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Plants of the Punjab, 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves, 



Petals none. 



Polygonatum 

 multiflorum, 

 Solomon's Seal, 



Liliace^. 



p. B. I. vi. 319, 



Himalaya, 

 6-9,000 ft. 

 Mahasu, Narkanda 

 (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



large, perennial, rootstock creeping, stem 24-36 in., 

 arched, leafy, cylindrical ; leaves 3-6 in., oblong-ovate, 

 sessile many, nearly in 2 rows, all directed to one side ; 

 flowers |-f in., white and green, in solitary 2-5-flowered 

 axillary racemes, calyx tubular, white with 6 green lobes, 

 petals none, stamens 6, inserted in the tube, style linear, 

 straight, stigma small ; berry | in. diam., round, blue- 

 black, enclosed partially in the withered calyx, seeds few, 

 nearly round. 



Smilacina pallida, 



LlLIACE^. 



F. B. I. vi. 323. 



Himalaya, 



east of the Sutlej, 



8-11,000 ft. 



Hattu (Collett). 



Between Narkanda 



and Baghi. 



large, perennial, rootstock creeping, stem 24-36 in,, 

 stout, naked below, leafy above ; leaves 4-9 by l|-3 in., 

 oblong-lanceolate, nearly sessile, velvety beneath, short- 

 pointed ; flowers | in., white, in terminal, velvety, more or 

 less crowded, simple or branched racemes 2-6 in. long, 

 calyx I in., spreading, lobes 6, oblong, petals none, sta- 

 mens 6 at the base of the calyx lobes ; berry | in. diam., 

 blue-black, round, seeds few. 



Lilium giganteum, 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Lilium nepalense, 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 



Lilium polyphyllum, 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 



Lilium 

 Thomsonianum, 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Gagea lutea. 



Star of Bethlehem, 



Liliace^. 



p. B. I. vi. 355. 



Himalaya, 



6-13,000 ft. 



Narkanda (Collett). 



Kashmir, 



small, perennial, smooth, bulb solitary, about the size 

 of a hazel nut, leaf one, radical, 3-8 by J-| in., lanceolate, 

 overtopping the flowers ; flowers | in. long, yellow, in a 

 3-6-flowered umbel on the top of the stem, calyx star- 

 shaped when open, lobes 6, linear-oblong, usually short- 

 pointed, green on the back, stamens 6, at the base of and 

 shorter than the lobes ; capsule i in., oblong, 3-grooved, 

 seeds many, flat. Collett calls this plant Star of Bethel- 

 hem, but Bentham and Hooker give this name to 

 Ornithogalum umbellatum. 



