Tupistra.] CLVI. LILIACE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) 325 



2. T. macrostigma, Baker in Sot. Mag. t. 6280 ; spike pendulous 

 or decurved few- and lax-rid., flowers vinous purple, perianth lobes broadly 

 ovate, mouth closed by the large hemispheric stigma. Macrostigma tupis- 

 troides, Kunth Enum. v. 319 ; Schnitzl. in Regel Gartenft. 1857, 130, t. 192. 

 PTupistra, Griff. Notul. iii. 157 ; Ic. PL Asiat. t. 165. 



KHASIA HILLS, 3-4000 ft. ; Griffith, &c. 



Except by the characters given above I cannot separate this from nutans, and 

 in the dried state they are undisuinguishable. Griffiths' is a much exaggerated 

 drawing. 



3. T. Clarkei, Hook. /. ; spike decurved or pendulous dense-fid., 

 perianth lobes oblong, mouth not closed by the stigma, style long. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 2-5000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke, Treutler. 

 Apparently a much larger plant than the above, with leaves 4-5 by 2-3 in., and 

 larger flowers of a pale greenish yellow or purplish colour. 



4. T. Stoliczkana, Kurz In Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1875, ii. 199 ; 

 spike elongate erect, perianth-lobes linear-lanceolate, style very short 

 stout, stigma large scabrid. 



BURMA; Moulmein, Stoliczka. 



Leaves 2|-3 ft. by 4-5 in. ; petiole 1-1 ft. Spike 1 ft., robust ; peduncle 4 in. 

 Flowers ^-f in. diam. 



** Bracts longer than the flowers. 



5. T. aurantiaca, Wall. Cat. 5194 ; leaves sessile narrowly oblan- 

 ceolate, spike subsessile. Campvlandra aurantiaca, Baker in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xiv. 582, t. 20. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA; from Nepal, WatUcli, &c., eastward to Mishmi, alt. 

 4-6000 ft. KHASIA and NAGA HILLS, alt. 4-8000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



Rootstock as thick as the little linger, roots very Jong and stout.< Leaves 12-18 

 by 1-lf in., flaccidly coriaceous. Peduncle very short and stout. Spike erect, 

 1-1-^ in. long, oblong, dense-fld. ; bracts 1 in., lanceolate, spreading. Flowers % in. 

 diam., yellow ; perianth-tube hemispheric, lobes short nearly orbicular ; style short, 

 stigma large, 3-tid. Berry | in. diam., globose. 



6. T. Wattii, Hook. /. ; leaves petioled elliptic-lanceolate or -ovate 

 acuminate, spikes subsessile. Campy landra Wattii, Baker in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xxv. 78, t. 32. 



BHOTAN HIMALAYA, Griffith. MUNNIPORE, alt. 6-7000 ft., Watt, Clarke. 



Stem stout, fleshy, 6-10 m., from a long fleshy prostrate rhizome. Leaves 4-12 

 by 1^-3 in. Peduncle very short, stout. Spike 1-3 in., dense-fld. j bracts linear- 

 lanceolate ; flowers yellow. Berry 1 in. diam., 1-seeded. 



7. T. singfapureana, Wall. Cat. 5195; leaves petioled elliptic- 

 lanceolate acuminate membranous, spike sessile elongate stout erect, 

 bracts much longer than the globose fruit. Baker in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. 

 xiv. 581. 



SINGAPORE, Wallich. 



Stem short, erect, as thick as the finger. Leaves 10-16 by 2-2 in., erect; 

 petiole 3-6 in., stout, ribbed. Spike 3 in. ; bracts in., lanceolate, membranous. 

 JSerries globose, i in. diam. Wallich's solitary specimen is in fruit only. Kurz 

 (Journ. Beng. As. Soc. 1875, ii. 199), who had not seen the plant, thinks it may be 

 a Sypoxidea or Apostasia, but I see no reason to doubt its being a Tupistra. 



