346 The Flowering Plants of Western India. 



_ The remaining tribes have parallel- veined leaves, and the distinc- 

 tions wonld not be much help to my clients. 



3. CHLOKOPHYTUM. Flowers racemed; perianth segments 

 distinct, capsule 3-winged. 



4. ALLIUM. Strong-smelling bulbous herbs ; scape bearing 

 a head or umbel of flowers, at first enclosed in a spathaceous 

 involucre. 



5. DIPCADI. Koot tuberous, flowers racemed, perianth 

 cylindric, segments more or less recurved, stamens included. 



6. URGiifEA. Bulbous, flowers racemed, perianth bell-shaped 

 of 6 unequal segments ; stamens included, capsule 3-sided. 



7. SCILLA. Bulbous, flowers racemed, perianth star-shaped 

 or bell-shaped, segments recurved. 



8. IPHIGENIA. Stem erect leafy, perianth segments equal, 

 narrow, clawed, spreading ; stamens hypogynous. 



9. GLORIOSA. Climbing, leafy, leaves opposite or in threes, 

 the tip elongated and tendril-like, flowers large axillary solitary, 

 stamens hypogynous. 



1. SMILAX. 



Note. The plants of this genus have no outward resemblance to 

 Endogens. 



S. macrophylla (S. ovaUfolia, D.). A large smooth prickly 

 climber, leaves large oval, strongly 5 to 7-nerved, entire, with 

 a sudden acumination, petioles channelled and slightly winged, 

 with tendrils in pairs ; flowers small, greenish, in globular 

 umbels, ovary and berries red. Guti. 



Common in the Deocan and Konkan. Widely distributed in India 



(A), 



* S. prolifera (S. macrophylla, D.) is apparently very much like the 

 last, and H. gives the identification with D.'s plant doubtfully; the 

 sheathing part of the petiole usually forms 2 large auricles, and the 

 umbels are much divided. S. Ghauts (D.). Widely distributed (H.). 



Sarsaparilla is produced from the roots of S. sarsaparilla and other 

 American species. (For Indian sarsaparilla, see Hemidesmus.} 



2. .ASPARAGUS. 



A. racemosus (A. sarmentosus, D.). A very delicate smooth 

 climber, with thorns turned downwards, branchlets divided into 

 very fine segments, flowers small, white, in racemes, very 

 fragrant, berries red, obscurely lobed. Shatmuli, zatar, 

 dsvel. 



Decoan, Konkan, and Guzerat. Throughout tropical India (IT.). 



