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PHALANGIUM Nepalense. 
Nepal Phalangium. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Asphodele^. 
PHALANGIUM. — Infior. racemosa, bracteis simplicibus interstincta. 
Cal. o. Cor. infera, hexapetaloideo-rotata subacqualis, persistens. Fil. 
corollse disco imposita, erecto-divergentia, inclusa; anth. oblongse, incum- 
bentes. Stylus triquetro-filiformis, decurvo-assurgens, cum stigmate trigono 
obtuso pruinoso clavato-continuus. Caps, pergamea, rotunda s. ovata, tri- 
sulco-trigona, polysperma, 3-loc., 3-valv., valvis medio septigeris; sem. 
margini interiori dissepimenti utrinque annexa, obvers& attenuata, anguloso- 
pressa; alb. carnosum, durum. Herbse perenraintes, caulescentes; radix 
fasciculato-fbrosa,fbris subfusiformi-crassis ; folia plura, radicalia, ambi- 
entia, graminea, ligulato-attenuata, canaliculato-explicanda, nervulosa, 
erecto-divergentia; racemus simplex v. divisus, laxus; pedunculi uniarti- 
culati; corollse lacinice interiores mod'o crispatce; fil. nunc barbata; semi- 
num testa nigro-fusca , excavato-puncticulata. Anthericum (Phalangium. 
Juss. et Red.) Liliastrum ad Hemerocallidem, et serotinum ad Gageam 
referenda sunt. Antherico stylus rectus, attenuatus, pedunculi non 
articulati, herba crassa aut fstulosa. Hemerocallidi corolla connivens, 
stamina decurvo-assurgcntia, herba ferb Phalangii. Ker. in bot. mag. 
fol. 1635. 
P. nepalense; foliis lineari-lanceolatis scapi longitudine, paniculi simplice, 
bractea inferiore longissima subtits glauca, perianthii laciniis patentibus 
oblongis obtusis. Lindl. in hort. trans. 6. 277. 
Herba bipedalis, perennans, radicibus fasciculatis. Folia plura, radi¬ 
calia, suberecta, ensiformia, canaliculata, glaberrima , stiprd lath viridia, 
subths glauca, striata, margine submembranacea, apice obsolete trinervia. 
Scapus teres, ramosus, foliis paulb brevior. Panicula simplex, erecta, 
ramosa. Bractea inferior lanceolata, obtusa,foliacea,foribusmultb longior; 
superiores sens'tm minores, demum pedicellis vix longiores. Flores albi, 
sepalis patentibus, oblongis, obtusis, subcequalibus; stamina lutea sepalorum 
longitudine. Stylus staminibus patdo longior. 
The first account we have of this plant is in the Trans¬ 
actions of the Horticultural Society, in the volume above 
quoted, where we find the following statement:— 
