Plants of the Punjab. 435 
SSS ET EE A AE REE 
Heras, UNBRANCHED, WITH OpposiTE ExsTIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES, 
Belamcauda 
chinensis, 
IRIDACER. 
ep. be Vie 2G. 
The Plains to 
6,000 ft. 
Hypoxis aurea, 
AMARYLLIDACER. 
Mion Dv. 27 va 
Himalaya, 
*. 4-7,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett), 
_ Crinum defixum, 
Crinum pratense, 
AMARYLLIDACES, 
Ee Se atop 8 
The Plains, rare, 
only cultivated. . 
Crinum latifolium, 
AMARYLLIDACER. 
BB. Lyi 288, 
The Plains, 
cultivated. 
Pancratium 
verecundum, 
AMARYLLIDACES. 
BB 2. 235. 
Foot of the 
Himalaya. 
PETALS NONE. 
small, perennial, rootstock creeping, stem erect, leafy ; 
leaves in 2 opposite rows, one bestriding the other, flat, 
sword-like ; flowers shortly stalked, main stalks branched, 
spathes several-flowered, bracts thin, calyx-tube very 
short, segments oblong, nearly equal, spreading, stamens 3, 
inserted at the base of the tube, style thread-like, arms 
long, tips kidney-shaped ; capsule ovoid with a broad top, 
seeds nearly round. This plant is only found cultivated. 
small, perennial, root tuberous round or oblong, with 
black fibres and pale fleshy roots, stemless ; leaves 3-6 by 
4 in., rarely 12 in., linear base sheathing, nerves promi- 
nent ; flowers 4 in., bright yellow, single or in pairs on 
axillary scapes shorter than the leaves, calyx sessile on 
the ovary, divided nearly to the base, segments 6, in 2 
series, lanceolate, spreading, green on the back, stamens 6 at 
the base of the segments and shorter than they are, style 
short, column-like, stigmas 8, erect ; capsule } in:, oblong, 
3-valved, seeds many, small, black, round. 
see Water Plants, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 
large, perennial or biennial, bulbs 4-5 in. diam., ovoid 
or round, neck 2-24 in. ; leaves 6-8, 18-86 by 14-2 in., linear, 
grooved, margin entire ; flowers 5-6 in., white, fragrant, 
nearly sessile, in umbels, 6-12-flowered on scapes 12 in. long, 
spathes 2, 2-3 in., triangular-lanceolate, calyx salver- 
shaped, calyx, tube 3-4 in., lobes 6, equal to the tube, lance- 
olate, petals none, stamens 6, on the throat of the tube, 
very long, red, spreading, style thread-like, stigma minute ; 
fruit nearly round, 3-celled, seeds large, few, rounded. 
like the last species, but much larger, stemless, leaves 
3-4 in. broad, calyx tinged with red or nearly red over the 
back of the lobes, funnel-shaped, tube upcurved, lobes 
oblong or lanceolate, stamens curved. 
small, perennial or biennial, rootstock bulbous, round, 
2 in. diam., neck long, cylindric ; leaves 1-14 by 4-3 in., 
thin, lanceolate with a broad long-pointed tip; flowers 
43-54 in. long, green, on 2-6-flowered umbellate stalks, 
stout, 12 in. long, spathes 2, lanceolate, calyx funnel- 
shaped, tubes 3-4 in., lobes 14 in., linear, petals none, sta- 
mens 6, united to forma toothed cup, a bifid tooth between 
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