455 



turbinate-infundibular, 6-lobed, vqry far adnate to the limb, sta- 

 meniferous between the entire or 2-cleft lobes : stamens 6, ereot- 

 connivent, equal: filaments subulate-filiform, decurrpnt: anthers 

 linear-oblong, fixed by the middle of the back, incumbent : ovary- 

 inferior, 3-comered, 3-celled : ovules numerous in two rows, 

 ascending : styliae column ; filiform : stigma ,cla-v;ate, 3-comered, 

 entire : capsule membranaceous, 3-comered, 3-celied, 3-valved, 

 many-seeded : seeds sub-globose : testa blacky crustaCeous : embryo 

 cylindiic, straight, axUe, shorter than the fleshy albumen : radicle 

 extremity reaching the filum>— -Maritime bulbous and scape-beariag 

 herbs, bulb tunicated : leaves lorate-linear or lanceolate : scape 

 solid, many-flowered : spathe 2-valved : flowers pedicelled or sessile, 

 mixed up with linear bractedles, erect, white, externally green. 



(1) P. PAETirM. (Hah. J 



Dalz. in Hook. Joum. Bot. II. p. 144. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves linear striated, rather flat, attenuated 

 towards the base: scape compressed, striated, 3 — 4-flowered: 

 corolla tube very long and slender : corona half the length of the 

 limb, 12-toothed: flowers white: capsule ovate, 3-lobed, seeds few 

 in each cell. - ; 



Conoan and Ghaut hUls, flowering in June. 



(2) P. vEEECuKDTrai. (BolwnA.) 



Ident. Spreng. syst. II. p. 46. 



Syn. P. biflorum and triflorum, Roxb.fior. Ind. II. 125. 



Bngrm. ' Wight's Icon. t. 2023.— Bot. Eeg. t. 413. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves linear-acute : Hmb of the corolla shorter 

 than the tube : divisions of the corona alternately deeper : stamens 

 incurved, 2 — 3 times longer than the segments of the crown: 

 flowers pure white. 



Coimbatore, flowering in the rainy season. 



(3) P. Malabatheicum. fSerh.j 



Ident. Herb. Amaryll. 202, 206. — Kunth Enum. pi. v. 661. 



Engrm. Kheede Mai. xi. t. 46. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves oblong-linear, acuminate, keeled : seg- 

 ments of the perianth linear, erect : crown with 2-teethed sinuses, 

 base adnate to the segments : flowers white. 



Malabar. 



