434 
Plants of the Punjab. 
Herss, UNBRANCHED, WITH Opposite ExstIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Iris kumaonensis, 
Piaz, karkar, tezma. 
TRIDACE®. 
F. B. I. vi. 274. 
Himalaya, 
8-12,000 ft. 
Marali (Collett). 
Kashmir. 
Iris Hookeriana, 
IRIDACER. 
HBL, va. 274. 
Lahul. 
Aletris nepalensis, 
H@®MODORACE®. 
F. B. I. vi. 264. 
Himalaya, 
10-15 ,000 ft. 
The Chor, Marali 
(Collett). 
Ophicpagon 
intermedius, 
HmMODORACE®. 
F. B. I. vi. 269. 
Himalaya, 
5-9,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Kashmir, 
Crocus sativus, 
Saffron, 
Kesar, zafran. 
TrRIDACE®, 
FP. B, IL. vi. 276. 
Kashmir only, 
cultivated. 
PETALS UNITED. 
very like the last species, but the stalk of the sepals 
is bearded, spathe one-flowered, capsule ovoid. 
very like the last species, but the spathe much longer 
5 in., and 2-8-flowered, 
PETALS NONE. 
small, perennial, grass-like; leaves 3-8 by 4-} in, 
radical grass-like, nerves prominent ; flowers } in. long, 
white or pale pink in a short raceme on a stalk 4-12 in. 
long, velvety with one or two short leaves at the top, bracts 
linear erect, calyx corolla-like, lobes 6, blunt, turned back, 
persistent, stamens 6, opposite and attached at the base 
to the calyx lobes, style shorter than the stamens, 3-fid 
at the top; capsule round, 8-valved, seeds 6, brightly 
coloured. 
small to medium size, perennial, rootstock short, not 
stout, covered with old leaf bases ; leaves 6-24 by 3-4 in., 
tufted, linear, margins very minutely toothed; flowers 
1 in., white, sometimes tinged with violet, often in pairs 
in racemes 2-5 in. long on leafless stalks as long as the 
leaves, bracts lanceolate, calyx bell-shaped, corolla-like, 
lobes 6 in 2 series, blunt, spreading, petals none, stamens 
6, style longer than the. stamens, minutely 3-lobed at 
the top; fruit of 6 berry-like blue seeds resting on the 
calyx. 
small, perennial, rootstock a sheathed corm, stem 
none ; leaves radical, narrowly linear, grooved, margins 
curved back; flowers violet, solitary or clustered, nearly 
sessile, calyx funnel-shaped, tube slender, lobes 6 in 2 
series, petal-like, petals none, throat of tube bearded sta- 
mens 8, on the throat, anthers yellow, style-arms exserted, 
orange red, nearly club-shaped, entire or lobulate ; capsule 
oblong, seeds nearly round. This plant is cultivated for 
the dye, it is also used in Indian medicine. 
