322 CLVI. LILIACEE, (J.D. Hooker.) [Polygonatum. 
1-1 in. greenish or lilac; tube slender. Stamens inserted above the SE 
the tube, anthers subsessile. Style as long as the ovary. Berry 4 in. raven 
6-10-seeded. Seeds globose.—There is a tendency in the leaves of some specim 
to become circinate at the tip, thus passing into the following. 
12. P. cirrifolium, Royle Ill. 880; stem flexuous often climbing 
by the tips of the leaves terete puberulous or glabrous, leaves WU l 
whorled sessile membranous with slender circinate tips, peduncles x 
whorled, perianth subcylindric. Kunth Enum. v. 145. M aam. Diagn a 
854. DP sibiricum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 501 in part. Conva Tos 
cirrifolia, Wall. in Asiat. Research. xiii. 382 with a figure; Cat. 5136 ; 
Prodr. 47. 
TEMPERATE HiMALAYA, from Simla eastward to Bhotan, alt. 5-11,000 ft. 
MuNNIpORE, alt. 4000 ft.—DisTRIB. Northern Asia. into the 
Stem 2-4 ft., very weak; flexuous. Leaves 3-5 in., gradually narrowed in lish. 
slender revolute tips, glaucous and costate beneath. Flowers white green or Pon, e 
Stamens inserted above the middle of the tube, filaments ciliolate. ` Style as re a 
the ovary. Berry i-i in. diam., excessively variable in size and in the Baker has 
seeds; in some specimens from Simla, the seeds are in, diam. Ti 
included this under P. sibiricum, probably rightly, but Maximovicz does not. 
13. P. Kingianum, Collett & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ai 
1381, t. 21; very robust, leaves 5-nately whorled or 2-3-nate D A 
coriaceous linear-lanceolate with a tbick  circinate apex, peau 
1-3-fld., perianth subcylindric. 
BURMA ; in the Shan hills, alt. 4000 ft., Collett. 
A much stouter plant than P. cirrifolium, with thick leaves, . 
fourths of an inch long; perianth lobes very short; anthers large inser 
the middle of the tube, filaments very short.—Only one specimen seen. 
rs three- 
and flower bore 
UNDESCRIBED SPECIES. 
P. sorgen, Royle Ill. 380, from Raldung. 
+. STREPTOPUS, Michaux. 
Rootstock creeping. Stem leafy. Leaves alternate, sessile oF ample 
icaul. Flowers axillary. Perianth campanulate or open, seg f the 
deciduous. Stamens hypogynous or 3 inner adnate to the bases fixed 
segments ; filaments broad at the base, tip acute ; anthers erect, bas Y "i 
between the lobes, connective sometimes produced. Ovary sessile ; A 
arms 3 stigmatose within; cells many-ovuled. Berry subglobose. Art 
many, oblong, curved, striate; testa thin adnate; embryo cylin 
Species 4, N. temp. regions. 
S. simplex, Don Prodr, 48, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 530; — 
amplexicaul ovate-cordate glaucous beneath, flowers solitary OT 79, 
Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xiv. 591. S. candidus, Wall. 
Hekorima candida, Kunth Enum. iv. 204. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Kumaon eastwards to Sikkim, alt. 8-12, b Sech 
Rootstock small. Stem 2-3 ft., flexuous, forked. Leaves 2-4 in., "Y 9-3 in. 
many-nerved. Flowers in most of the axils, 1 in. diam., white; weg 
filiform ; segments erecto-patent, oblong. Stamens much shorter than the pe 
authers oblong, twice as long as the deltoid filameuts. Style short. 
diam., 5-6-seeded. 
