LILIACE^ hS 



Hypoxis aurea Lour. ; F.B.L v 277, I I. Leaves 

 linear, 4 to 6 inches, hairy. Flowers yellow, solitary, on 

 slender stalks half as long as the leaves. Ovary H inch. 

 Sepals and petals % inch. Anthers sagittate. Capsule 

 Ya. inch to Vz inch. t. 531. 



In damp places on the downs, Fyson 6546. 



Gen. Disf. From Kashmir to South India, Java, China, japan. 



CURCULIGO. 



See Vol. I p. 411. 



ZEPHYRANTHES. 



Zcphyranthcs carinata Herh. ; Vol. I p. 412. t. 532. 



LILIACE/E. 



SMILAX. 



See Vol. I p. 413 and add : 



Smilax macrophylla Roxb. ; F.B.L vi 310, I 25. 

 Similar to S. Wightii but the main nerves free to the 

 base of the leaf. 



Nilgiris : Kotagiri. Sedgwick 1610. 



Smilax wightii A.DC. ; F.B.L vi 310, I 26. A large 

 climber armed with a few prickles. Leaves nearly 

 circular, 3 to 5 inches across, shining, cuspidate, leathery. 

 Main veins 3 to 5 from above the base of the leaf. 

 Flowers in umbels, one or two to a peduncle, pedicels 

 5^ inch. Peduncle very stout, I to I J^ inches with a 

 pair of bracts where it divides, t, 533. 



Nilgiris : 6,000 feet. Common about Coonoor and Wel- 

 lington. 



Smiliax prolifcra Roxh. ; F B.L. vi 312, I 30. A very 

 stout lofty climber, similar to the preceding but the 

 umbels many on a branched peduncle, forming axillary 

 panicles. 



Pulneys : Pambar. Bourne 3038. 



Gen. Dist. Western Himalayas to South India and Ceylcu. 



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