Chlorophytum.] ^ civi. tes, (J. D. Hooker.) 335 
Perianth white, segments 4 in. linear-oblong ; anthers not recurved or revolute after 
flowering, Capsule 4-1 in. long. Seeds iin. diam., orbicular, flat, black opaque.— 
Distinguished from C. undulatum by the short erect branches of the scape, crowded 
flowers, and large 4—6-seeded capsule. 
. t. C. attenuatum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 332; leaves 
hear, scape erect naked, raceme rarely forked lax or dense-fld., anthers 
straight longer than the papillose filaments, cells of the small broadly 
obeordate capsule 3—4-seeded. Phalangium attenuatum, Wight Ic. t. 2037. 
indicum, Kunth Enum. iv.198. Asphodelopsis arungadenensis, Steud. in 
Hohenack. Pl. exsc. Ind. Or. n. 1317. Anthericum tuberosum, Roxb. Fl. 
Cor. Pl. t.13 (not p. 20, nor of Fl. Ind.). Ornithogalum indicum, Roem. 
Í. Syst. vii. 535. 
The Western GHATS ; from Canara southwards to Coimbatore. 
Root-fibres cylindric, often tuberous. Leaves 10-18 by 4-1 in., slightly narrowed 
at the base, Scape as long, erect, raceme 3-4 in.; bracts ovate, acuminate ; 
flowers suberect, pedicels jointed about the middle. Perianth white, segments 1-1 
m. Capsule jin. broad.— Very small flowers with segments not i in. long occur 
amongst the others. That this is Roemer's Ornith. indicum is proved by a specimen 
om Heyne in Herb. Rottler (now at Kew) marked as from Condapilly, which is 
the authority for the name (misspelt Cardapilly) and collector given by Heyne. 
P specimen and those of Wight precisely accord with Roxburgh's figure of 
nth. tuberosum in Cor. PL, but not with his description in that work, or in Fl. Ind. 
8. C. malabaricum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 331; leaves 
usually recurved, scape simple short naked, raceme short or long, anthers 
straight shorter than the filaments, cells of the very small broadly obcordate 
capsule 1-2-seeded P Phalangium tuberosum, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 
251 (not of Kunth). 
Western Guats, from Canara southwards. 
h Root-fibres cylindric, fleshy. Leaves 6-12 by 2-1 in., usually narrowed from the 
sieathing base to the apex. Scape 3-4 in., curved, stout, raceme as long or shorter, 
pw about as long as the flowers membranous, pedicels jointed above the middle. 
hin ie white, segments } in. long. Capsule } in. broad, tip deeply 2-lobed. Seeds 
small m flat, opaque.— Dalzell's description of Phalangium tuberosum, as having 
Wes White flowers, and resembling his Chlorophytum anthericoideum, probably 
Pplies to C, malabaricum. 
à "| Raceme simple or branched, with the flowers remotely scattered, 
Tat or in pairs. 
b ». €. undulatum, Wall. Cat. 5059; scape naked paniculately 
ranched, branches long spreading, flowers drooping, bracts shorter than 
€ pedicels, anthers twice as long as the filaments, cells of the broad 3- 
Soe ous small capsule 2-3.seeded. C. nepalensis, Baker in Journ. Linn. 
vi Qm. 920 (in part). Phalangium nepalense, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. 
8j ` Bot, Reg. t. 998; Kunth Enum. iv. 597. Anthericum nepalense, 
breng, Syst, Cur. Post. 135. 
digne HIMALAYA, from Nepal, Wallich, to Sikkim, alt. 3-7000 ft. 
Scape fibres cylindric. Leaves 6-18 by 4—%in., linear, often narrowed to the base. 
racte = + branches ascending with long sheathing bracts at the base; floral 
in., join vate, acuminate ; flowers solitary or in clusters j-1 in. apart ; pedicels 3-3 
Jointed at or below the middle. Perianth white, segments $ in. long; anthers 
Ke flowering, Capsule À-j in. broad, top 3-lobed. Seeds j; in. broad, 
"Dk Very variable in size, small specimens have simple scapes. 
