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Plants of the Punjab. 
Herss, UNBRANCHED, WITH ALTERNATE EXsTIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Polygonatum 
multiflorum, 
Solomon’s Seal, 
LILIACE®. 
Bob. vi: O19. 
Himalaya, 
6-9,000 ft. 
Mahasu, Narkanda 
(Collett). 
Kashmir. 
Smilacina pallida, 
LILIACES. 
F, B. I. vi. 8238. 
- Himalaya, 
east of the Sutlej, 
8-11,000 ft. 
Hattu (Collett). 
Between Narkanda 
and Baghi. 
Lilium giganteum, 
Lilium nepalense, 
Lilium polyphyllum, 
Lilium 
Thomsonianum, 
Gagea lutea, 
Star of Bethlehem, 
LILIACES. 
He: Lavi. Boo, 
Himalaya, 
6-13,000 ft. 
Narkanda (Collett), 
Kashmir, 
PETALS NONE. 
large, perennial, rootstock creeping, stem 24-86 in., 
arched, leafy, cylindrical; leaves 8-6 in., oblong-ovate, 
sessile many, nearly in 2 rows, all directed to one side ; 
flowers 4-2 in., white and green, in solitary 2-5-flowered 
axillary racemes, calyx tubular, white with 6 green lobes, 
petals none, stamens 6, inserted in the tube, style lmnear, 
straight, stigma small; berry 4 in. diam., round, blue- 
black, enclosed partially in the withered calyx, seeds few, 
nearly round. 
large, perennial, rootstock creeping, stem 24-36 in,, 
stout, naked below, leafy above; leaves 4-9 by 13-3 in., 
oblong-lanceolate, nearly sessile, velvety beneath, short- 
pointed ; flowers 4 in., white, in terminal, velvety, more or 
less crowded, simple or branched racemes 2-6 in. long, 
calyx § m., spreading, lobes 6, oblong, petals none, sta- 
mens 6 at the base of the calyx lobes; berry } in. diam., 
blue-black, round, seeds few. 
see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 
seo Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 
seo Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 
see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 
small, perennial, smooth, bulb solitary, about the size 
of a hazel nut, leaf one, radical, 8-8 by 4-4 in., lanceolate, 
overtopping the flowers; flowers } in. long, yellow, m a 
3-6-flowered umbel on the top of the stem, calyx star- 
shaped when open, lobes 6, linear-oblong, usually short- 
pointed, green on the back, stamens 6, at the base of and 
shorter than the lobes ; capsule + in., oblong, 8-grooved, 
seeds many, flat. Collett calls this plant Star of Bethel- 
hem, but Bentham and Hooker give this name to 
Ornithogalum umbellatum, 
