304 



monadelphous, staminal. tube constricted at the mouth., and quite 

 entire, and these internally antheriferous, anthers 2-ceUed, didy- 

 mous-Bub-rotund, introrse : ovary half-inferior, free, 3-ceIled : ovules 

 2 in each cell, collateral, erect, anatropal : stigma sessile, 3-lobed : 

 seeds 1 — 3, naked.-^Stemless herbs : leaves radical, long-petioled, 

 sheathing, oblong-lanceolatCj surrounded at the base with dry 

 membranaceous scales : - scapes simple, racemosely many-flowered : 

 flowers pedicelled, fascicled, violet-green or greenish: fascicles 

 3 — 4-flowered, girt by a dry bract : pedicels bracteolate at the 

 base, articulated towards the apex. 



(1) P. Teta fAndr-J 



Ident. Andr. Bd;. Eep. Kunth Enum. pL v, p. 307. 



Syn. Teta viridiflora. Roxb.flor. Ind. II. 165. 



Migrm. Bot. Rep. t. 605.— Bot. Mag, t. 1302.— Eed. LiL t 415. 



Spec. Chae, Leaves lanceolate, acute -at both ends ; shorter 

 than the racemose scape : segments of the corolla ovate rotund, 

 marglnate : flowers green. 



Bengal. Silhet. 



(2) P. OoTOTAiiEirsis. (B. WiJ 

 Ident Weight's Icon. VI. t. 205 L 



Spec. Chae. Leaves very long-petioled, lanceolate, acuiminate, 

 glabrous : petioles rather shorter than the limb, triangular : scape 

 about the length of the petioles, sub-£picate : bracts subulate, as 

 long as the flowers -. calyx campanulate : ovules soon rupturing 

 the walls of the cells when ripe. 



CourtaUum, in dense woods, flowering in February and March. 



(S) P. I^'EILGHEEItEirSIS f£. W.J 



Ident. "Wight L c. t. 2052. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves lanceolate, tapering at botti ends, acuminate, 

 limb about the length of the petiole : scape erect, racemose, shorter 

 than the leaves : flowers drooping, campanulate : ovules usually 4 

 in each cell, soon rupturing the walls : seed naked, testa fle^y, 

 blue. 



Sispara, "Western slopes of the Neilgherries, abundant by the 

 road side, flowering at the beginning of the year. 



