Iris.] OLii. IBIDEM. (J. D. Hooker.) 277 



segments oblong, spreading, subequal. Stamens inserted at the base of the 

 perianth, filaments filiform, anthers linear basifixed. Ovary obovoid; 

 style filiform arms elongate, tips reniform stigmatio. Capsule obovoid, 

 membranons, loculicidal, valves reflexed, leaving the seed-bearing axis 

 persistent and free. Seeds snbglobose, testa lax shining fleshy within. 



1. B. chinensis, Leman in Red. Lil. 1. 121 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xvi. 113. B. punctata, Moench Meth. 529. Pardanthus chinensis, 

 Zer in Kcenig & Sims Ann. Bot. i. 246 ; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 579 ; 

 JRoyle III. 371 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1874 ; Flore des Serres t. 1632. P. 

 nepalensis, Bweet Brit. Fl. Oard. Ser. ii. 498. Ixia chinensis, Linn. Sp. PI. 

 36; Gsertn. Fruct. t. 13; Bot. Mag. t. 171. Morsa chinensis, Ifitrr. Syst. 

 Veg. 93 ; Baxh. Fl. Ind. i. 170.— Rheede Sort. Mai. xi. t. 37. 



Very doubtfully wild in the Himalaya, ascending to 6000 ft. Cultivated all 

 over India ; a native of China. 



Order CLII. ADXARVZiZiXDEJE. 



Roolstoch bulbous tuberous or a corm. Leaves radical. Scape naked 

 (in the Indian genera). Periam^A-superior, regular or irregular, tube long 

 short or 0, limb 6-lobed or -partite, with sometimes a crown at the mouth. 

 Stamens 6, on the bases of the segments, rarely epigynous, filaments free 

 or connate ; anthers erect or versatile. Ovary 3-celled ; style stout or 

 slender, stigma simple or cleft; ovules many, 2-seriate in the inner angle 

 of the cells, anatropous. Fruit usually capsular,' loculicidal, rarely fleshy 

 and bursting irregularly. Seeds few or many, albumen fleshy enclosing 

 the small embryo. — Genera 64, species about 650. 



The American Aloe, Agave americana, Linn. (A. cantula, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 167) is planted as a hedge in the Panjab (Stewart, Panjab Plants, 232) and intro- 

 duced elsewhere in India. A. vivipara, Linn. (Wight Ic. t. 2024) is naturalized in 

 the Deccan. Zeyhyranthes tubispatJia, Herb, a Peruvian plant, resembling a small 

 Pancratium, but without a corona, is cultivated in gardens and found as an escape 

 far from habitations. 



Tribe I. Hipoxide^. Eootstock tuberous. Flowers spicate or racemose. 



Ovary not produced above the crown into a stipes 1. Htpoxis. 



Ovary produced into a short or long stipes above the crown . 2. ClTECTrLiao. 



Tribe II. AmaeyllEjE. Rootstook bulbous. Flowers- umbelled. 



Filaments free 3. Ceihuji. 



Filaments united by a membrane 4. Panceatium. 



1. HITFOXIS, Linn. 



Rootstoch tuberous, or a coated corm. Leaves radical, narrow, strongly 

 nerved. Flowers solitary, racemed, or umbellate. Perianth rotate, 6-par- 

 tite, sessile on the top of the ovary, persistent. Stamens 6 on the base of 

 the segments ; filaments short ; anthers erect, dorsifixed. Ovary 3-oelled ; 

 style short, columnar, stigmas 3, erect, stout, distinct or connate ; ovules 

 2-seriate. Capsule circumsciss below the top or 3-valved. SeatZ* subglobose, 

 testa crustaceous shining beaked at the hilum. — Species about 50, widely 

 diffused but rare in Asia, many S. African. 



1. K. aurea, Lour. Fl. Cochin. 200 ; villous or hairy, leaves narrowly 

 linear, scape slender 1-2-fld., ovary and perianth lobes externally hairy, 



