320 CLVI. LILIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Polygonatum. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA; Barung, alt. 11,000 ft., Munro. ` ` . 
Rootstock fleshy, constricted at the internodes. Stem 6 in. Leaves 13-2 in., 
l-nerved. Flowers violet; peduncle and pedicels about half as long as the leaves. 
Perianth 4 in. long; lobes oblong, about equalling the tube.—TI have seen no 
specimen. 
5. P. Hookeri, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 558; dwarf, leaves 
opposite or the lower alternate sessile linear obtuse glaucous beneath, 
flowers solitary, perianth-tube cylindric, stamens inserted about the middle 
of the corolla. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 10-12,000 ft., Garwhal, Duthie; Sikkim, at Lachen, 
J. D. H. 
Stem 1-2 in. Leaves crowded, 1-31 in., nerves slender. Flowers suberect, 
violet; pedicels 1-1 in. Perianth 4-1 in. long, lobes variable in length, paver 
shorter than the tube. Style short.—Probably a state of P. verticillatum ; excep 
from the insertion of the anthers I should be disposed to include it under F. 
graminifolium, 
6. P. geminiflorum, Decne in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 170, t. 170; sen 
tall puberulous above terete, leaves many opposite or ternately whore 
membranous oblong or linear-oblong subacute glaucous and nerves ciliolate 
beneath, peduncles 2-fld., perianth-tube cylindric. Baker in Jowrn. Linn. 
Soc. xiv. 558. Kunth Enum. v. 852. ? P. ciliatum, Royle Ill. 389. P. ver- 
ticillatum, var. gracile, Baker, l.c. xviii. 103. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA, alt. 7-11,000 ft., from Kashmir to Kumaon.—DISTRIP. 
Affghanistan, te 
Stem 12-18 in., flexuous. Leaves 2—4 in., rarely solitary, acute, base pci 
nerves beneath puberulous. Pedwneles and pedicels }—} in., bracteoles minu ^ 
caducous. Perianth } in., 2 in. long, white, lobes much shorter than the tube, yi le 
Anthers inserted above the middle of the tube, filaments very short glabrous. y 
as long as the ovary,—Probably a form of P. verticillatum. 
7. P. Griffithii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 558; stem et 
glabrous terete, leaves opposite sessile membranous linear-lanceolate a¢ 
or acuminate 3-nerved, peduncles 2-fid., perianth-tube constricted above 
the ovary. 
Eastern Hrwaraya; Mishmi hills, on Laim-planj-thaga, alt. 6000 ft, Griff 
Stem 3 ft., slender, Leaves distant, 3-5 in., green above, subglaucous keng A 
Peduncles and pedicels $-$ in. Perianth white, $ in., lobes very short, ° ked; 
green. Stamens inserted at the mouth of the tube, filaments very short, naxe? 
anthers minute. Style filiform, 2-3 times as long as the ovary. 
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8. P. Cathcartii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 559; stem te 
glabrous terete, leaves all opposite subpetioled ovate-oblong or Jan" 
acuminate 3-7-nerved, peduncle 2-4-fld., perianth short broad slightly 
contracted in the middle. 
SikkrM HIMALAYA; woods at Lachen, alt. 8-10,000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke 
Naca HiILLs, alt. 9000 ft., Clarke. bove, 
Stem 2-3 ft., spotted with purple. Leaves 2-4 in., spreading, green a n or 
glaucous beneath. Peduncles 1-8 in.  Pedicels 4-14 in. Perianth $ in» NT hers 
yellowish; tube constricted in the middle, lobes short, deltoid, green. An in. 
inserted about the middle of the tube, Style as long as the ovary. Berry + 
diam. Seeds few or many, globose.—I have described the perianth from 3 drawiDg 
in the Cathcart collection. 
9. P. oppositifolium, Royle Ill, i. 380; stem tall furrowed 
