Polygonatum.~\ CLVI. LILIACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 321 



glabrous, leaves opposite or a few alternate shortly petioled coriaceous 

 oblong acuminate, shining above, flowers many, peduncles usually many- 

 ftd., perianth-tube cylindric. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 559 ; Kunth 

 Enum. v. 141. Convallaria oppositifolia, Wall, in Asiat. Research, xiii. 

 380 with a figure ; Gat. 5134 ; Don Prodr. 47 ; Lodd. Bot. Cat. t. 640 ; 

 Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 125 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3529. 



TEMPERATE CENTRAL and WESTERN HIMALAYA, from Nepal eastwards. 

 KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4-6000 ft. MDNNIPORE, alt. 3500 ft. Clarke. Patkoye hills, 

 in UPPER ASSAM, Griffith. 



Stem 2-4 ft. ; rhizome of green tubers. Leaves many, spreading, 3-6 in., 

 bright green above, 7-9-nerved, pale beneath with reddish ribs. Peduncle niany-fld. 

 and pedicels -f in. Perianth -f in., all white, or tube with deltoid lobes greenish. 

 Stamens inserted above the middle of the tube ; filaments papillose ; tips of anthers 

 exserted. Style twice as long as the ovary. Berry % in. diam., broadly ovoid or 

 ellipsoid, scarlet. Seeds many, globose. 



Var. decipiens, Baker 1. c. ; leaves shortly petioled lower alternate lanceolate 

 very acuminate 3-4 in. broadest above the middle. Wall. Cat. 5134 B. Sikkim, 

 alt." 7-11,000 ft. J. D. H. Khasia hills, alt. 4-5000 ft. Approaches P. Cath- 

 cartii. 



lU. P. punctatum, Royle III. 380 ; stem angled and grooved 

 glabrous, leaves petioled or subsessile opposite rarely alternate coriaceous 

 oblong-lanceolate obtuse or obtusely acuminate, rather shining above 

 5-7-nerved, peduncles 2-many-nd., perianth urceolate mouth contracted. 

 KuntJi .Enum. v. 142 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 559 ; Bot. Mag. t. 

 5061. Convallaria punctata, Wall. Cat. 5133. Convallaria sp. Griff. Notul. 

 243 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 274. 



TEMPEKATE HIMALAYA, alt. 5-8000 ft. from Nepal, Wallich, to Bhotan, Griffith. 

 Munnipore, alt. 7000 ft., Watt. 



Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves many, 2-3 in., broadest in the middle, base cuneate, pale 

 beneath with many slender nerves. Peduncle and pedicels ^ -^ in. Perianth 5^ in. 

 Flowers white, spotted with lilac, lobes deltoid, green. Stamens inserted above the 

 middle of the tube, filaments very short, glabrous. &tyle as long as the ovary. 

 Berry as in P. oppositifoliuin, from which this in its typical state differs in its more 

 robust habit more coriaceous obtuse leaves and smaller flowers. 



*** Leaves usually whorled. 



11. P. verticillatum, Allioni Fl. Pedem. i. 131 ; stem tall angled 

 and grooved glabrous, leaves 4-8-nately whorled sessile linear or linear- 

 lanceolate acuminate membranous, peduncles 2-3-fld. whorled, perianth 

 constricted at the middle. Kunth Enum. v. 142 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xiv. 560 ; De\f. in Ann. Mus. ix. 49 ; Redoute Lil. t. 244 ; Maxitnov. 

 Diagn. xi. 852. P. leptophyllnm, Royle III. 380. P. Jacquemontianum, 

 Kunih Enum. I. c. 143. P. roseum Bot. Mag. t. 5049 (and Kunth ?) Conval- 

 laria verticillata, Linn. Sp. PL 315 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. G-erm. t. 966. C. lep- 

 tophylla, Don Prodr. 47. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Kashmir, alt. 6-11,003 ft to Sikkim, alt. 8-12,000 

 ft. Tibet (X. of Kumaon), alt. 13,500 ft., Strachey <J" Winterbottom. DISTRIB. 

 Europe, N. Asia, Afghanistan. 



Stem 2-4 ft., very slender, or stout, sometimes as thick as the middle finger. 

 Leaves 3-6 by -1 in., green above, glaucous beneath, often ciliolate on the 

 margins and nerves. Peduncles and pedicels i- in. Perianth very variable in size, 

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