Scilla.] CLVI. LILIACB^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 349 



southwards, especially near the sea. CEYLON, at Trincomalee, Glenie. DISTEIB. 

 Abyssinia. 



Bulb 1-2 in. diam. Leaves 3-6 in., very variable in breadth, petioled or not, 

 often recurved, tips after reaching the ground bulbiferous, green or blotched with 

 black. Scape 2-6 in. j raceme cylindric, 30-30 fid., pedicels -5 in. ; bracts 

 minute. Flowers greenish purple ; filaments purple ; ovary stipitate. I can find 

 no characters of L. maculata. 



^ 2. S. Hohenackeri, FiscJi. & Mey. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Hose. 1838, i. 

 256 ; leaves linear, raceme few or many-fld., perianth f in. diam. Baker 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 244 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 227. S. cernua 

 var. pluriflora, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iv. 157. Hyacinthns purpureus, Griff. 

 Notul. 242 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 275. 



The PANJAB; Ic. Falconer; Rawul Pindee, at Hussan, Aitchison. DISTRIB. 

 Affghanistan, Persia. 



Bulb ovoid, |-1 in. diam. Leaves 4-6, flaccid, 8-12 by %-$ in. Scape 4-8 in., 

 6-12-fld. ; bracts membranous. Flowers bright blue, scattered ; sepals linear, 

 obtuse, recurved from near the base, filaments narrowly lanceolate ; anthers blue ; 

 cells of ovary 3-4-ovuled. 



21. XiXXiXUftX, Linn. 



Tall, bulbous, leafy, unbranched, usually very large fld. herbs. Flowers 

 axillary or in terminal racemes. Perianth infundibular, segments 6, 

 usually narrowly nectariferous at the base. Stamens hypogynous, anthers 

 large dorsifixed versatile. Style long, stigma globose (rarely 3-fid as in. 

 Fritillaria). Capsule erect, coriaceous, loculicidal, very many-seeded. 

 Seeds vertically compressed; testa pale, membranous, appressed. Species 

 about 50, N. temperate. 



SECT. I. Bulb of narrow fleshy imbricating scales, without any outer 

 coats. Stamens not diverging. Stigma capitate, obscurely 3-lobed. 

 Eulirion. 



* Leaves petioled, broadly cordate. 



1. Zi. gig-ant eum, Watt. Teut. Fl. Nep. 21, t. 12, 13 (excl. syn.) ; 

 Cat. 5075 ; very tall, raceme many-fld., pedicels short, perianth white 

 narrowly funnel-shaped. Kuntli JEnum. iv. 268; Sot. Mag. t. 4673; 

 copied in Fl. des Serres, t. 771-2 ; and in Belg. Sortie, iii. t. 21 ; Duchart. 

 Obs. Gen. Lis. passim. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 227 ; Gard. Chron. 

 1880, ii. fig. 18 ; JElwes Monogr. Lil. t. 11. L. cordifolium, Don. Prodr. 

 52. 



TEMPEEATE HIMALAYA; from Garwhal to Sikkim, alt. 5-10,000 ft. KHASIA 

 HILLS, alt. 5-6000 ft. 



Bulbs tufted, 3-4 in. diam. ; scales subequal. Stem 6-12 ft., 2 in. diam. at base, 

 fistular. Leaves 12-18 in. long and broad, penninerved ; petiole of lower 9-12 in. 

 Raceme 1-2 ft., bracts large; flowers 5-7 in. fragrant, drooping, tube purplish 

 within; segments oblanceolate, tips rounded recurved. Stamens and. style included, 

 filaments decurved at the tip; anthers \ f in., yellow. Cqpsule 23 in., obtusely 

 angled ; carpels retuse, septa pectinate. Seeds \^ in. broad, very thin. l 



** Leaves sessile, linear or lanceolate. 

 *t* Flowers white or greenish ivhi^e. 



2. Xi. Wallichianum, Schultesf. Syst. PI. vii. 1689 ; leaves narrowly 



