/m.] CLII. IBIDEM. (J. D. Hooker.) 277 



segments oblong, spreading, subequal. Stamens inserted at the base of the 

 perianth, filaments filiform, anthers linear basifixed. Ovary obovoid; 

 style filiform arms elongate, tips reniform stigmatic. Capsule obovoid, 

 membranous, loculicidal, valves reflexed, leaving the seed-bearing axis 

 persistent and free. Seeds subglobose, testa lax shining fleshy within. 



1. B. chinensis, Leman in Red. Lil. t. 121 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xvi. 113. B. punctata, Moench Meth. 529. Pardanthus chinensis, 

 Xer in Koenig & Sims Ann. Bot. i. 246 ; Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 579 ; 

 Boyle III. 371; Lodd. Bot. Gal. t. 1874; Flora- des Serves t. 1632. P. 

 nepalensis, Sweet Brit. FL Gard. Ser. ii. 498. Ixia chinensis, Linn. Sp. PL 

 36; Gsertn. Fruct. t. 13; Bot. Mag. t. 171. Moraea chinensis, Murr. Syst. 

 Veg. 93 ; Roxb. FL Ind. i. I70.Rkeede Sort. Mai. xi. t. 37. 



Very doubtfully wild in the HIMALAYA, ascending to 6000 ft. Cultivated all 

 over INDIA ; a native of China. 



Order CLII. AKEARVLLIDEJE. 



Rootstoch bulbous tuberous or a corm. Leaves radical. Scape naked 

 (in the Indian genera). Perianth-superior, regular or irregular, tube long 

 short or 0, limb 6-lobed or -partite, with sometimes a crown at the mouth, 

 Stamens 6, on the bases of the segments, rarely epigynous, filaments free 

 or connate ; anthers erect or versatile. Ovary 3-celled ; style stout or 

 slender, stigma simple or cleft; ovules many, 2- seriate in the inner angle 

 of the cells, anatropous. Fruit usually capsular, loculicidal, rarely fleshy 

 and bursting irregularly. Seeds few or many, albumen fleshy enclosing 

 the small embryo. Genera 64, species about 650. 



The American Aloe, Agave americana, Linn. (A. cantula, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 167) is planted as a hedge in the Panjab (Stewart, Panjab Plants, 232) and intro- 

 duced elsewhere in India. A. vivipara, Linn. (Wight Ic. t. 2024) is naturalized in 

 the Deccan. Zeyhyranthes tubispatha, Herb, a Peruvian plant, resembling a small 

 Pancratium, but without a corona, is cultivated in gardens and found as an escape 

 far from habitations. 



Tribe I. HIPOXIDE^E. E/ootstock tuberous. Flowers spicate or racemose. 



Ovary not produced above the crown into a stipes 1. HYPOXIS. 



Ovary produced into a short or long stipes above the crown . 2. CUECULIGO. 



Tribe II. AMABYLLEJS. Eootstock bulbous. Flowers umbelled. 



Filaments free 3. CRINUM. 



Filaments united by a membrane 4. PANCEATHTM. 



1. HYPOXIS, Linn. 



Rootstock tuberous, or a coated corm. Leaves radical, narrow, strongly 

 nerved. Flowers solitary, racemed, or umbellate. Perianth rotate, 6-par- 

 tite, sessile on the top of the ovary, persistent. Stamens 6 on the base of 

 the segments; filaments short; anthers erect, dorsifixed. Ovary 3-celled; 

 style short, columnar, stigmas 3, erect, stout, distinct or connate ; ovules 

 2-seriate. Capsule circumsciss below the top or 3-valved. Seeds subglobose, 

 testa crustaceous shining beaked at the hilum. Species about 50, widely 

 diffused but rare in Asia, many S. African. 



1. H. aurea, Lour. FL Cochin. 200 ; villous or hairy, leaves narrowly 

 linear, scape slender 1-2-fld., ovary and perianth lobes externally hairy, 



