268 CL. HEMOpORACEH. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ophiopogon. 
difficult of definition, and I am not satisfied that all the species here proposed 
will prove distinct from one another. 
* Stem creeping and rooting; roots not tuberiferous. 
1. O. draceenoides, Hook.f.; stem stout, leaves oblanceolate acumi- 
nate very many-nerved, petiole slender, racemes about equalling the leaves. 
Fluggea dracenoides, Baker in Trimen Journ. Bot. 1874, 174; in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xvii. 502. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, and the KzasrA Hrs, alt. 4—6000 ft., J. D. H. sh 
Stems prostrate, as thick as a goose-quill, closely jointed, clothed at first wit 
green sheaths that have broad scarious margins, rooting and with short tusta of 
leaves and flowery scapes. Leaves 3-6 in., including the petiole, 1-13 in. broad. 
Racemes 2-3 in.; bracts shorter than the flower, which are solitary or fascicled, 
white or pale lilac, i-i in. diam. Perianth segments ovate-oblong ; anthers 
lanceolate, filaments very short; style filiform. Seeds oblong. 
2. O. Clarkei, Hook. f.; stem prostrate with a terminal tuft of 
secundly curved linear leaves which are 8-12 by A in., scape short late 
flå., flowers $ in. diam., filaments one-third the length of the lanceolate 
anther. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, J. D. H.; at Rungbee, alt. 6000 ft., Clarke. . e 
Stems 8-10 in. long, rigid, as thick as a crow-quill or thicker, bearing a 
rather slender terminal tuft of very long slender leaves, which are faintly roug”? 
beneath. Scape with the 3-5-fld. raceme curved, 3-4 in. long; bracts ovate- 
lanceolate, about equalling the pedicels, which are jointed at or near the base. 
In this species the stem is a long runner bearing a solitary tuft of leaves aD 
scape. 
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3. O. reptans, Hook. f.; stem prostrate with distant tufts of linear 
leaves which are 6-8 by 7-4} in., scape very short slender few-fld. 
Kniet Hits, at Nurtiung, alt. 4-6000 ft. J. D. H. Garrow Bis alt 
4000 ft., Clarke. ite 
Stems 2-3 tt., prostrate, rather stouter than in O. Clarkei, rigid. Leaves qui 
smooth. Scape with fruiting raceme 2-3 in. Seeds }—-} in. diam., subglobost 
—Very different from O. Clarkei in habit, the numerous tufts of very Darin 
shorter leaves, and the very short slender scapes. It closely resembles a Tonk! 
plant (Balansa n. 4155 bis.). 
** Stems tufted. Roots often tuberiferous. 
4. O. Wallichianus, Hook. f ; rootstock short very stout, leaves 
6-24 in. by i-i in., scape stout usually much shorter than the leaves, 
flowers usually fascicled }-} in. diam., anthers lanceolate, filaments very 
short broad. O. japonicus, Wall. Cat. 5139 A. O. japonicus, ear. Walt, 
chianus, Maxim. in Bull. Acad. N. S. St. Petersb.; Mel. biol. vii. 321. V. 
longifolius, Decne in Fl. des Serres, xvil. 182 (ex. Maxim. l. cl Fuge 
Wallichiana, Kunth Enum. v. 303. F. japonica, var. Wallichiana, Baer 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 501 (exel. syn. Blume & Royle). 
TEMPERATE and SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA; from Kumaon eastward, alt. 
6-9000 ft. Kuasia HILLS, alt. 4-6000 tt. . the 
Distinguished from the following by the rootstock, usually as thick as es 
thumb, sometimes 4-6 in. long, the stout scape longer or shorter than the ei 
and the large flowers. Roots of long cylindric tubes, Leaves often dist 
and recurved, nearly quite smooth. Raceme lax or dense-fld., sometimes ol" 
with flowers nearly lin. diam.; bracts usually shorter than the flowers; p* » 
