303 



(3) D. ATBOPUEPTTEEA. (Roxb.) 



Eoxb. 1. c. p. 160. 



Spec. Chak. Pruticose : erect : leaves lanceolate, acuminate, 

 coloured : panicles terminal : branches few, long, simple, diverging : 

 ilowers solitary, pale rose-coloured-white with, deep red. 



Silhet, flowering in March and AprU. 



(4) D. EJTSIFDLIA. (Wall.) 



Ident. "Wall. Cat. No. 5143.— Kunth 1. c. p. 5. 



Spec. Chak. Fruticose : leaves sessile, amplexicaul, lanceolate- 

 linear, acuminate : panicles terminal, soHtary, simple ; branches 

 spreading: flowers in three's. . ' 



Silhet. 



GENUS XV. OPHIOPOGON. 

 Hexandvia IfKonogrynia. Sim;: Syst: 



Deriv. From Ophii, a serpent, and Pogon, a beard. 



GEif. Chae. Perianth 6-leaved, coroUaoeous, persistent, leaflets 

 oblong, obtuse, inner ones slightly larger : stamens 6, inserted at 

 the bottom of the perianth, equal, filaments free, filiform, anthers 

 • 2-ceUed, emarginate, introrse : ovary free, sessile, tricoccous : 

 ovules 2 in each cell, collateral, erect, amatropal : styline column 

 terminal, thick, 3-comered, furnished with a triquetrous tube : 

 stigma undivided or 3-cleft, segments papillose : berry globose, 1- 

 seeded : seed globose, smooth, pale rusty, opaque : embryo cylin- 

 dric, albuminous. 



(1) 0. Indicttm. {R.W.j 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vi. t. 2050. 



Spec. Chak. Leaves narrow-linear, acute, sheathing at the base : 

 scape naked, about half the length of the leaves, racemose, secund : 

 bracts subulate, shorter than the pedicels : flowers beU-shaped : 

 berries oval, pale blue when ripe. 



NeHgherries. CourtaUum. Mysore. 



GENUS XVI. PELIOSANTHES. 

 Hexandria KSono^ynia. Sex: Syat: 

 Deriv. From Pelios, livid, and Anthos, a flower. 



Gen. Chak. Calyx turbinate, adnate to the ovary, limb 6-parted, 

 regular, rotately spjeading : stamens 6, inserted at the throat, 



