CXXXII. LILIACE.Ti. 767 



with pale broM-n sheaths ; stem 3-10 iu. high, rigid or flexuous. Leaves 

 alternate, few, sessile, the lower 6-8 by ^j in., the upper gradually 

 smaller, all narrowly linear or linear-lanceolate, acumuiate, coriaceous, 

 base sheathing ; nerves obscure. Elo\^"ers purple, few or many in a 

 terminal erect raceme ; bracts linear or subulate, the lower leafy ; 

 pedicels |-1 in. long. Perianth-segments | in. long, narrow, linear- 

 subulate, acute, clawed, spreading or reflexed when the flower is fully 

 expanded. Stamens ^ in, long ; tilaments flattened ; anthers -^ in. long, 

 versatile. Ovary oblong, about as long as the stamens ; styles 3, united 

 at the base, -^-^ in. long, recurved. Capsules oblong-ellipsoid or sub- 

 obovoid, g-f in. long, 3-grooved, obtuse. Seeds -Jq in. in diam., ellipsoid 

 or subglobose, brown. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 357 ; Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 V. 17 (1879) p. 450; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 293; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 524 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1074 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 476. Anguillaria indica, Br. Prodr. (1810) p. 273 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 222. — Flowers : June-July. Veen. Mdrl-aUai. 



Konkan: Stocks], Law], Nimmo ex Graham. Deccan : Poona, Woodrow; Khan- 

 dala, Graham ; Mahablesbwar, H, M. Birdwood. — Disteib. Throughout India ; 

 Ceylon, Australia, Philippines. 



2. Iphigenia pallida, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 17 (1879) 

 p. 451. Corm globose, g iu. thick, tunicate M'ith pale brown sheaths; 

 neck hypogaeal ; stem above ground 3-4 in. high, flexuous. Leaves 

 usually 4, linear, grass-like, 3-4 by -1— i in., the upper smaller. Flowers 

 1-4, white or tinged with purple, corymbose ; bracts linear, foliaceous ; 

 pedicels ascending, ^-Ih in. long. Perianth-segments i-i by -^-^ in., 

 oblanceolate, ai-ute, many-nerved. Stamens j'^— g ^^' ■'^ng ; filaments 

 flattened ; anthers -^-^ in. long, versatile. 0\ary obovoid ; styles 3, 

 recurved, -^-^ in. long. Capsules 3 in. long, obovoid. Fl. B. I. v. 6, 

 p. 357 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 524. 



Konkan : Stocks ! Dkccan : Mahablesbwar (ticket without authority in Herb. 

 Kew. !). S. M. Country : Belgaum, Eitclue, 739 ! ; Ghats near Belgaum, Stocks ! — 

 DiSTRiB. India (W. Peninsula), apparently endemic. 



7. SCILIiA, Linn. 



Herbs with tunicate bulbs. Leaves radical, linear, lorate or oblong. 

 Flowers in racemes, on a simple leafless scape ; bracts small. Perianth 

 petaloid, persistent, stellate or campanulate ; segments 6, subequal, 

 often recurved. Stamens 6, aduate at or near the base of the perianth- 

 segments ; filaments usually filiform ; anthers ovate or oblong, dehiscing 

 introrsely. Ovary 3-celled; ovules usually few in each cell (often 2) ; 

 style filiform ; stigma small, capitate. Fruit a globose 3-lobed loculi- 

 cidal capsule, the cells 1-2-seeded. Seeds obovoid or subglobose ; testa 

 thin, black ; embryo shorter than the firm albumen. — Disteib. Europe, 

 Temperate Asia ; species about 80. 



1. Scilla indica. Baker, in Saund. Refug. Bot. v. 3 (1870) Aj^i^. 

 p. 12. Bulb ovoid or globose, 1-1 1 in. in diam. Leaves appearing 

 with the flowers, 3-6 by g-l in., variable, from oblong to lanceolate or 

 oblanceolate, subacute, narrowed into a sheathing petiole, rather flesh}^, 

 waved, obtusely keeled, sometimes rooting at the tips, dull green above 

 and often blotched with black, paler and glaucous beneath. Scape 



