Il6 ULIACEiE 



ASPARAGUS. 



Asparagus fysoni Macbride ; Contr, Gray. Herb. Harv. 

 Univ. 1918 p. 17 ; Vol. I p. 414, II, t. 262 as A. subulatus, 

 which name belongs by precedence of date to a South 

 African species. 



CHLOROPHYTUM. 



See Vol. I p. 415. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



Pedicels jointed near the top ... ... C. heyneanum. 



Pedicels jointed about the middle ... C. attenuatum. 

 Pedicels not jointed or at the base ... C. malabaricum. 



Chlorophytum heyneanum Wall. ; F.B.I, vi 333, 

 XV I. Leaves oblanceolate 12 to 18 inches by I to M 

 inch. Petioles 2 to 4 inches. Bracts longer than 

 the flowers. Pedicels jointed near the top. Capsule % 

 inch long. Seeds black, shining. 



Nilgiris : 6,000 feet. {Clarke, F.B.I,) 



Chlorophytum attenuatum Baker ; F.B.L vi 335, XV 

 7. Leaves lanceolate acute, 6 to 18 inches. Scape 

 longer. Pedicels jointed at the middle, sepals and petals 

 %. inch, capsule % inch broad, obcordate, strongly 

 three-lobed. Seeds ^ inch dull black. 



Nilgiris: Coonoor, Kotagiri. Fyson 6^2^^ 1703; Sedgwick 

 1573- 



LILIUM. 



Lilium neilghcrrense Wight ; Vol. I p. 416. t, 534. 



IPHIGENIA. 



Small herbs with a globose rootstock (corm) covered 

 with brown scales. Flowers reddish to dark purple. 

 Stamens opening outwards. Capsule loculicidal. 



Species few, in India, Africa and Australasia. 



