Peliosanthes.] ` cu. HEMODORACER. (J. D. Hooker.) 267 
. H 3 ae 
mte in Andrews’ drawing, acute in that of the “ Botanical belegt they ar 
little-known plant, Maingay’s specimens accord with the gure 
flowerless, 
8. P. Bakeri, Hook. f.; dwarf, leaves Kinert, 5-7-nerved, 
petiole slender, Scape.very short, raceme Short, bracts su ers P. humilis, 
all or the lower much longer than the small pedicelled flowers. P. 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 505 (excl. Penang). 
; Mishmi Hills 
Eastern HIMALAYA, alt. 1-6000 ft, J. D. H.; Clarke; Mishmi , 
Uh. Kyasta HirLLs, alt. 83-5000 ft., J. D. H. & T. T. tiole as long. Raceme 
Leaves 4-7 by 1-2 in., thin, subcaudately acuminate; H lower bracts nearly 
ardly exceeding the petiole ; pedicels sometimes 4 in. long, ` Seeds small, oblong.— 
in. perianth $ in, diam., green or lurid purple (Clar s the Calcutta Botanical 
ere are cultivated specimens in Wallich’s Herbarium from 
en under No, 5083 D. 
ioled 
9. P. albida, Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 7110; leaves Wee 
"Derved, scape very short, raceme very long echt ed flowers. 
neeolate longer than the small white shortly pedic 
PENANG; Curtis. ; s strong ; 
Leaves 12 by 1i-2 in., elliptic-lanceolate, audi an the potile eech 
petiole about half as long as the blade. Raceme longer flexed; perianth 4—4 in. 
strict, white 3 lower bracts i in. long, narrow ; flowers, vate : anthers very small 
iam. ; outer Segments broadly ovate, inner orbicular-obov ‘eal tube. Ovarian cells 
Within the much contracted mouth of the low truncate stam 
about 9-ovuled, Styte short, columnar, stigma 3-lobed. 
3. OPHIOPOGON, Ker. 
longate 
Scapigerons herbs, Stem short from a short (er ape leni ae 
SUbscandent, Leaves linear or lanceolate parallel-nerv ny-ld. Perianth 
eafless, flower. racemed ; bracts scarious, usnally ma M the segments, 
miPerior, sep ments Spreading. Stamens 6, on the fe ior, 3-celled, crown 
filaments short, erect; anthers basifixed. Ovary m vales 2 in each cell, 
at or depressed ; style columnar, stigma 3-toothe Seas few as in Pelio. 
Collateral, erect, anatropous. Fruit indehiscent. peed Aann hS 
sanihes, testa fleshy or succulent.—Species 8 or 10, Eas 
t. Mag. t. 1063) on 
Ophicpogon Was established in 1807 by Ker-Gawler (Bot, minor of Thunberg 
the figure of ^ plant supposed to be the Convallaria TO japonicus, referring to it 
(n. Jap. 140), and to which Gawler gave the name of O. j 
n specimen 
. : inental garden speci 
Vins Gawl. genuinus of Maximoviez ; the other is a continental gs 
Tom Herb, G > 
figured in § i 
dede ia; all the Indian 
ic, Pomicus hence disappears from the Flora of British whether or no any 
Ke having slender styles; but I am not prepared to ten variable and 
Other Indian species may be identical with Japanese. They are 
