320 CLVI. LILIACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) \Polygonaium. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; Barung, alt. 11,000 ft., Munro. 



Rootstock fleshy, constricted at the internodes. Stem 6 in. Leaves 1J-2 in., 

 1-nerved. Flowers violet ; peduncle and pedicels about half as long as the leaves. 

 Perianth i in. long; lobes oblong> about equalling the tube. I have seen no 

 specimen. 



5. P. Hookeri, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 558 ; dwarf, leaves 

 opposite or the lower alternate sessile linear obtuse glaucous beneath, 

 flowers solitary, perianth-tube cylindric, stamens inserted about the middle 

 of the corolla. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 10-12,000 ft., Garwhal, Duthie ; Sikkim, at Lachen, 

 /. D. H. 



Stem 1-2 in. Leaves crowded, f-3| in., nerves slender. Flowers suberect, 

 violet ; pedicels - i in. Perianth. -1 in. long, lobes variable in length, much 

 shorter than the tube. Style short. Probably a state of P. verticillatum ; except 

 from the insertion of the anthers I should be disposed to include it under P. 

 graminifolium. 



6. P. K eminiflorum, Decne in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 170, t. 170 ; stem 

 tall puberulous above terete, leaves many opposite or ternately whorled 

 membranous oblong or linear-oblong subacute glaucous and nerves ciliolate 

 beneath, peduncles 2-fld., perianth-tube cylindric. Baker in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xiv. 558. Kunth Enum. v. 852. ? P. ciliatum, Boyle III. 389. P. ver- 

 ticillatum, var. gracile, Baker, I.e. xviii. 103. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, alt. 7-11,000 ft., from Kashmir to Kumaon. DISTEIB. 

 Affghanistan. 



Stem 12-18 in., flexuous. Leaves 2-4 in., rarely solitary, acute, base cuueate, 

 nerves beneath puberulous. Peduncles and pedicels ^ J in., bracteoles minute, 

 caducous. Perianth % in., f in. long, white, lobes much shorter than the tube, green. 

 Anthers inserted above the middle of the tube, filaments very short glabrous. Style 

 as long as the ovary, Probably a form of P. verticillatum. 



7. P. G-riffithii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 558 ; stem tall 

 glabrous terete, leaves opposite sessile membranous linear-lanceolate acute 

 or acuminate 3-nerved, peduncles 2-fld., perianth-tube constricted above 

 the ovary. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA; Mishmi hills, on Laim-planj-thaga, alt. 6000 ft., Griffith. 



Stem 3 ft., slender. Leaves distant, 3-5 in., green above, subglaucous beneath. 

 Peduncles and pedicels -f in. Perianth white, f in., lobes very short, deltoid, 

 green. Stamens inserted at the mouth of the tube, filaments very short, naked; 

 anthers minute. Style filiform, 2-3 times as long as the ovary. 



8. P. Cathcartii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 559; stem tall 

 glabrous terete, leaves all opposite subpetioled ovate-oblong or -lanceolate 

 acuminate 3-7-nerved, peduncle 2-4-fld., perianth short broad slightly 

 contracted in the middle. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; woods at Lachen, alt. 8-10,000 ffc., J. D. H. } Clarke. 

 NAGA HILLS, alt. 9000 ft., Clarke. 



Stem 2-3 ft., spotted with purple. Leaves 2-4 in., spreading, green above, 

 glaucous beneath. Peduncles 1-3 in. Pedicels -j 1-a in. Perianth f in., green or 

 yellowish; tube constricted in the middle, lobes short, deltoid, green. Anthers 

 inserted about the middle of the tube. Style as long as the ovary. Berry -- in. 

 diam. Seeds few or many, globose. I have described the perianth from a drawing 

 in the Cathcart collection. 



9. P. oppositifolium, Boyle 111. i. 380; stem tall furrowed, 



