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GENUS X. MONOLOPHUS. 

 IHonaiidria Monogrynla. Sex: Syst: 



Deriv. From Monos, single, and. Lophos, a crest. 



Gen. Chab. Calyx tubular, cleft : tube of , the coroUa long, 

 filiform, outer segments of the limb equal, lateral ones erect, 

 p6sticous one deflexed, inner . lateral ones broader, spreading, lip 

 2-deft : fflament linear, flattened out, produced above the muticous 

 anther into an obtuse, undivided, reflexed liguk : ovary inferior, 

 3-celIed: ovules many: style filiforin: stigma funnel-shaped. — 

 Caulescent herbs:, root siinple, fibrous : leaves oblong, petioled : 

 spike terminal, wrapped at the base by a nerved spathe. 



(1) M. SEC0NDU3. (WaU.j 



I 

 Idetit. Wall, in Roxb. flor. Ind. ed. Car. I. p. 19. 



Syn. Costus seoundus, Spreng. 



Spec. Chab. Stem sheathed : leaves petioled, ova,te, acuminate : 

 spike terminal, drooping, few-flowered, unilateral : lip obcordate. 



Khasia hills. 



(2) M. LKfEAEIS. (Wall.)' 



Ident. "Wall, in Eoxb. 1. c. p. 20. 



Syn. Costus linearis, Sjprmg. 



Spec Chae. Leaves Sessile, linear-lanceolate, cuspidate : ligula 

 2-oleft : flowers termiual, few. 



Khasia hiUs. 



ORDER CLXXIII. AMARYLLIDACEiE. 



Flowers hermaphrodite: perianth superior, corollaceous, 

 6-leaved, regular or irregular, sometimes crowned at the 

 throat, withering persistent, or deciduous : leaflets connate 

 below, equal or inner ones of different dimension and «hape : 

 aestivation imbricated : stamens 6, opposite the Sepals and 

 more or less deeply adnate to them, equal or~ alternate, longer, 

 erect, sometimes irregular and declinate : filaments distinct or 

 connate by their dilated bases into a faucial crown : anthers 

 2-celled, anticous, fixed at the back above the base or at the 



