Plants of ike Funjab. 



443 



Herbs, Unbeanched, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Fritaiaria Roylei, 



Liliace^. 



F. B. I. vi. 353. 



Himalaya, 



8-12.000 ft. 



Hattu (Collett). 



Marali. 



bulb depressed, scales thin, stems 1-2 ft., naked below ; 

 leaves 3-6 in a whorl or upper opposite, 2-5 by |-| in., linear- 

 lanceolate, tips of upper leaves often linear and hooked ; 

 flov^ers 1-1|- in., bell-shaped, yellow-green chequered with 

 purple, nodding, terminal, solitary or 2-4 in a short raceme, 

 calyx lobes 6, each with a sticky gland at the base, tips 

 rounded and not recurved, stamens 6, anthers linear- 

 oblong, style straight, thick, divided into 3 points ; cap- 

 sule |-|: in. , ovoid with a broad tip, 6-angled, 3-valved, seeds 

 many, small, flattened, minutely wdnged. 



Fritillaria imperialis, like the last species, but bulb larger, stem longer. 



Crown Imperial, leaves more crowded, all opposite, flowers larger, in umbels, 



Liliace^. yellow or brick-red, capsule almost 6-winged. 



F. B. I. vi. 353. 



Himalaya, 



7-9,000 ft. 



Kashmir, 



Lloydia serotina, 

 Mountain Lloydia, 



Liliace.e. 



F. B. I. vi. 354. 



Himalaya, 



12-15,000 ft. 



Kashmir. 



Hattu (Collett). 



Marali. 



Tulipa chrysantha, 



Liliace^. 



F. B. L vi. 355. 



The Plains. 



The Salt Eange. 



Baluchistan 



(Stocks). 



Tulipa stellata, 



Bhumphor, jal 



kukar, shandaigul. 



Liliace^. 



F. B. I. vi. 355. 



Himalaya, 



6-S,000 ft. 



Bimla (Collett). 



small, bulb |-1 in., slender, stem 3-6 in., with 1-2 small 

 leaves ; leaves 2-8 in., thread-like ; flowers J-f in. long, 

 white with violet veins, few or solitary, calyx funnel-shaped, 

 lobes 6, ^-| in., distinct, ultimately spreading, tips rounded, 

 petals none, stamens 6, style thick, straight, tip 3-lobed ; 

 capsule l'^ in., nearly round, 3-valved, seeds many, small, 

 flattened. 



small, bulb f-l in- diam., stem 3-4 in. ; leaves 4-5, 

 lower 4-6 in., lanceolate, margins wavy, channelled, upper 

 narrower ; flowers 1-1| in. long, j'ellow within, reddish- 

 brown without, on a main flower stalk, 1 to 3 

 flowers, calyx bell-shaped, 2 rows of sepals, outer oblong, 

 long-pointed, inner ovate with a blunt or abruptly pointed 

 tip, stamens 6, stigmas 3, nearly sessile. The bulbs are 

 eaten in Baluchistan and at Peshawar. 



like the last species, but leaves shorter, margins not 

 wavy, flowers larger, white within, base yellow, rosy or 

 greenish without. 



