CXXXII. LILIACE.E. 771 



ovate, cymbiform, acute, -^- in. l-ong, scarious, with a strong bro\^•nisll 

 keel. Perianth ^-l in. long ; segments oblong, obtuse, ^ in. wide, 

 with a strong conspicuous brownish costa. Stamens ^ in. long ; 

 filaments sHghtly fusiform towards the top ; anthers -gJ^ in. long. 

 Style ^ in. long ; stigma small, subcapitate, minutely 3-lobed. Capsules 

 globose^ ^-i in. in diam., erect, the valves deeply wrinkled. Seeds g in. 

 long, sharply 3-gonous, acute, black. F\. B. 1. v. 6, p. 332 ; Cav. Icon, 

 t. 587, fig. 2; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 523; 

 Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1076. Asphodelus clavatm, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. v. 2 

 (1832) p. 148 ; Graham, Cat. p. 219. A. fistuloms var. tenuifolkfs. 

 Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 15 (1875) p. 272. Asphodelus paucijforus, 

 Wight, Icon. V. 6 (1853) p. 27 (A, parvijlorus in Tab. 2062). Aspho- 

 delus fishdosus, Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 346. — Flowers : 

 Nov.-Feb. 



Dfx'CAn ; Kirkee, J. G. Woodrow ! Gujarat : Woodrow ; Ahriiedabad, Law ex 

 Graham, Bhiial — Distrib. Throughout India iu fields; westward to tlie Canary 

 Islands. 



11. CHLOROPHYTUM, Ker, 



Herbs with a short hard rootstock emitting many fascicled roots, 

 often thick and fleshy and tuber-like. Leaves radical, clustered, often 

 broad, rarely linear or lorate. Flowers laxly racemose on a simple or 

 branciiing leafless scape ; pedicels usually fascicled in the axils of small 

 scarious, or large membranous bracts. Perianth petaloid, marcescent or 

 persistent, rarely deciduous ; segments free, rotate. Stamens 6, hypo- 

 gynous, free or the 3 inner adnate to the perianth-segments, included ; 

 filaments filiform, often widened above the middle ; anthers oblong or 

 linear, dehiscing iutrorsely, the filament inserted in a small pit on the 

 back of the connective. Ovary 3-quetrous, 3-celled ; ovules 4 or more 

 in each cell ; style filiform ; stigma small. Fruit a coriaceous truncate 

 or eraarginate, 3-winged, loculicidal capsule. Seeds broad, usually com- 

 pressed ; testa black ; albumen rather hard ; embryo often curved, 

 rather large. — Disteib, Species about 40, tropical and subtropical. 



Flowers in simple or shortly branclied dense-flowered 

 racemes. 



Leaves lanceolate or oblanceolate, petiolate. 



Scape 3-6 in. long, naked 1. C. breviscapmn. 



Scape 1-2 ft. long, bracteate 2. C. glaiwnnt. 



Leaves linear or lorate, not petiolate. 



Scape as long as the leaves ; perianth-segments g by 



yV in., oblanceolate, 5-nerved 3. C. atfenuatum. 



Scape longer than the leaves ; perianth-segments \ by 



1^ in., oblong, 7-nerved 4. C. tuberosum. 



Flowers in simple or branched racemes, remotely scattered, 

 solitary or in pairs. 



Leaves I5-3J in. broad ; seeds orbicular . 6. C. orchidastrum. 



Leaves |— I in. broad ; seeds angular 6. C.laxum. 



1. Chlorophsrtum breviscapuxn, Dcdz. in Kexu Journ. Bot. v. 2 

 (1850) p. 141. Eoot-fibres with oblong tubers pendulous from them. 

 Leaves 6-9, membranous, 12-14 by |-1 5 in., linear-oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, flat, \\ith undulate margins, shining above, pale 

 beneath, attenuated towards the base in a broad petiole. Scape 4-8 in. 

 long (rarely branched), naked. Flowers white, in usually simple 

 racemes 2-4 in. long ; bracts membranous, ovate-lanceolate, with a long 



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