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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Iris kumaonensis, 



Piaz, harhar, tezma. 



Iridace;e. 



F. B. I. vi. 274. 



Himalaya, 



8-12,000 ft. 



Marali (Collet t). 



Kashmir. 



Iris Hookeriana, 



Iridace.^. 



p. B. I. vi. 274. 



Lahul. 



Aletris nepalensis, 



HiEMODORACE-E. 



F. B. I. vi. 264. 

 Himalaya, 

 10-15,000 ft. 

 The Chor, Marali 

 (Collett). 



Ophiopagon 

 intermedius, 



HiEMODORACE.^. 



F. B. I. vi. 269. 

 Himalaj^a, 

 5-9,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



Crocus sativus, 

 Saffron, 



Kcsai\ zafran. 



Iridace^. 



F. B. I. vi. 276. 



Kashmir only, 



cultivated. 



very like the last species, but the stalk of the sepals 

 is bearded, spathe one-floAvered, capsule ovoid. 



very like the last species, but the spathe much longei 

 5 in., and 2-3-flowered. 



Petals none. 



small, perennial, grass-like ; leaves 3-8 by ^-J in., 

 radical grass-like, nerves prominent ; flowers I in. long, 

 white or pale pink in a short raceme on a stalk 4-12 in. 

 long, velvety with one or two short leaves at the top, bracts 

 hnear erect, calyx corolla-Hke, lobes 6, blunt, turned back, 

 persistent, stamens 6, opposite and attached at the base 

 to the calyx lobes, style shorter than the stamens, 3-fid 

 at the top ; capsule round, 3-valved, seeds 6, brightly 

 coloured. 



small to medium size, perennial, rootstock short, not 

 stout, covered with old leaf bases ; leaves 6-24 by ^-| in., 

 tufted, linear, margins very minutely toothed ; flowers 

 I in., white, sometimes tinged with violet, often in pairs 

 in racemes 2-5 in. long on leafless stalks as long as the 

 leaves, bracts lanceolate, calyx bell-shaped, corolla-like, 

 lobes 6 in 2 series, blunt, spreading, petals none, stamens 

 6, style longer than the stamens, minutely 3-lobed at 

 the top ; fruit of 6 berry-like blue seeds resting on the 

 calvx. 



" small, perennial, rootstock a sheathed corm, stem 

 none ; leaves radical, narrowly linear, grooved, margins 

 curved back ; flowers violet, solitary or clustered, nearly 

 sessile, calyx funnel-shaped, tube slender, lobes 6 in 2 

 series, petal-Hke, petals none, throat of tube bearded sta- 

 mens 3, on the throat, anthers yellow, style-arms exserted, 

 orange rod, nearly club-shaped, entire or lobulate ; capsule 

 oblong, seeds nearly round. This plant is cultivated for 

 the dye, it is also used in Indian medicine. 



