444 
Plants of the Punjab. 
Herss, UNBRANCHED, WITH OpposiTtr EXsTIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Colehicum luteum, 
Suringan, 
harantutiya. 
LILIACER. 
Re, Levi: 306: 
Himalaya, 
4-7,000 ft. 
Campbellpore, 
Abbottabad, 
The Gallis, 
Kashmir, Chamba. 
Merendera persica, 
LILIACE®. 
ets. £. vi. 857. 
The Salt Range, 
Baluchistan (Lace). 
Iphigenia indica, 
LILIACES. 
EB. 1. vi. 857. 
The Plains to 
7,000 ft. 
Simla, Mahasu 
(Collett). 
Trillium 
Govanianum, 
LILIACE. 
F. B. I. vi. 361. 
Himalaya, 
8-10,000 ft. 
Kashmir, 
Narkanda, Hattu 
(Collett). 
Paris polyphylla, 
LILIACER. 
F. B. I. vi. 362. 
Himalaya, 
6-10,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
PETALS NONE. 
solid coated bulb, ovoid, coats brown ; leaves 6-12 by 
4-4 in., few, strap-shaped, short at the flowering time, 
longer at the fruiting ; flowers 1-1} in. diam., golden-yellow, 
tube 8-4in. long, 1-3 flowers on a very short main flower 
stalk, calyx funnel-shaped, tube very long and slender, 
lobes 6, nearly equal, nearly erect, oblong, blunt, stamens 
6, shorter than the lobes, anthers yellow, style thread- 
like, much longer than the lobes ; capsule 1-1} in., valves 
with long recurved beaks. ‘This plant has the same pro- 
perties as European Colchicum, and is used in Indian medi- 
cine. 
solid coated bulb, long-necked, coats bright red- 
brown ; leaves 1-2 in. in the flowering time, 6-8 in. in the 
fruiting, dark green, linear, short-pointed ; flowers 1}-2in., 
pale lilac, 1 to 4 flowers on a short main flower stalk, 
calyx funnel-shaped, lobes with long slender stalks forming 
a tube, stamens 6, styles 3; capsule and seeds like those 
of Colchicum luteum. The root is probably sold as Colchi- 
eum in the bazaar. 
bulb 4 in. diam., round, neck 1-2 in., sheaths brown, 
stem 3-10 in., erect, leafy ; leaves few, 6-8 by }-% in., 
upper smaller, linear ; flowers }-} in. long, purplish, on 
minor flower stalks, 1-2 in., calyx star-shaped, lobes 6, 
equal, linear-awl-shaped, spreading, reflexed, stamens 6 ; 
capsule 4-3 in., oblong, 3-grooved, seeds many, round. 
small, smooth, rootstock creeping, short, thick, ringed, 
stem 6-10 in., erect ; leaves in a whorlat the top of the stem 
with a flower in the centre, 14-44 by 1}-4 in., broadly ovate ; 
flower 2 in., dark purple, calyx persistent, lobes 6, distinct, 
narrowly lanceolate, spreading in flower, reflexed in fruit, 
stamens 6, style purple, divided into 8 arms to the base ; 
berry 3-3 in. diam., long linear round, fleshy, seeds many, 
ovoid. 
small to large, rootstock ringed, thick. creeping, stem 
12-18 in., erect ; leaves 4-9, 8-6 in., lanceolate, shortly 
stalked, long-pointed, arranged in a whorl at the top of 
the stem with a solitary stalked flower in the centre, calyx 
persistent, lobes 8-12, in 2 series, outer green, leaf-like, 
1-4 in., inner yellow or yellow-green, usually shorter 
