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6. SIKXIiACXNA, Desf. 



RootstocJc short, or creeping. Stem simple, leafy above. Leaves alter- 

 nate, subsessile, rarely petioled, ovate-lanceolate. Flowers in terminal 

 racemes or panicles, small, shortly pedicelled. Perianth spreading ; seg- 

 ments subequal, usually deciduous. Stamens hypogynous or adnate to 

 the bases of the segments, filaments long or short ; anthers minute, 

 globose, dorsifixed. Ovary subglobose, 3-celled ; style long or short, stigma 

 entire or 3-fid ; cells 2-ovuled. Berry globose. Seeds 1 or few, globose ; 

 testa thin, adnate ; embryo about half the length of the seed. Species about 

 20, Europe, temp. Asia and America. 



* Flowers racemose. 



1. S. oligrophylla, Hook.f. ; stem and leaves beneath and rachis of 

 raceme puberulous, leaves 3 in., pedicels solitary, perianth-segments pale 

 purple oblong-lanceolate. Tovaria oligophylla, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xiv. 565. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; woods at Lachen, alt. 10-13,000 ft. J. D. H. 



Rootslock stout, creeping. Stem ^-1 ft., flexuous above, slender. Leaves 3-5 in., 

 oblong, acute, or acuminate, membranous, pale and costate beneath, with many 

 slender nerves. Raceme 10-20-fld., 2-3 in., shortly peduncled ; pedicels ^""5 in.^; 

 bracts deltoid. Perianth in. long. Style very short. 



2. S. pallida, Royle III. i. 380; stem stout, leaves beneath and rachis 

 of raceme densely pubescent leaves, 4-6 in., pedicels solitary or 2-nate, 

 perianth segments white oblong. S. purpurea, Wall. Cat. 4201 ; Plant. As. 

 Rar. ii. 38, t. 144. S. albiflora, Wall. PI. As. Ear. ii. 38. Tovaria 

 pallida, and purpurea, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 566. Jocaste 

 purpurea, and albiflora, Kunth Enum. v. 155. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 8-11,000 ft., from Garwhal eastwards to Sikkim. 



Stem 2-3 ft., very stout, naked below, flexuous above. Leaves 8-12, oblong, 

 4-6 in ., acute, pale beneath, with 7-9 principal nerves. Raceme 3-6 in., rachis sub- 

 erect; pedicels 5 in. ; bracts deltoid. Perianth % in. long, purple or white. 

 Filaments deltoid. Style very short. 



** Flowers in thy rsif or m panicles. 



3. S. fusca, Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 37, t. 257; nearly glabrous, 

 leaves petioled ovate-cordate acuminate, panicle deltoid, perianth brown- 

 purple segments oblanceolate obtuse. S. divaricata, Wall. Gat. 4202. S. 

 bootanensis, Griff. Notul. 178 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 279. Tovaria fusca, BaJcer 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 568. Medora divaricata, Kunth Enum. v. 156. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 6-8000 ft. from Nepal, Wailich, to Sikkim and 

 Bhotan. KHASIA HILLS, alt. 5-6000 ft. 



Stem 1-2 ft., slender. Leaves 3-6 in., membranous, glabrous or sparsely pilose 

 beneath ; petiole -! in-, nerves 5-7. Panicle 3-6 in. ; peduncle short, branches 

 flexuous, lax-fld. ; pedicels $-1 in. solitary, bracts miuute. Perianth i in. diam. 

 Filaments deltoid. Style very short. Berry i ^ in., 1-3-seeded. 



4. S. oleracea, HooJc.f. fy Thorns. Herb. Ind. Or. ; stem leaves beneath 

 and panicle pubescent, leaves subsessile oblong-lanceolate acuminate, 

 panicle oblong or deltoid, perianth white, segments oblong obtuse. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 6313. Tovaria oleracea, Baker in Journ. Linn Soc. xiv. 569, 



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