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(3) D. Lebchen-atjltianum. (Bon.) 

 Idmt. Don 1. c. — ^Eunth 1. c. 

 Engrm. "Wight's Icon. vi. t. 2048. 



Spec. Chab. TJmbels sessile, 3 — 5-flowered : sepals ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, gibbous at the base : anthers scarcely twice shorter 

 than the filaments : style three times longer than the stigmas : 

 leaves ovate, snb-petioled : flowers green. 



NeUgherries, flowering in July and August. 



(4) D. MYSOBENSB. (R. W.J 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vi. t. 2049. 



Spec. Char. Umbels 3 — 4 flowered, terminal: sepals ovate, 

 cuspidate-acuminate, not gibbous at the base : filaments curved, 

 not dilated at the base, shorter than the sagittate incurved anthers : 

 style much longer than the short; almost inconspicuous, stigmas : 

 leaves almost sessile, broad, ovate-acuminate. 



Bababooden Hills. Mysore. 



GENUS II. IPHIGENIA. 



Hexandria Monog'ynia. Sex: St/st: 



Gen. Chae. Sepals 6, coloured, deciduous, distinct, equal, 

 stellately much spreading, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed 

 below and there furrowed internally : stamens hypogynous, three 

 times shorter than the sepals : filaments filiform — subulate, slightly 

 villous : anthers elliptic, cordate at the base and there fixed, flattish 

 at the back looking outwards, 2 eeUed : cells contiguous, dehiscing 

 lengthways : ovary sessile, obovate, 3-comered : ovules many, fixed 

 by 2 rows to the inner angle : style very short : stigmas 3, revolute, 

 papillose within : capsule elliptic; terminated by the persistent 

 style, 3-ceUed, 3-valved, many-seeded : . seeds obliquely globose, 

 chestnut brown, smooth : testa thin, membranaceous, adnate to the 

 albumen : embryo small, cylindric-sub-ciavate : albumen fleshy. 



(1) I. Indica.' (Kunth.) 



Ideni. Kunth. Enum. pi. iv. p. 213. 



Syn. Melanthium Indicum, Zinn. AnguiUaxia Indica, E. Brown, 

 prod. 273. 



Etiffrav. WaU. pi. As. rar. III. t. 259. 



