135 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS 
Polygonatum Kingianum, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XXI.) 
Herba robusta, scandens, 4-5-pedalis, undique glabra. Folia 
pseudo-vertieillata, 3-6 aggregata, crassa, subrigida, lineari-lan- 
ceolata, circiter 3-pollicaria, apice breviter cirrhifera, revoluta, 
subtus glauca, venis longitudinalibus crebris. Flores purpurei 
vel rosei, circiter 9 lineas longi, in axillis foliorum fascieulati, 
nutantes, pedicellis recurvatis quam flores paullo brevioribus ; 
perianthium crassum, cylindricum, 5-ecstatum, lobis fere rectis 
obtusissimis; stamina inclusa, supra medium tubi affixa, filamentis 
(pars libera) brevissimis glabris, antheris magnis sagittatis ; 
ovarium glabrum, stylo stamina equante. 
Shan hills at 4000 feet. 
Characterized by short, thick leaves with prehensile tips and 
large flowers. P. sibiricum, Red., the only other species having 
prehensile leaves, is a much more slender plant with mueh 
smaller flowers. 
Named after Dr. G. King, F.R.S., of the Botanic Garden, 
Caleutta, who has taken much interest in the present collection, 
and greatly assisted in the determination of the plants. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XXI. 
Portion of a plant of Polygonatum Kingianum, Coll. et Hemsl., natural size. 
Fig. 1, perianth, laid open ; 2, pistil: both enlarged. 
Lilium nepalense, D. Don; Baker in Journ. Linn Soe. nr 
p. 231; Elwes, Monogr. Lilium, t. 5, fig. A.—Koni, Shan hills, 
Boxall; cult. Messrs. Low. 
Western and Central Himalaya. 
Lilium neilgherrense, Wight, Ie. Pl. Ind. Or. tt. 2031-32; 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. p- 280; Elwes, Monogr. Lilium, 
t. 6.— Koni, Shan hills, Boxall; cult. Messrs. Low. 
Mountains of Southern India. 
Lilium Bakerianum, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XXI.) 
Caules (specimen unicum siccum tantum visum) crassiusculi, 
teretes, puberuli, 3-4 ped. alti, biflori. Folia alterna, crassiuscula, 
suberecta, fere linearia, bipolliearia, utrinque attenuata, aub 
acuta, utrinque præcipue secus costam marginemque minute 
.lepidota, venis obsoletis. Flores albi, erecti, longe pedunculat, 
campanulati, circiter 4 poll. longi et lati; perianthii segmenta IN" 
æqualia, contigua, ut videtur leviter recurva, basi lata, maculata, 
