Flora indica, or, Descriptions of Indian plants : reprinted literatim from Carey's edition of 1832 / by the late William Roxborough.
- William Roxburgh
- Date:
- 1874
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Flora indica, or, Descriptions of Indian plants : reprinted literatim from Carey's edition of 1832 / by the late William Roxborough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Cyjwrut. TIIIANPRIA MONOGYN’IA. 05 Ohs. T1k> little bulbs are gently roast.nl or boiled, then nibbed between tlie bands or the folds of a doth, to take off the sheaths, which is all the preparation the natives give them, to make them a pleasant wholesome part of their diet, which they have frequent resource to, particularly in times of scarcity. Some dry them in the sun, grind them into meal, and ,„ak« bread of them, while others stew them in their curries and other dishes; they are palatable, tasting, like a roasted potatoe. 1 wish they could be enlarges! by culture, when thev might soon prove a valuable acquisition, for on account of their smallness, it is trouble- some and tedious gathering and cleaning any quantity of them. U. C. po/ystachyos. Linn. sp.pt. ed. Willd. 1. 275. Jlottb, gram. 39. t. 11./. 1. Vahl. enttm. pi. 2. 315. Culm twelve inches long; leaves short; umbel compound, sessile, crowded. Involucre many leaved. Stale two-deft. Seeds linear, obe .r.l.te, without angle's. Oramen <y|Kroidcs, Ac. Pluck, want. 97. tab. 116. Jig. 6. is not unlike this plant. A native of moist pasture land, of ditche s, Ac. Root fibrous. Culms erect, about a fisit high, simple, three-sided, smooth, lower part involved in the sheaths of the leaves, l.eans shorter than the culm, smooth. Umbel termi- nal. compound, crowded, sessile, about an indi each way. Umbel lets sub-sessile, crowded, com postal of numerous, sessile, linear-lanceolate spikes. Involucre from four to six-leaved, unequal, the longest being from six to eight indies long, and the shortest, only one. Stigma two-cleft. Seed compressed, oblong-obcordate. 15. C. />« net at us. It. Culms from two to six inches high, shorter than the leaves. Umbel compound. Invo- lucres longer than the leaves. Seeds oval, compressed, dotted. Oramen cypcroide* elegans, Ac. Pluck, t. 192./. 3. A si flail elegant species ; a native of moist pasture ground. Root librous. Culms erect, from two to six indies high, half naked, three-sided, smooth. leaves sheathing, the lower ones little more than the sheaths, the superior ones longer than the culm. Under! terminal, eomjmunil, about an inch each way. Umbrllels some sessile, dome pedutided, composed of linear, tuwtiy-rtowered spikes. Involucre from three to four- leaved, unequal, longer than the culm ; scales dagg ‘red. Seed compressed, oliovato, beauti- fully marked with white dots, on a dark-col on red ground, hence the sjiecitic name. Ohs. In Kdnig’s catalogue he called this C. ptfymteus. 16. C. co pit laris. Kbn. Mss. Culm filiform, from one to two feet high. Umbel of one sessile, and two pedicdled iiui- bdlets. Involucre three-leaved, filiform, tloreti dioudrous. Style two-deft. Seed obovnte, without angles. A native of moist pasture ground. Root fibrous. Culms erect, from twelve to eighteen inches high, three-sided, filiform, three-fourths or more naked. Leaves shea thing, generally two to . neb culm ; the lower ono short, superior one ns long as the cului, very -lender and smooth. Umbel small, compound, generally composed of one sessile, and two pedunded uiiibdl. t-, these aiv again composed of linear, many-flowered spikes. Involucre three-leaved, filiform, the largest is longer than the culm ; the shortest at tout an indi long, and the other between the two. Scutes membranace- ous, obtuse. Stamens two. Style two-deft. Seed oborate, compri-sscd, brown, pretty smooth, half hid in the radiis. 17. C. eomprcxMis. Linn. sp. pi. ed. W'dld. 1. 282. Uahl. enum.pl. 2. 321. Culms from six to ten inches high, shorter than the leaves, angles blunt. Umbel simple or compound. Involucre three-leaved. Scales daggered. Seed obcordute, triangular. Oramen ovperokles rarius, Ac. Pluck, t. 192./. 1. llentj. Choonchn. Teliny, SalitMligu, Delights in a moist soil. Root fibrous. Culms erect, from six ft) ten indies high, two-thirds naked, three-sided, smooth ; angles blunt. Leaves numerous, sheathing, many of them longer than the culms, smooth and glossy. Umbel terminal, simple, or compound ; when com|>otmd the uuibelleta are pedunded, from one to three, and consist of from three to six, green, linear, sessile, tnanv- flowered spikes. Involucre three-leaved, smooth, the largest‘of them is nearly as long as the culm. Scales acute. Seed turbinate, three-sided, smooth, dark-brown colour. Ob*. The upper flowers of the spike are incomplete. 18. (\ rustaneus. Linn. sp. pi, ed. Willd. 1. 273. t alms from two to six inches high, length of the leaves. Umbels generally compound ; length of the involucre. Scales with long recurved points, lnoiiandrous. Seed rugose, ob- tusely triangular. A most beautiful delicate, small species ; delights in moist, sandy, pasture land. Root fibrous. Cu/ms erect, from two to six inches high, naked, three-sided, smooth. Leans sheathing, filiform, scarcely so long as the culm. Umbel terminal, one or one and a half inch, simple, or compound, hut in general composed of from one to five small pedunded uni beliefs, and one or two sessile ones. SjiikrUts linear, many-flowered. Settle* three-keeled, with a recurved point, green keel and chesnut-coloured sides. Stamen single, (at least I have not found more.) Style two-deft. Seed obtusely three-sided, oblong, rugose. ]!i. 1 - difformie. /jinn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 1. 2SO. I aid. enum. 2. 337. l ulm from nine to eighteen indies high, angles sharp. Umbels ; compound umbelle/e globular ; spiketets crowded. Involucre from two to three-leaved. Scales imbricated. Seed Page 1 irey Ed. I. 193 I. 19k I. 195 9](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28120024_0079.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
