Plants oj the Punjab, 



441 



Hkrbs, Unbranched, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Allium 

 atropurpureum, 



Liliace^. 



F. B. I. vi. 344. 



Himalaya, 



8-10,000 ft. 



Kashmir, 



(Falconer). 



Dipcadi montanum, 



LlLIACE^. 



F. B. I. vi. 346. 

 The Plains, Delhi 

 (Vicary). 



Dipcadi serotinum, 



LlLIACE^. 



F. B. I. vi. 346. 

 The Salt Eange. 

 Tilla. 



medium size, bulb ne aiiy ovoid, not on a rootstock ; 

 leaves 2-4, length 12-24 by ^^ in., narrowly linear-oblong 

 or lanceolate, shorttr than the tall erect cylindrical hollow 

 main flower stalk; leaves rose-purple, stellate, heads 2-2| 

 in. diam.1, minor flower stalks |-1 in., calyx lobes linear- 

 oblong, stamens about equal in length to the calyx lobes ; 

 capsules round. 



small, bulb small ; leaves 4-6 in., rather fleshy, thread- 

 like, deeply grooved above ; flowers f in., white or greenish, 

 in a 6-r2-flowered raceme on a round main flower stalk 



6-9 



ni. 



minor flower stalks |-| in.. 



bracts lanceolate. 



long-pointed, about equal to the minor flower stalks, 

 calyx lobes 6, in 2 series, forming a tubular bell-shaped 

 flower, strap-shaped, glandular at the tips, stamens 6, in- 

 cluded ; capsule | in. diam,, short, broad, many-seeded, 

 seeds I in., oblong with rounded ends, flat. 



like the last species, but leaves 6-18 in., flowers brown, 

 smaller, bracts equal to or longer than the minor flower 

 stalks, capsule sessile, leaves usually longer. 



Dipcadi hydsuricum, 



LiLIACEiE. 



F. B. 1. vi. 347. 

 The Plams, 

 Ludhiana 

 (Edgeworth). 

 Simla below 

 5,000 ft. 

 (Collett). 



Urginea indica, 

 Indian Squill, 



Kanda, phajphor. 



Liliace.e. 



F. B. I. vi. 347. 



Himalaya, 



below^ 5,000 ft. 



Simla, Subathu 



(Collett). 



The Salt Range. 



like the last species, but leaves much shorter, 4-6 in., 

 bracts much shorter than the minor flower stalks, flowers 

 with green tube and pale pink lobes. 



bulb more than | in., bitter ; leaves radical 6-18 by 

 |-1 in., linear, nearly in 2 rows : flowers appearing be- 

 fore the leaves. | in. long, white with green lines, drooping 

 or spreading, bell-shaped, in a terminal raceme, 6-12 in. 

 long, on a main stalk 12-18 in., lesser stalks of raceme 1-1-| 

 in. long, slender, sepals 6, white with 3 green ribs in the 

 centre, tip rounded, petals none, stamens 6, shorter than 

 the sepals; capsule |-| in. long, oblong. 3-valved, seeds 

 many, flat, black. The l)ulb is much used in Indian 

 medicine and also as a substitute for European squill. 



