Opliiopogon.~\ CL. H^MODORACE^. (J. I). Hooker.) 2G9 



jointed about the middle; perianth white or pale lilac, segments variable in 

 breadth, obtuse ; anthers oblong-lanceolate,' filament short and broad ; style slender. 

 Seeds | |- in. long, oblong. Kunth's observation that the raceme is flexuous 

 makes me suspect that the Wallichian plant which he describes (distributed as 

 5139 of Herb. Wallich.) is a Nepal specimen of 5139 A. 



Var. pauciflora ; more slender, leaves narrower, flowers few not fascicled. 



Khasia Hills, alt. 4-6000 ft. Intermediate ^between 0. Walliohianus & intermedius. 



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5. O- intermediusj Don Prodr. 48 ; rootstock short not very stout, 

 leaves 6-24 by -5 in., margins minutely erose, scape slender as long as 

 the leaves or shorter, flowers solitary or fascicled -1 in. diarn. white, 

 anthers linear-oblong 1 , filaments very short or 0. Royle III. 382, t. 96, f. 1. 



0. japonicus, Wall. Cat. 5139 C. O. japonicus, var. intermedius, Maxim. 

 Mel. Biol. vii. 321. 0. indicus, R.' W., Bottl. ? ; Wiglit Ic. t. 2050. 

 Fluggea Jacquemontiana, Kunth Enum. v. 304. F. japonica, var. in- 

 termedia, ScTiultesf. in Roem. & Sch. Syst. vii. 310. F. intermedia, Kuntli 



1. c. 306. 



TEMPEBATE HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir eastwards, alt. 5-9000 ft. KHASIA and 

 MUNNIPOEE hills, alt. 5-7000 ft. Ghats of MALABAB, MYSOEE, &c., Wight. 

 CEYLON. 



Except by the usually much smaller flowers and always narrow leaves, and 

 more oblong anthers, this cannot be distinguished from small states of 0. Wal- 

 licliianus (however widely different the extreme states of each are) . The following 

 are the most marked forms selected from some hundreds of specimens. They pass 

 into one another, and I fear into O. Wallichianus. The bracts are so variable 

 that I have omitted describing them. 



Var. I. occidentalis ; raceme suberect many-fld., flowers white about i in. diam., 

 pedicels often $-1 in. Western Himalaya, Khasia bills and Munnipore. 



Var. 2. macrantha ; scape stout, raceme erect many-fld., flowers ^-f in. diam. 

 white. Western Himalaya. 



Var. 3. parviflora ; leaves very narrow secundly curved, scape very slender 

 decurved, flowers |-^ in. diam. white or pale purplish, pedicels very short. Sikkim 

 Himalaya, Khasia, and Munnipore hills. 



Var. 4. pauciflora ; leaves long -i in. broad not secund, scape usually very 

 long, raceme short decurved few-fld., pedicels short, flowers ^-| in. diam. (Wall. 

 Cat. 5139 C). Khada hills, Munnipore, Western Ghats and Ceylon. 



Var. 5. grailipes ; leaves long very slender | i in. broad narrowed into almost 

 filiform petioles, scape slender, raceme few-fld. cernuous, flowers i-i in. diam. 

 white. 



6. O. Malcolmsoni, Royle III. 382 (name only] ; leaves 6-14 by J in. 

 flaccid petioled tip obtuse, scape erect and raceme very slender, flowers 

 i in. diam. solitary or in distant pairs, pedicels very short, filaments 

 distinct, anthers lanceolate acute. O. japonicus, Wall. Cat. 5139 Gr. 



PEGU; at Rangoon, McClelland, Kurz. ATTEAN, Wallich. 



The flaccid elongate linear-lanceolate obtuse leaves and long slender racemes seem 

 to distinguish this. Rootstock stout; roots fascicled, fleshy; bracts usually longer 

 tban the flowers ; pedicels jointed below the middle; perianth rather membranous, 

 white ?, style very slender. Seeds ^ in.- long, ellipsoid. I assume this to be Ro.yle's 

 O. Malcolmsoni, a native of Rangoon, of which, however, 1 have seen no authentic 

 specimen. 



7. O. micranthus, HooJc.f. ; leaves 10-20 by -- in. flaccid petioled, 

 tip obtuse, scape rather stout long or short, raceme suberect elongate, 

 flowers subsolitary i in. diam., anthers sessile oblong obtuse. 



