35S DESCRIPTION OF 



generally fleshy and tubercled, i -celled, o-valved, opening from the apex. 

 Seeds many, attached to three parietal receptacles, by the intervention of 

 a thick, spongy, umbiEcal cord, ;resembling a small aril. 



L Globba marantina. Linn. sp. pi. cd. Willd. 1. 153. 



Leaves Janceolar. Spikes ierminal^ subsessiie^ strobiliform, bulbiferous. 

 Anthers fouErliorned,. 



G. marantina. Smith's Ex ot. BqI. 2. t. 103,, and Ros^coe in Trans, of Linn. 

 Sac. 8. 356. 

 :. Lampujum silvestre minus. Mumph. amb. 5. t. f. 



A NATIVE of the Malay Islands : from Amhoyna it v/as original int;ro^ 

 duced into this garden, where it thrives luxuriantly and flowers during 

 the rains, but never produces seed here ; though .the germ is perfeft, with 

 many seeds attached to its three parietal i:eceptf>cles. A small ovate 

 bulb is produced in the bosom of each bra6le, and by these the plant is 

 more readily propagated, than at could be by seedo 



2. Globba hidhifera. R. 



Stems bulbiferous. Leaves oblong. Racemes terniinal, erect, shorter 



tlian -tlae leaves, bulbiferous. 

 Conda-piispoo of the Telingas, 



A NATIVE of the vallies among the Northern Circar mountains. FloWr= 



ers diiriog the rains. 



The origiEal description of this species has been lost, and I have only 

 aiy recollection, and an imperfect drawing, to go by in making out the spe^ 



dBc chara'fter,, 



3. Globba. orixensis. R. 



Leaves oblong. Panicle terminal. Anthers naked. Capsu^Ie verrucose. 



A !^A^r?;v-E oC':!ie moist vallies amongst the Circar mountains, where it 



