Munroane. N. O. Smilacinee. 
TAB. DCCCXXXIII. 
PoLyGONATUM GRAMINIFOLIUM, Look. 
Humilis, caule basi vaginato apice folioso, foliis arcte approximatis 
linearibus obtusiusculis glabris strictis erecto-patentibus infe- 
rioribus alternis reliquis oppositis, pedunculis axillaribus bifidis 
bifloris subnutantibus folio duplo triplove brevioribus, perianthio 
(fusco-purpureo) infundibuliformi, limbi lobis ovatis obtusis, 
antheris subsessilibus, ovario elliptico longitudine styli, stigmate 
3-fido. 
Has. Barung, Western Himalaya, elev. 11,000 feet. June, 
linear, obtuse, erecto-patent leaves, and dark, dingy purple 
flowers (according to Capt. Munro’s figure). Its root is a hori- 
zontal, elongated, knotted tuber, bearing a small, erect, slender 
stem, scarcely a span high including the leaves; the lower portion 
of the stem; the lower ones alternate, the rest opposite. In 
this particular, as well as in the nature of its leaves, this 
species will not agree with any of the 23 recently descr ed 
in the 5th vol. of the ‘ Enumeratio Plantarum’ of the la 
and white flowers. It has no cirrhi like the narrow leaves of the 
verticillate species of the genus. 
Fig. 1. Flower. jf. 2. The same laid open :—magnified. 
