CXXXII. LILIACE.E. 773 



undulate. Scape terete, naked, 3-12 in. long. Flowers white, in 

 siuiple or shortly branched racemes 2-4 in. long by 1-1 1 in. wide when 

 expanded ; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, the lower |-| in. long ; pedicels 

 ascending, ^-| in. long, jointed below the middle. Perianth-segments 

 less than | in. long by -g- in. broad, oblong-lanceolate, subacute, 7-9- 

 uerved. Stamens | in. long ; anthers ^-i in. long, narrowly linear, 

 ultimately twisted. Stigma minute. Capsules obovoid, § by 5 in., 

 shining, transversely veined, emargiuate, the cells 4-6-seeded. Seeds 

 irregularly orbicular, ^ in. in diam., black. Y\. B. I. v. 6, p. 334 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 523 ; Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 1077. Clilorophytum anthericoideiim, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 

 (1850) p. 141 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 251. Plialangium tuberosum, Wight, 

 Icon. V. 6 (1853) p. 21, t. 2036. Anthermim tuberosum, Eoxb. El. Ind. 

 V. 2 (1832) p. 149 ; Grab. Cat. p. 219.— Plowers : July. Veen. KuU. 



KoNKAN : stocks !, Law !, Dahell I Deccan : Poona, Woodrow, 101 !, Jacquemont, 

 555 ! ; Bowdban near Poona, Blnva !— Distrib. India (E. Himalaya, Behar, \^ . Bengal, 

 Birma, W. Peninsula); Abyssinia. 



5. Chlorophytum orchidastrum, Lhidl. in Bot. Reg. (1824) 

 t. 813. Whole plant 3 ft. high ; root-fibres tuberous. Leaves 6-9, 

 membranous, 12-24 by ^-3^ in., elliptic-lanceolate, acute, strongly 

 nerved, glabrous and shining on both sides, narrowed at the base into 

 a winged petiole 6-9 in. long. Scape 1 ft. long, thick, terete, naked, 

 riowers white, in very lax panicles 1-2 ft. long, the branches each 

 with a large lanceolate acute bract reaching sometimes 14 in. long, at 

 the base ; bracts of the inflorescence |-| in. long, ovate-lanceolate ; 

 pedicels ascending, usually geminate, \-^ in. long, jointed about the 

 middle. Perianth-segments § by g in., oblong-lanceolate, subacute, 

 5-nerved. Stamens \ in, long; anthers i in. long. Style \ in. long. 

 Capsules ^ by | in., depressed-globose, deeply lobed at the apex, broader 

 than long, transversely veined. Seed solitary, flattened, rather broader 

 than long, orbicular or subreniform, minutely papillose, dull black. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 6, p. 336 ; Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 15 (1875) p. 325 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 523. Chlorophiitum. 

 Nimmonii, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 142; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 252. Plialangium oligospermum, Wight, Icon. v. 6 (1853) p. 21, 

 t. 2038. Antheriaim Nimmonii, Grab. Cat. p. 220. — Flowers: July- 

 Aug. 



KoNKAN : Stocks !, Dahell ! S. M. Country : Cbeeta Hill, Belgaum, Ritchie, 1460 ! 

 — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Tonkin, Tropical Africa. 



6. Chlorophytum laxum, R. Br. Prodr. (1810) p. 277. A low plant 

 rarely exceeding 1 ft. high; root-fibres usually with small oblong 

 tubers hanging from them. Leaves 6-12, grass-like, 6-12 by -i—l- 

 (rarely §) in., subdistichous, usually spreading and recurved, longer than 

 the scape, narrowly linear, falcate, flat or folded, acute, glabrous, with 

 numerous conspicuous nerves. Scape very slender, fiexuous, 1-3 in. 

 long, naked. Flowers few, greenish-white, very distant (sometimes 1 in. 

 apart), in lax very slender simple or forked racemes 3-10 in. long, with 

 scarious ovate-lanceolate acuminate bracts |- in. long at the base of the 

 branches when forked ; bracts of the inflorescence the lower 5, the upper 

 ^ in. long, ovate, acuminate ; pedicels jointed about the middle, short, 

 becoming longer and drooping in fruit, the lower sometimes geminate. 



