Asparagus. ] OLVI. LILIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 319 
much longer than the internodes, pedicels solitary, anthers oblong. Asparagopsis 
rubricaulis, Kunth Enum. v. 87.—Ind. Or., Heyne. 
A. SARMENTOSUS, Linn. Sp. Pl. 314. Ceylon.—Trimen in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiv. 
138, doubtfully refers this to A. gonocladus. 
4 POLYGONATUM, Tourn. 
Rootstock creeping. Stem leafy above. Leaves alternate opposite or 
"il Flowers in axillary 1- or more-fld. curved peduncles, drooping, 
white green or purplish; pedicels jointed at the top; perianth tubular, 
mouth 6-cleft, outer lobes subvalvate. Anthers subsessile on or above the 
middle of the tube, included, dorsifixed. Ovary 3-gonous, style straight, 
stigmas 3; cells 2. or more-ovuled. Berry globose or ellipsoid, few- or 
en “seeded. Seeds subglobose, testa thin.—Species about 24, N. temp. 
ns, 
The species are difficult of limitation, the leaves varying opposite alternate and 
uf horled in the same species, the flowers in number, size and colour, and the 
or? officinale was by error given by Baker (Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 554) 
aan, 
* Leaves usually all alternate. 
x P multiflorum, Allioni Fl. Pedem. i. 191; stem terete, leaves 
mibbifarions or secund oblong sessile, peduncles 1—5-fd., perianth con- 
SN in the middle, filaments puberulous, berry globose. Baker in 
éi Linn, Boc. xiv. 555; Desf. in Ann. Mus. ix. 50; Redoute Lil. t. 229. 
-Govanianum, Royle Ill. 380. Convallaria multiflora, Linn. Sp. Pi. 315. 
Mb. Ie. Fl. Germ. t. 961, 962. C. Govaniana, Wall. Cat. 5137. 
ai WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 6-9000 ft. 
ISTRIB. Europe, N. Asia, Japan. 
beneath 2-3 ft., arched. Leaves many, 3-6 in., narrowed at the base, glaucous 
mun Subacute, Peduncles 4-2 in, rarely 1-fld. Perianth i-i in, white hing 
Berry 12555. Derves within hairy. Stamens inserted above the middle of the tube. 
ty in. diam., blue-black. ‘Seeds few. 
Bes Previstylum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 556; stem 
Md nei’ shortly petioled oblong acute subcoriaceous, peduncles 
a » Perianth cylindric, berry ellipsoid, style very short. 
XIM Brust e, alt, 7-8000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke. 
ieg 12-18 in, green spotted with purple. Leaves many, 2-4 in., strongly 
lin. Régie beneath, Cross nervules obscure, Peduncles and pedices shor , 
ant seed eranth $ in., yellow, lobes green. Berry broadly ellipsoid, 3 iu. long, 
ed. Seeds A in., ellipsoid or ovoid. 
mit nervulosum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 557 ; stem flexu- 
long dona r8 in. elliptic caudate-acuminate, nerves strong, Dol 
IK ender, berries globose 2.4. seeded. 
Stem A d Buoran HIMALAYA, alt. 9-10,000 ft., Grigith, J. D. H. 
nl fd. fL, slender. Caudate tip of leaves nearly 1 in. long. 
"Seeds globose, 3 in, diam. 
eaves most or all opposite. 
Ap owded 
ben Sraminifolium, Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 833; dwarf, leaves cr 
"en ous linear obtuse, peduncles 2-fld., perianth cylindric, anthers 
567, Dear the mouth ofthe corolla. Baker in Jowrn. Linn. . Xiv. 
Peduncles 
