Flora Medica

corides. Malta, Cadiz, and probably in other parts of the Mediterranean.Bulb about, half the size of the last species, pale green or whitishgreen; or occasionally red. Leaves much shorter, more acute, erectand narrower. Stem more glaucous. Flowers smaller, more compactlyarranged, with shorter bracts. Flower-stalks shorter Flowerbudmore blunt. Petals and sepals spread fully out, white, oval, obtuse,mucronulate, marked with a pale pink line along the middle of theback. By these characters M. Steinheil distinguishes a second speciesof Officinal Squill, which he believes to have been the true Pancrationof Dioscorides, which, according to that author, was very like Squillsinits effects, but milder.1252. S. indica Roxb.fi.ind. i. 147. Sandy shores of variouspartsof India.Bulb round, white, perennial, tunicated, about the size of a largeapple. Leaves numerous, radical, sub-bifarious, ensiform, nearly flat,smooth on both sides, from 6 to 18 inches long. When in blossomthe plant is perfectly destitute of leaves. Scape erect, round, smooth,naked ; including the raceme from 2 to 3 feet long. Raceme verylong, erect. Flowers remote, long-pedicelled, drooping. Roxb.The taste of the bulb is fully as nauseous and bitter as that of S. maritima,and may be possessed of the same qualities. Roxb. I leavethis in the same genus as the Officinal Squill, notwithstanding that it isquite possible it may not belong to it. No one seems to have noticedthe plant except Roxburgh, and I have never seen a specimen of it.1253. Scilla Lilio-Hyacinthus Linn, has purgative bulbs,according to De Candolle.LEDEBOURIA.Perianth 6-leaved, permanent. Stamens inserted into thebase of the perianth. Ovary 3-parted, pedicellate, roundish ;style capillary, quite simple ; stigma acuminate. Utricles 3,connected at the base, 1-seeded; 2 often abortive, and in thatcase the third obovate and curved.1254-. L. hyacinthoides Roth. nov. sp. 195. R. and S. vii. 365.Erythronium indicum Rottler. Bundelkund.A small bulbous plant looking something like Scilla autumnalis.Bulb ovate, the size of a pigeon's egg. Leaves 2-5, flaccid, oftencurved inwards and doubled up. Scape slender, erect, smooth, aboutas long as the cylindrical raceme, which does not exceed an inch inlength. Peduncles spreading, filiform, very much longer than theminute scale-like bracts. Flowers apparently pink or light purple;segments linear, curved inwards at the point. Stamens violet ;anthersnearly round. According to Theodore Martius the bulbs are used asa substitute for Squills,in the East Indies. Ainslie states that theyare employed in cases of strangury and fever in horses.ALLIUM.Flowers umbellate, with a membranous spathe. Perianth592