Eurycles.] 
CXXIII. AMARYLLIDACEJi. 
303 
Capsule globose, fleshy. Seeds usually solitary. Species 2, one 
Australian, the other Malayan. 
(1) E. sylvestris Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. i. (1812), 337. 
E. amboinensis Lindl. Lond. Encycl . PL 242. E. australasica, 
Lindl. l.cc. 
Leaves several ovate-cordate sub-acute, 9 to 13 in. long and as 
wide; nerves about 30; petioles 6 to 12 in. long. Scape 1 ft. 
long or more. Bracts lanceolate acuminate, 3 in. long. Flowers 
about 20; pedicels 1-25 in. long. Perianth-tube 1-5 in. long, lobes 
oblong-lanceolate white, corona very short. Hab. Seashores and 
sandy spots and rocky places. Commonly cultivated. Distrib. 
Malaya, Australia. Native name: Daun Sapenoh. 
Certainly wild, I think, at Perlis on rocks at Tebing Tinggi, and probably 
in other places of the east coast. The leaves play a part in magic ceremonies 
(see Skeat, Malay Magic, pp. 355 etc.), and the plant is often to be found in 
native gardens, especially near the sea. 
Order CXLIIIa. BURMANNIACE/E. 
Small herbs often saprophytic. Stem usually short. Leaves 
narrow linear green, or reduced to scales, white. Perianth superior 
tubular. Petals and sepals small, 3 each (rarely petals o). Stamens 
3 or 6 adnate to tube ; filaments very short; anther oblong, 2-celled 
inflexed included. Ovary obconic; ovules very numerous. Cap¬ 
sule obconic, opening by a lid. Seed minute, not winged. Distnb. 
AH tropics. 
Non-saprophytic. Leaves linear, green 
Saprophytic, Leaves reduced to scales. 
Stamens 3; ovary trilocular . 
Stamens 3; ovary unilocular . 
Stamens 6; sepals free; petals present 
Stamens 6; sepals connate by tips; petals o 
1 § I. Burmannia 
i § II. Burmannia 
2. Gymnosiphon 
3. Thismia 
4. Bagnisia 
1 . BURMANNIA, Linn. 
Saprophytes or non-saprophytes. Stem short ascending or 
tuberous. Leaves linear acuminate, green, or reduced to scales. 
Flowers solitary or racemose, blue or white. Perianth tube thin, 
urn-shaped, often winged, lobes very small ovate. Stamens 3’ 
included. Anthers reniform or oval, opening laterally. Style trifid ; 
stigmas cordate. Capsule oblong or globose, 3-celled. Seeds fusi¬ 
form. Species about 20, all tropics. 
§1. Virentes. Non-saprophytic; leaves green. 
Stems short; leaves crowded at base. 
Flowers distichous secund racemose . . . (1) B. disticha 
Flowers 1 to 6 crowded at top of stem . • (-) B. coelestis 
Stem elongate; leaves scattered . . (3) B. longifolia 
§2. Saprophytic#. Saprophytes; leaves reduced to scales. 
Perianth tube winged. 
