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3. Ophiopogon, Ker. 



Stem creeping short or erect elongate. Leaves linear or lanceo- 

 late nerves parallel. Scape racemose. Bracts scarious. Flowers 

 small pink or white several to a bract. Perianth superior. Stamens 

 6 free on the bases of the segments, filaments short. Ovary inferior three 

 celled. Style columnar. Stigma 3 toothed. Ovules 2 in each cell. 

 Fruit and seed as in Peliosanthcs. Species 8 to 10. India, China, and 

 Japan. 



Stamens quite free ... ... ... ... 1.0. malayanus. 



Stamens united by a short fleshy ring ••• ••• 2. 0. prolifera. 



1. 0. malayanus, Kidl. Journ. Eoy. As. Soc. S. Br. Vol. 41, p. 

 31. Stem erect stout 4 or more inches long covered with scarious 

 sheaths of the fallen leaves roots long and woody. Leaves linear 

 acuminate falcate striate, 9 inches long | inch wide, glaucous beneath. 

 Scape 4 inches long, base nude. Flowers small white. Bracts 2 baso 

 broad ovate apex linear, outer one i inch long. Pedicel longer. Sepals 

 and petals ovate subacute i inch long. Stamens connivent, filaments 

 very short, anthers lanceolate. Style terete longer. 



Perak : Padang Eengas (W. Fox), Lankawi, Gunong Kaya (Curtis 

 2643). Distrib. Borneo. 



This seems quite distinct from any form of the common Indian 

 0. intermedins, Don. differing in its tall stout stem, broad leaves and 

 ovate perianth lobes. 



2. 0. PROLIFERA, Lindl. Journ. Hort. Soc. 1, (1846) 76. Koot- 

 stock climbing and rooting. Leaves 6 to 10 inches long i inch across, 

 broad ensiform, decurved bright green. Scape stout bright purple. 

 Flowers subsessile clustered between fleshy and spongy. Stamens 

 united by a short fleshy ring. Ovary 3 celled. Ovules 2 in each cell 

 erect. Style pyramidal. Stigmas 3 point-like. Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 

 III. 569. Hook, fil Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 270. 



Fluggea prolifera, Bak. Journ. Linn. Soc. XVII. 502. Penang 

 (T. Lewis) cultivated in the- Horticultural Society's Gardens in 1844. 



This has not been met with again, nor do any specimens appear to 

 be extant, unless it is a plant with a stout creeping rhizome and very 

 long deep green leaves which occurs on rocks at the top of Penang Hill 

 and on the Larut Hills at the altitude of about 2500 feet. This plant 

 has however never been seen in flower either in the wild state nor under 

 cultivation. 



§ 3. ANTHERICEAE. 



4. Chlorophytum, Ker. 



Herbaceous plants roots often tuberous. Leaves long usually 

 linear, thin flaccid crowded at the base. Inflorescence racemose or 



