Tris.) CLIL IRIDEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 277 
segments oblong, spreading, subequal. Stamens inserted at the base of the 
Penanth, filaments filiform, anthers linear basifixed. Ovary obovoid; 
style filiform arms elongate, tips reniform stigmatic. Capsule obovoid, 
membranous, loculicidal, valves reflexed, leaving the seed-bearing axis 
Persistent and free, Seeds subglobose, testa lax shining fleshy within. 
Soc’ B: chinensis, Leman in Red. Lil. t. 121; Baker in Journ. Linn. 
P xvi. 113. B. punctata, Moench Meth. 599. Pardanthus chinensis, 
Roe Konig & Sims Aun. Bot. i, 246; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 579 ; 
n ei Il. 391; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1874; Flore des Serres t. 1632. P. 
EIER, Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. Ser. ii. 498, Ixia chinensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. 
Vey 93 Pruct. t. 13; Bot. Mag. t. 171. Morwa chinensis, Murr. Syst. 
4.93; Roxb, FI, Jnd. i. 170.— Rheede Hort. Mal. xi. t. 37. 
oy Very doubtfully wild in the HiwALAYA, ascending to 6000 ft. Cultivated all 
er INDIA ; a native of China. 
Order CLI]. AMARYLLIDEZ. 
a postok bulbous tuberous or a corm. Leaves radical. Scape naked 
short o 0. dian genera). Perianth-superior, regular or irregular, tube long 
Stame ; 6. limb 6-lobed or -partite, with sometimes a crown at the mouth, 
or conn » On the bases of the segments, rarely epigynous, filaments free 
lender 4 anthers erect or versatile. Ovary 3-celled; style stout or 
of the ¢ sma simple or cleft; ovules many, 2-seriate in the inner angle 
and Ke -» anatropous, Fruit usually capsular, loculicidal, rarely fleshy 
ape a irregularly. Seeds few or many, albumen fleshy enclosing 
Th A embryo. — Genera, 64, species about 650. 
is plante pas Aloe, 4 cana, Linn. (A. cantula, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 
I e, Agave americana, Linn. ; I 
wos planted as a hedge in the Panjab (Stewart, jab Plants, 232) and intro- 
the Decen here in India. A. vivipara, Linn, (Wight le. t. 2024) is naturalized in 
neratinm Zeyhyranthes tubispatha, Herb. a Peruvian plant, resembling a sma 
Ar from Kai) but, without a corona, is cultivated in gardens and found as an escape 
om habitations. 
à be I, Hyvoxipex,. Rootstock tuberous. Flowers spicate or racemose. 
ary not produced abo . : : . . . L Hypoxis. 
ve the crown into a stipes. . 2. CURCULIGO. 
vary produced into a short or long stipes above the crown 
Tribe IL. AMARYLUEX, Rootstock bulbous. Flowers umbelled. 
Filaments free . . 2... s s. 8 CRINUM. 
il ` to: 0. 5. . 
aments united by a membrane 4. PANCRATIUM. 
Root l. HYPOXIS, Zinn. , 
S0tstock tuber . lieal, narrow, strongly 
n ous, or a coated corm. Leaves radical, » SU 
tte "Flowers solitary, racemed, or umbellate. Perianth rotate, "Pa 
the s Sessile on the top of the ovary, persistent. Stamens 6 on the base bé 
style ai. ents; filaments short; anthers erect, dorsifixed. Ovary oc ; 
ech ort, columnar, stigmas 3, erect, stout, distinct or connate; Wéi es 
esta on, Capsule cireumsciss below the top or 3-valved. Seeds subglo ext 
diffus justaceous shining beaked at the hilum.—Species about 50, widely 
7 rare in Asia, many S. African. oe rrowly 
linea: urea, Lour, Fl. Cochin. 200; villous or hairy, leaves narrow! 
CAT, scape slender 1-2-fld., ovary and perianth lobes externally hairy, 
