Plants of the Punjab. 



435 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves, 



Petals none. 



Belamcauda 

 chinensis, 



Iridaceje. 

 F. B. I. vi. 276. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 



Hypoxis aurea, 



Amaryllidace^. 

 F. B. I. vi. 277. 

 Himalava, 

 4-7,000 ^ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Crinum defixum, 



small, peremiial, rootstock creeping, stem erect, leafy ; 

 leaves in 2 opposite rows, one bestriding the other, flat, 

 sword-Uke ; flowers shortly stalked, main stalks branched, 

 spathes several-flowered, bracts thin, calyx-tube very 

 short, segments oblong, nearly equal, spreading, stamens 3, 

 inserted at the base of the tube, style thread- hke, arms 

 long, tips kidney-shaped ; capsule ovoid with a broad top, 

 seeds nearly round. This plant is only found cultivated. 



small, perennial, root tuberous round or oblong, with 

 black fibres and pale fleshy roots, stemless ; leaves 3-6 by 

 ■J- in., rarely 12 in., linear base sheathing, nerves promi- 

 nent ; flowers | in., bright yellow, single or in pairs on 

 axillary scapes shorter than the leaves, calyx sessile on 

 the ovary, divided nearly to the base, segments 6, in 2 

 series, lanceolate, spreading, green on the back, stamens 6 at 

 the base of the segments and shorter than they are, style 

 short, column-like, stigmas 3, erect ; capsule | in., oblong, 

 3-valved, seeds many, small, black, round. 



see Water Plants, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Crinum pratense, 



Amaryllidace^. 

 F. B. I. vi. 282. 

 The Plains, rare, 

 onlv cultivated. 



Crinum latifolium, 



AMARYLLIDACEiE. 



F. B.I. vi.283. 

 The Plains, 

 cultivated. 



Pancratium 

 verecundum, 



Amaryllidaceje. 

 F. B. I. vi. 285. 

 Foot of the 

 Himalava. 



large, perennial or biennial, bulbs 4-5 in. diam., ovoid 

 or round, neck 2-2^ in. ; leaves 6-8, 18-36 by l|-2 in., linear, 

 grooved, margin entire ; flowers 5-6 in., white, fragrant, 

 nearly sessile, in umbels, 6-12-floweredon scapes 12 in. long, 

 spathes 2, 2-3 in., triangular-lanceolate, calyx salver- 

 shaped, calyx, tube 3-4 in., lobes 6, equal to the tube, lance- 

 olate, petals none, stamens 6, on the throat of the tube, 

 very long, red, spreading, style thread-like, stigma minute : 

 fruit nearly round, 3-celled, seeds large, few, rounded. 



like the last species, but much larger, stemless, leaves 

 3-4 in. broad, calyx tinged with red or nearly red over the 

 back of the lobes, funnel-shaped, tube upcurved, lobes 

 oblong or lanceolate, stamens curved. 



small, perennial or biennial, rootstock bulbous, round, 

 2 in. diam., neck long, cylindric ; leaves 1-1| by |-f in., 

 thin, lanceolate with a broad long-pointed tip ; flowers 

 4|-5| in. long, green, on 2-6-flowered umbellate stalks, 

 stout, 12 in. long, spathes 2, lanceolate, calyx funnel- 

 shaped, tubes 3-4 in., lobes 1| in., linear, petals none, sta- 

 mens 6, united to form a toothed cup, a bifid tooth between 



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