBOUEIA. 



Hexandria Monog^ynla. Sex: Syst: 



Deriv. Named after M. Ledebour, a botanical author. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx coroUaceous, 6-sepaled, regular, persistent, 

 sepals free, oblong, 1 -nerved, campanulately connivent, spreading 

 at the apex : stamens 6, adnate below to the sepals and shorter than 

 them, filaments filiform, anthers 2-celled, introrse, elliptic, 2- 

 lobed at both ends, fixed by the back : ovary free, stalked, depressed- 

 globose, 3-celled: ovules 2 in each cell, fixed at the axis, collateral. 



