358 CLVI. LILIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Tofieldia. 
persistent; segments 6, spreading. Stamens 6, on the base of the seg- 
ments, filaments filiform; anthers short, dorsifixed, versatile, introrse. 
Carpels 3, many-ovuled ; styles short, persistent, stigmas obtuse. Follieles 
3, membranous, acute. Seeds many, minute, cymbiform or slender, testa 
thin, pale.—Species about 14, Arctic and Alpine. 
T. himalaica, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 489 ; leaves narrowly 
linear 3-5-nerved margins scabrid, fruiting pedicels ascending bracteate 
at the base calyculate at the apex. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; alt. 10-12,000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke. "D 
Stem 8-18 in., glabrous. Leaves 2-4 by AA in. Fruiting raceme 4-8 uh 
lower pedicels 4-3 in. Perianth i in. long, greenish white; segments narrow J 
oblanceolate, l-nerved. Capsule j— in., obovoid ; styles very slender, à the lengt 
of the cells. Seeds slender, terets, acute at both ends. 
30. GLORIOSA, Linn. 
Rootstock tuberous, naked. Stem climbing, leafy. Leaves scattered, 
opposite or 3-nately whorled, lanceolate, costate, tip elongate RAM 
Flowers large, axillary, solitary; pedicels reflexed. Perianth persistent; 
segments 6, subequal, narrow, spreading or reflexed, often waved or SD: 
Stamens 6, hypogynous, filaments filiform; anthers linear, dorsifixed, ver- 
satile, extrorse. Ovary 3-celled; style filiform, deflexed, 3-fid, arms 
subulate, introrsely stigmatose ; cells many-ovuled. Capsule larges coria- 
ceous, septicidal. Seeds subglobose, testa spongy; embryo eylindrie.— 
Species 3, tropical Asiatic and African. 
G. superba, Linn. Sp. Pl. 305; perianth-segments crisply waved: 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 457 ; Rozb. Fl. Ind. ii. 143; Grah. r 
Bomb. Pl, 221; Wight Ic. t. 2047; Bot. Reg. t.77; Andr. Bot. Rep. t.19; 
Reichb. Ic. Exot. t.51. G. simplex, Don Prodr. 51. G. Doniana, Schultes f. 
Syst. vii. 366. Methonica superba, Lamk. Encycl. iv. 133 ; Kunth Enum. 
iv. 276; Redouté Lil. t. 26; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl.9:0. M. Hai: 
Kunth l.c. Eugona superba, Salisb. Prodr. 938 —Rheede Hort. Mal. v! 
Throughout TROPICAL INDIA y from the N. W. HIMALAYA to ASSAM, 
MALACCA and CEYLON, ascending to 5000 ft.—DisTuiB. Trop. Africa, 
Cochin China. sty above. 
Rootstock a chain of fleshy arched tubers, budding from the convexity tiol d 
Stem 10-20 ft., terete, herbaceous. Leaves 6-8 in., sessile or shortly e de 
variable in breadth, many nerved. Flowers solitary or subcorymbose towa exe . 
ends of the branches from the nearness of the leaves; pedicels 4—6 in., tip de thi ; 
Perianth 3—4 in. diam., segments linear-lanceolate, bright red above the lower Ven 
golden yellow below it as are the margins and midrib. Filaments stout, 8° 
yellow; connective green. Capsule 2 in. long. 
BURMA, 
Malacca, 
Jl. TRICYRTIS, Wall. 
Rootstock creeping. Stem dichotomously branched above, leafy, 
Leaves alternate, subsessile or amplexicaul, strongly nerved. ni 
subcory mbose or racemose, white spotted with purple. Perianth campa : 
late, deciduous ; segments 6, lanceolate, 3 outer saccate or 2-gibbous its 
the base, inner gibbous or flat. Stamens 6, subhypogynous, filamen: 
cohering or conniving in a tube below, spreading above ; anth 
