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SPECIES NOVAE INDIAE OEIENTALIS

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ceng, 15 mm diametro, sfcellatum, persistens, clausum post anthesim et tunc colore purpurascens ; segmenta 6, subaequalla, exteriora sublat- iora, obloDgo-subacuta, interiora vero oblongo-obtusa, nervo centrali carnoso, incrassato et colore atro-viridi. Stamina 6 basi segmentorum aflfixa ; filamenta fortia, latiora in parte superiore, dimidiam segmen- torum longitudinem attingentia ; antherae breves, 1^ mm longae, oblongse, dorsifixae, valde decurvae post debiscentiam, loculis introrsum

Fig. 5. Pancratium St. Maeiae, Blatt. & Hall. Del. C. McCann.

dehiscentibus. Ovarium ovoideum, subtrigonum, 3-loculare, ovulis in singulis loculis 3-4. Stylus ovario subaequilongus, fortissimus, clavatus, trigonus ; stigma parvum, triangulari-capitatum, centro depresso.

Fructum non vidimus.

Legit bulbum simul cum foliis C. Mc Cann prope vicum Kbandalla in Montibus W. Gbats, Provinciae Bombayensis, mense Septembri 1918. Bombay apportatum floruit Mense Martio 1919. (Herb. S.X.C, no. 14500).

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