Puate 2216. 
LLOYDIA TIBETICA, Baker. 
Lintacez, Tribe Tutrpes. 
L, tibetica, Baker MSS. (sp. nov.) ; herba glabra 6-10-pollicaris, bulbo 
anguste ovoideo, foliis radicalibus caule brevioribus erectis linearibus 
obtusiuscule acuminatis canlinis 0 v. interdum supra medium 1-2 
minoribus instructis, floribus pedicellatis, cernuis in cymis corymbosis 
2-5-floris dispositis, perianthii segmentis oblongo-ellipticis v. ovato- 
lanceolatis obtusis basi intus haud transversaliter plicatis sed cristis 
adnatis brevibus oblongis breviter puosulis irstructis, staminibus 
perianthio duplo y. subtriplo brevioribus, filaraentis lineari-subulatis 
basi complanatis laxe pilosis, antheris basifixis oblongis obtusis, ovario 
glabro stylo columnari breviore. 
Has. Ina collection made in West Szechuen and on the Tibetan 
frontier, chiefly near Tachienlu, 9,000-13,500 feet alt., Pratt (No. 857). 
Folia 4—7 poll. longa, 1-2 lin, lata. Perianthium 6-7 lin. longum ; 
bractew herbacess lineares. 
The erianth-segments in our dried specimens are marked with 
dark longitudinal strie, especially along the middle, and coloured a 
yellowish-brown, paler above and towards the margins.—D. OLIVER. 
Figs. 1 and 2. Outer and inner perianth-segments. 3. Stamen, 4. Pistil. 
Enlarged, 
