268 CL. HiEMODOEACEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) \_OpMopogon. 



difficult of definition, and I am not satisfied that all the species here proposed 

 will prove distinct from one another. 



* Stem creeping and rooting ; roots not tuierifi 



erous. 



1. O. dracaenoides, jETooJ;./. ; stem stout, leaves oblanceolate acumi- 

 nate very many-nerved, petiole slender, racemes about equalling the leaves. 

 Fluggea dracxnoides, Baker in Trimen Journ. Bot. 1874, 174; in Jowm. 

 Linn. Soc. xvii. 502. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, and the Khasia Hilis, alt. 4-6000 ft., J. V. H. 



Stems prostrate, as thick as a goose-quill, closely jointed, clothed at first with 

 green sheaths that have broad scarious margins, rooting and with short tufts of 

 leaves and flowery scapes. Leaves 3-6 in., including the petiole, |-14 in. broad. 

 Rmeemes 2-3 in. ; bracts shorter than the flower, which are solitary or fascicled, 

 white or pale lilac, J-J in. diam. Perianth segments ovate-oblong ; anthers 

 lanceolate, filaments very short j style filiform. Seeds oblong. 



2. O. Clarkei, Sooh. f. ; stem prostrate with a terminal tuft of 

 secundly curved linear leaves which are 8-12 by ^ in., scape short few- 

 fld., flowers | in. diam., filaments one-third the length of the lanceolate 

 anther. 



SiKKiM HiMAiATA, J. D. H. ; at Eunghee, alt. 6000 ft., ClarJce. 



Stems 8-10 in. long, rigid, as thick as a crow-quill or thicker, bearing one 

 rather slender terminal tuft of very long slender leaves, which are faintly rough 

 beneath. Scape with the 3-5-fld. raceme curved, 3-4 in. long; bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate, about equalling the pedicels, which are jointed at or near the base. — 

 In this species the stem is a long runner bearing a solitary tuft of leaves and 

 scape. 



3. O. reptans, Hook. f. ; stem prostrate with distant tufts of linear 

 leaves which are 6-8 by yt^ ^^^-j scape very short slender few-fld. 



Khasia Hills, at Nurtiung, alt. 4-6000 ft. J. D. H. Gareow Hills, alt. 

 4000 it., Clarice. 



Stems 2-3 tt., prostrate, rather stouter than in 0. Glarkei, rigid. Leaves quite 

 smooth. Scape with fruiting raceme 2-3 in. Seeds i-i in. diam., subglobose. 

 — Very different from 0. Clarkei in habit, the numerous tufts of very narrow 

 shorter leaves, and the very short slender scapes. It closely resembles a Tonkin 

 plant (Balansa n. 4155 bis,}. 



** Stems tufted. Soots often tuberiferous. 



4. 0» Wallichianus, Hook. f. ; rootstock short very stout, leaves 

 6-24 in. by ^-^ in., scape stout usually much shorter than the leaves, 

 flowers usually fascicled ^ in. diam., anthers lanceolate, filaments very 

 short broad. O. japonicus, Wall. Gat. 5139 A. O. japonious, var. Walli- 

 chianus, Maxim, in Bull. Acad. N. S. St. Petersb. ; Mel. biol. vii. 321. 0. 

 longifolius, Becne in Ft. dts Serves, xvii. 182 {ex. Maxim. 1. c). I'luggea 

 Wallichiana, Kunth Enitm. v. 303. F. japonica, var. Wallichiana, Baker 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 601 {excl. syn. Blwme & Boyle). 



Tempeeate and Subteopical Himalaya; from Kumaon eastward, alt 

 6-9000 ft. Khasia Hills, alt. 4-6000 ft. 



Distinguished from the following by the rootstock, usually as thick as the 

 thumb, sometimes 4-6 in. long, the stout scape longer or shorter than the leaves, 

 and the large flowers. jRoois of long cylindric tubes. Leaves often distichous 

 and recuived, nearly quite smooth. Raceme lax or dense-fld., sometimes cylindric, 

 with flowers nearly 1 in. diam.; bracts usually shorter than the flowers; pedicels 



