Polygonatum.] Get, LILIACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 321 
glabrous, leaves opposite or a few alternate shortly petioled coriaceous 
oblong acuminate, shining above, flowers many, peduncles usually many- 
fid., perianth-tube cylindric. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 559 ; Kunth 
Enum. v. 141. Convallaria oppositifolia, Wall. in Asiat. Research. xiii. 
980 with a figure; Cat. 5134; Don Prodr. 47; Lodd. Bot. Cat. t. 640; 
Hook, Beat, Fl. t. 195; Bot. Mag. t. 3529. 
TEMPERATE CENTRAL and WESTERN HIMALAYA, from Nepal eastwards. 
Ksasıa Bras, alt. 4-6000 ft. MuNNIPORE, alt. 3500 ft. Clarke. Patkoye hills, 
in UPPER Assam, Grifith. . . 
; Stem 2-4 ft. 3 rhizome of green tubers. Leaves many, spreading, 3-6 in., 
bright green above, 7—9-nerved, pale beneath with reddish ribs. Peduncle many-fid. 
and pedicels 4-3 in. Perianth 1-5 in., all white, or tube with deltoid lobes greenish. 
amens inserted above the middle of the tube; filaments papillose ; tips of anthers 
exserted. Style twice as long as the ovary. Berry i in. diam., broadly ovoid or 
Psoid, scarlet. Seeds many, globose. 
Var. decipiens, Baker 1. c.; leaves shortly petioled lower alternate lanceolate 
very acuminate 3-4 in. broadest above the middle. Wall. Cat, 5134 B. Sikkim, 
at, 7-11,000 ft. J. D. H. Khasia hills, alt. 4-5000 ft.—Approaches P. Cath- 
cartii. 
lu. P. punctatum, Zoyle Ill. 380; stem angled and grooved 
glabrous, leaves petioled or subsessile opposite rarely alternate coriaceous 
oblong-lanceolate obtuse or obtusely acuminate, rather shining above 
“herved, peduncles 2-many-fld., perianth urceolate mouth contracted. 
Kunth Enum, v. 142; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 559; Bot. Mag. t 
Convallaria punctata, Wall. Cat. 5133. Convallaria sp. Grif. Notul. 
; Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 974. 
" TruPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 5-8000 ft. from Nepal, Wallich, to Bhotan, Griffith. 
unnipore, alt, 7000 ft., Watt. ; l 
l-2 ft, Leaves many, 2-3 in., broadest in the middle, base cuneate, pa e 
F mg with many slender nerves, Peduncle and pedicels 1-3 in. : Perianth 1 the 
nid ers white, spotted with lilac, lobes deltoid, green. Stamens inserted above ‘he 
iddle of the tube, filaments very short, glabrous. Style as long as the ovary. 
Tob; as in P, oppositifolium, from which this in its typical state differs in its more 
ust habit more coriaceous obtuse leaves and smaller flowers. 
a Leaves usually whorled. 
ll. P. verticillatum, Allioni Fl. Pedem. i. 131; stem tall angled 
we grooved glabrous, leaves 4-8-nately whorled sessile linear or linear- 
euictolate acuminate membranous, peduncles 2-3-fld. whorled, periant 
vistricted at the middle. Kunth Enum. v. 142; Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Dig nv. 560 ; Desf. in Ann. Mus. ix. 49; Redouté Lil. t. 244 ; Maximov. 
Ko Xi. 852, P, leptophyllnm, Royle Ill. 380. P. Jacquemontianum, 
wath Enum, l.c. 143. P. roseum Bot. Mag. t. 5049 (and Kunth ?) Conval- 
toph yêrticillata, Linn, Sp. Pl. 315; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 966. C. lep- 
paylla, Don Prodr. 47. , 
Ter aT Hx tashmi Sikkim, alt. 812,000 
i v ALAYA, from Kashmir, alt. 611,000 ft to Sikkim, 
e (S. of Kumaon), alt. 13,500 ft., Strachey & Winterbottom.—D1sTRIB. 
bn - Asia, Affghanistan. Mila fazer 
Lemos 24 ft, Very slender, or stout, sometimes as thick as the middie ger. 
dila by i-1 in., green above, glaucous beneath, often siliolate on | > 
Lage d nerves, Peduncles and pedicels 4} in. Perianth very variab ` in size, 
