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apiculated, cells joined by a narrow connectivum : rudiment of the 

 superior ovary sub-globose : style bristly, 3-cleft. Females. Spathe 

 as in the male, 1 -flowered, flower sessile : tube of the perianth 

 elongated, connate at the base with the ovary: ovary 1 -celled: 

 ovules numerous, ascending, anatropal : style filiform, connate with 

 the tube of the perianth, apex shortly exserted, free : stigmas 3, 

 linear, entire : berry cyUndric, 1-celled : seeds numerous. — Peren- 

 nial herbs inhabiting streams : leaves radical, sheathing at the 

 base, linear, quite entire : scapes 2-edged : flowers emersed. 



(1) B. ociANDEA. f Rich. J 



L. C. Kich. Mem. d'Inst. II. p. 63. 



Eyn. YaUisneria octandra, Roxb. flor. Ind. III. p. 752. 



Migrm. Eich. 1. c. t. 4, 5. — Eoxb. Cor. II. t. 165. 



Spec Chae. Leaves linear, acute : male flowers octandrous, 

 female scape straight : capsule 2-ceUed : flowers small, white. 



Coromandel. Bengal. Flowering in the rains. 



GENUS IV. OTTELIA. 

 Hexandvia Hexag'ynla. Sea: Systi 



Derw. The Malabar name Latinised. 



Gen. Chae. Flowers hermaphrodite: spathe terminating the 

 scape, tubular- winged, throat 2-cleft, 1 -flowered : flower sessile : 

 tube of the perianth connate with the ovary, limb 6-parted, outer 

 segments calycine oblong, inner petaloid, obovate : stamens 6 — 12 : 

 filaments cuneate-oblong : anthers fixed by the base, linear, cells 

 separated by a narrow connectivum : ovary connate with the tube 

 of the ovary, 6 — 8-ceIled : ovaries numerous, ascending, anatropal : 

 stigmas 6, sessile, linear, 2-cleft or 2-parted : berry crowned with 

 the limb of the perianth, oblong; slightly tapering, incompletely 

 6 — 8-ceIled : seeds ovate. — Perennial aquatic herbs : leaves radical, 

 long-petioled, cordate : petioles dilated at the base, sheathing : fruit 

 hidden within the spathe. 



(1) 0. AiisMoiDEs. fPers.J 



Ident. Pers. syn. I. p. 400. 



S'l/n. Stratiotes alismoides, Linn. — Damasoninm Indicum, Willd. 

 Roxh. flor. Ind. II. p. 216. 



Engrwo. Smith Exot. Bot. I. t. 15.— Eoxb. Cor. II. t. 185.— 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1201.— Eheede Mai. xi. t.' 46. 



