Merendera.'] CLVI. UUACEM. (J. D. Hooker.) 357 



either basifixed or dorsifixed. Species about 10, S. Europe, N. Africa and 

 Oriental. 



M. persica, Boiss. & Kotsch. Diagn. xiii. 37 ; Fl. Orient, v. 169 ; 

 leaves appearing with the flowers linear acute, scape 1-4-fld., perianth pale 

 lilac, segments lanceolate subacute, blade shorter than the slender claw, 

 anthers basifixed. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 440. M. Aitchisoni, 

 Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6012 ; Boiss. I. c. 169. 



The PANJAB ; on the Salt Kange, and near the Jhelum, Vicary, Aitchison. 

 DISTRIB. Aflgbanistan, N. Persia. 



Bulb gibbonsly ovoid, long-necked, coats bright red -brown. Leaves 1-2 in. in 

 the flowering state, 6-8 in the fruiting, dark green. Flowers 1^-2 in. diam. ; seg- 

 ments with a reddish dorsal keel. Filaments subulate, equalling the anthers. 

 Boissier keeps Aitchisoni distinct from persica, on account of the paler corms, and 

 shorter green anthers. Baker unites them. 



28. IPHIGENIA, Kunth. 



Corm coated. Stem erect, leafy. Leaves few, scattered, linear, upper 

 bractiform. Flowers small, erect, solitary or corymbose. Perianth 6- 

 partite, stellate, deciduous ; segments equal, narrow, clawed, spreading. 

 Stamens 6, hypogynous, filaments short, flat ; anthers oblong, introrsely 

 attached, versatile. Ovary sessile, 3-celled; styles minute, united at 

 the base, linear, recurved, introrsely stigmatose; cells many-ovuled. 

 Capsule loculicidal. Seeds subglobose; testa thin, brown, appressed. 

 Species 4, Indian, African and Australasian. 



1. Z. indica, Kunth JSnum. iv. 213; perianth purplish, segments 

 linear- subulate. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 450 ; Benth. Fl. Austral. 

 vii. 31. I. racemosa, and I. caricina, Sunth I. c. An guillaria indica, Br. 

 Prodr. 273 ; Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 37, t. 259 ; Cat. 5085. A. Heyneana, 

 Wall. Cat. 5086. Melanthium indicum, Linn. Want. 226. M. racemosum 

 and caricinum, Roth Nov. Sp. 199. Hypoxidopsis pumila, Steud. PI. Ind. 

 Or. HohenacJc. No. 1313. 



Throughout INDIA, from the N. W. frontier to BURMA; ascending the KHASIA 

 HILLS to 4-5000 ft., and the HIMALAYA to 7000 ft. CEYLON ; Trincotnalee, Glenie. 

 DISTRIB. Australia, Philippines. 



Corm globose, % in. diam., neck 1-2 in., sheaths brown. Stem 3-10 in., flexuous. 

 Leaves few, 6-8 by in., upper smaller. Flowers few or many, reddish or pur- 

 plish ; bracts linear, leafy ; pedicels 1-2 in. Perianth ~i in. long ; segments 

 clawed, spreading and reflexed. Capsule in., obovoid or oblong, most variable in 

 size. A sportive plant. Prome specimens are nearly 1 ft. high, very robust and 

 broadish leaved. 



2. X. pallida, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 451 ; perianth white, 

 segments oblanceolate acute many-nerved. ? A. indica, Grah. Cat. Bomb. 

 PI. 222. 



The CONCAN ; Ritchie, &c., on the Ghats at Mahableshwar, and Belgaum. 

 Probably a var. of indica, with smaller narrower leaves and bracts, white flowers 

 with much broader segments and shorter pedicels. 



29: TOFXCX.DXA, Huds. 



Rootstock creeping. Leaves radical, equitant, ensiform. Scape slender ; 

 flowers small green or white, spicate or racemed ; bracts minute. Perianth 



