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Plants nf the Punjab. 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. * 



Colchicum luteum, 



Suringan, 



harantutiya. 



Liliace^. 



F. B. I. vi. 356. 



Himalaya, 



4-7,000 ^ft. 



Campbellpore, 



Abbottabad, 



The Gallis, 



Kashmir, Chamba. 



solid coated bulb, ovoid, coats brown ; leaves 6-12 by 

 ^-|- in., few, strap-shaped, short at the flowering time, 

 longer at the fruiting ; flowers 1-1| in. diam., golden-yellow, 

 tube 3-4in. long, 1-3 flowers on a very short main flower 

 stalk, calyx funnel-shaped, tube very long and slender, 

 lobes 6, nearly equal, nearly erect, oblong, blunt, stamens 

 6, shorter than the lobes, anthers yehow. style thread- 

 like, much longer than the lobes ; capsule 1-1| in., valves 

 with long recurved beaks. This plant has the same pro- 

 perties as European Colchicum, and is used in Indian medi- 

 cine. 



Merendera persiea, 



Liliace.^. 

 F B. I. vi. 357. 

 The Salt Eange. 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



Iphigenia indica, 



LlLIACE^. 



F. B. L vi. 357. 

 The Plains to 

 7,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mahasu 

 (Collett). 



Trillium 

 Govanianum, 



LiLIACEJE. 



F. B. L vi.361. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-10,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, 

 Narkanda, Hattu 

 (Collett). 



Paris polyphylla, 



LlLIACE^. 



F. B. I. vi. 362. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



solid coated bulb, long-necked, coats bright red- 

 brown ; leaves 1-2 in. in the flowering tim^, 6-8 in. in the 

 fruiting, dark green, linear, short-pointed ; flowers l|-2 in., 

 palp lilac, 1 to 4 flowers on a short main flower stalk, 

 calyx funnel-shaped, lobes with long slender stalks forming 

 a tube, stamens 6, styles 3 ; capsule and seeds like those 

 of Colchicum luteum. The root is probably sold as Colchi- 

 cum in the bazaar. 



bulb h in. diam., round, neck 1-2 in., sheaths brown, 

 stem 3-10 in., erect, leafy ; leaves few, 6-8 by |-| in., 

 upper smaller, linear ; flowers J-| in. long, purplish, on 

 minor flower stalks, 1-2 in., calyx star-shaped, lobes 6, 

 equal, linear-awl-shaped, spreading, reflexed, stamens 6 ; 

 capsule J-f in., oblong, 3-grooved, seeds many, round. 



small, smooth, rootstock creeping, short, thick, ringed, 

 stem 6-10 in., erect ; leaves in a whorl at the top of the stem 

 with a flower in the centre, 1|-4| by 1^-4 in., broadly ovate ; 

 flower 2 in., dark purple, calyx persistent, lobes 6, distinct, 

 narrowl}^ lanceolate, spreading in flower, reflexed in fruit, 

 stamens 6, style purple, divided into 3 arms to the base ; 

 berry ^-| in. diam., long Hnear round, fleshy, seeds many, 

 ovoid. 



small to large, rootstock ringed, thick, creeping, stem 

 12-18 in., erect ; leaves 4-9, 3-6 in., lanceolate, shortly 

 stalked, long-pointed, arranged in a whorl at the top of 

 the stem with a solitary stalked flower in the centre, calyx 

 persistent, lobes 8-12, in 2 series, outer green, leaf-Uke. 

 1-4 in., inner yellow or yellow-green, usually shortef 



