Puate 2218, 
POLYGONATUM HOOKERI, Buker. 
Liviacez. Tribe Potyconates. 
P. Hookeri, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 558; herba 1-2-polli- 
caris, rhizomate gracili longe repente, caule florifero adscendente 
brevissimo, foliis tempore florifero vix evolutis alternis vy. suboppositis 
inferioribus (cataphyllis) membranaceis 7-1 poll. longis superioribus 
confertis adscendentibus oblongo-lanceolatis basi angustatis apice 
obtusiusculis, flore solitario erecto breviter pedunculato folia paullo 
sta- 
eris 
uli 8, 
minibus tubo inclusis, filamentis fere ad apicem adnatis, anth 
oblongis. 
Has. In a collection made in West Szechuen and on the Tibetan 
frontier ; chiefly near Tachienlu, alt. 9,000-13,500 feet, Pratt, 
(No. 867); Sikkim Himalaya, 10-11,000 feet, Hooker, Pantling. 
Folia (temp. florif.) 3—} poll. longa, internodiis brevissimis. Flores 
§-} poll. longi, ut videtur purpurascentes y, lilacini. 
_Onr figure is from Mr. Pratt’s specimens, which do not appear to 
differ from the Sikkim ones, unless it be that the leaves of the latter 
tend to be a trifle broader below the middle.—D, OLiver. 
Fig. 1. Perianth, laid open. 2. Pistil. Enlarged. 
