ChloropJiytum.] CLVI. LILIACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 335 



Perianth white, segments in. linear -oblong ; anthers not recurved or revolute after 

 flowering-. Capsule ^ | in. long. Seeds in. diam., orbicular, flat, black opaque. 

 Distinguished from C. undulatum by the short erect branches of the scape, crowded 

 flowers, and large 4-6-seeded capsule. 



7. C. attenuatum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 332; leaves 

 linear, scape erect naked, raceme rarely forked lax or dense-fld., anthers 

 straight longer than the papillose filaments, cells of the small broadly 

 obcordate capsule 3-4-seeded. Phalangium attenuatum, Wight Ic. t. 2037. 

 P. indicum, Kunth Enum. iv. 198. Asphodelopsis arungaderiensis, Steud. in 

 HohenacTc. PI. exsc. Ind. Or. n. 1317. Anthericum tuberosum, Roxb. Fl. 

 Cor. PL t. 13 (not p. 20, nor of Fl. Ind.}. Ornithogalum indicum, Roem. 



f. Syst. vii. 535. 



The WESTERN GHATS ; from Canara southwards to Coimbatore. 



Root-fibres cylindric, often tuberous. Leaves 10-18 by f-1 in., slightly narrowed 

 at the base. Scape as long, erect, raceme 3-4 in. ; bracts ovate, acuminate ; 

 flowers suberect, pedicels jointed about the middle. Perianth white, segments 

 in. Capsule i in. broad. Very small flowers with segments not i in. long occur 

 amongst the others. That this" is Roerner's Ornith. indicum is proved by a specimen 

 from Heyne in Herb. Rottler (now at Kew) marked as from Condapilly, which is 

 the authority for the name (misspelt Cardapilly) and collector given by Heyne. 

 This specimen and those of Wight precisely accord with Roxburgh's figure of 

 Anth. tuberosum in Cor. PL, but not with his description in that work, or in Fl. Ind. 



8. C. malabaricunij Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 331 ; leaves 

 usually recurved, scape simple short naked, raceme short or long, anthers 

 straight shorter than the filaments, cells of the very small broadly obcordate 

 capsule 1-2-seeded? Phalangium tuberosum, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 251 (not of Kunth). 



WESTERN GHATS, from Canara southwards. 



Root-fibres cylindric, fleshy. Leaves 6-12 by f-1 in., usually narrowed from the 

 sheathing base to the apex. Scape 3-4 in., curved, stout, raceme as long or shorter, 

 bracts about as long as the flowers membranous, pedicels jointed above the middle. 

 Perianth white, segments in. long. Capsule % in. broad, tip deeply 2-lobed. Seeds 

 -jJ- in. diam., flat, opaque. Dalzell's description of Phalangium tuberosum, as having 

 small white flowers, and resembling his Chlorophytum anther 'icoideum, probably 

 applies to C. malabaricum. 



** Eaceme simple or branched, with the flowers remotely scattered, 

 solitary or in pairs. 



9. C. undulatum, Wall. Cat. 5059 ; scape naked paniculately 

 branched, branches long spreading, flowers drooping, bracts shorter than 

 the pedicels, anthers twice as long as the filaments, cells of the broad 3- 

 dymous small capsule 2-3-seeded. C. nepalensis, Baker in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xv. 320 (in part). Phalangium nepalense, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. 

 vi. 277 ; Bot. Reg. t. 998 ; Kunth Enum. iv. 597. Anthericum nepalense, 

 Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post 135. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Nepal, Wallich, to Sikkim, alt. 3-7000 ft. 



Root-fibres cylindric. Leaves 6-18 by -f in., linear, often narrowed to the base. 

 Scape 1-3 ft., branches ascending with long sheathing bracts at the base; floral 

 bracts ovate, acuminate ; flowers solitary or in clusters -1 in. apart ; pedicels -f 

 in., jointed at or below the middle. Perianth white, segments in. long; anthers 

 straight after flowering. Capsule - in. broad, top 3-lobed. Seeds ^ in. broad, 

 angular, black. Very variable in size, small specimens have simple scapes. 



