Plants of the Punjab. 



487 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Asphodelus 

 tenuifolius, 

 Asphodel, 



Piazi. hokat. 



L1LIACE.E. 



F. B. I. vi. 332. 



The Plains to 



7,000 ft. 



Simla (Collett). 



Kashmir, 



Baluchistan 



(Stocks). 



Asphodelus 

 comosus, 



Liliace^. 



F. B. I. vi. 332. 



Lahul. 



small, annual, root fibres slender or fleshy ; leaves 

 6-12 by -^ in., all radical, linear, slender, half rounded, 

 hollow, long-pointed ; flowers | in. long, white, in brac- 

 teate racemes on a branched main flower stalk, 6-24 in., 

 calyx 6-lobed, lobes white with a central red brown streak, 

 spreading, petals none, stamens 6, upper portion spindle- 

 shaped, lower surrounding and covering the ovary, style 

 straight, stigma 3-lobed ; capsule | in. diam., round, wrinkl- 

 ed, seeds 3, 3-angled. This is a weed of cultivation. Tho 

 seed is used in Indian medicine as a diuretic. 



like the last species, but much larger, flowers 1-1 J 

 in. diam., white, •\\'ith a green streak, leaves 1^ in., broad, 

 thick. 



Eremurus 

 himalaieus, 



LiLIACEiE. 



F. B. I. vi. 332. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-10,000 ft. 



like the last species, but very much larger, leaves 

 12-36 by |-3 in., main flower stalk 24-36 in., flowers 

 1 in. diam., white, capsule | in. cRam, triangular, the 

 capsule has more seeds, seeds not winged. 



Eremurus persieus, 



LiLIACEiE. 



F. B. I. vi. 333. 



The Salt Range, 



Sakesar 



(Aitchison). 



Baluchistan 



(Stocks). 



Hke the last species, but much smaller, flowers white 

 with a brown central band in each segment, capsule 1 in. 

 broad, seeds broadly 3 -winged. 



Allium ascalonicum. 

 Shallot, 



Gandan, gandhana. 



LiLIACE.E. 



F. B. I. vi. 337. 

 The Plains to 

 7,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Hughes-Buller). 



small, annual, bulbs coated, strongly scented ; leaves 

 basal, narrow, hollow ; flowers white, star-shaped, on very 

 short minor stalks forming a head on one main flower stalk, 

 enclosed at first in a spathe, calyx 6-lobed, petals none, 

 stanirns 6. inner stamens 2-toothed, style thread-Hke, 

 stigma minute ; capsule small, 3-celled, 3-angled, seeds 

 few, black, flattened. This plant is cultivated as a con 

 diment, is not found wild. 



