1. Ceinum. ] 87. AMARYLLIDACEJB. [ 3. Cubculioo. 



Dry jangles. Singbhum, Gangpur, Manbhum and Hazaribagh 

 (Tatijberia jungles). Fls. May-June. Tbe leaves appear June. 



Bulbs globose 5'' diam. with a long neck 3-5". Scape 1 ft- by V broad. 

 Ppathaceous bracts broadly-lanceolate 3-4" by 1£". Linear bracts 3". 

 Ovary f " on the pedicel £-£''. Fr. 2-2£" diam. with membranous epicarp 

 striate with about 25 vertical lines. Seeds large but variable in same 

 capsule, about 12 angular. 



" A decoction of the root is given internally, and pounded and made 

 into a paste, is applied externally in dropsy j also used for diarrhoea in 

 cattle," Campbell. 



Thin differs considerably from C. latifolium, L. and is probably a dis- 

 tinct species, but the whole of this" section of Crinum requires elucidation. 



There are two beautiful flowering plants of the genus 

 Pancratium conspicuous in hill forest in May and June, 

 these are: — 



1. P. vereeundum, Ait. Gering ba, JT„ with stout compressed scape 

 12-18" long, 3-5-fld with 2 spathes. Fls. with a tube 4" long and narrowly 

 fcblanceolate apiculate lobes 2£-3" long. Tube of the obconic staminal- 

 cup about \\'' with teeth £-£''. The flowers only last for one day. 



2. P. biflorum, Roxb. A smaller species but with longer filaments 

 and an crose, not toothed Btaminal corona. Spathes 3-4. 



3. CurculigO, Grortn. 



Flowers few or capitate on short, or sometimes very short 

 and subterranean, scapes. Perianth rotate, on a more or 

 less elongated beak like-hypanthium. Fruit indehiscent. 



1. C- Orchioides, Gcertn.~ Turana, K. 

 A small plant, first conspicuous after the jungle fires 

 by its small bright yellow flowers which rise just a little 

 above the soil, accompanied, or not, laterally, by the new 

 leafy shoot. 



Hill forests, oommon. Fls. May-June. Leaves appear June. 



Plicate leaves about 10", glabrous or hairy. Scape 2-3-fld. Bracts 

 narrow colourless hairy about £ ". Fls. thrust above the ground by means 

 of the hypanthium (perianth-tube ?) which is about |" long. Perianth" 

 lobes k-\" or h'\'' (perhaps according to sex) oblong, hairy without. 

 Anther* green. 



The long tuberous roots, about the thickness of a penoil, are boiled and 

 eaten. 



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