320 CLVi. LiLiAOEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Polygonatum. 



Westeen Himalaya; Barung, alt. 11,000 ft., Munro. 



Rootstoch fleshy, constricted at the iuternodes. Stent 6 in. Leaves li-2 in., 

 1-nerved. Flowers violet ; peduncle and pedicels about half as long as the leaves. 

 Perianth ^ in. long; lobes oblong, about equalling the tube. — I have seen no 

 specimen. 



5. P. Kookeri, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 558 ; dwarf, leaves 

 opposite or tlie lower alternate sessile linear obtuse glaucous beneath, 

 flowers solitary, periantb-tube cylindrio, stamens inserted about the middle 

 of the corolla. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 10-12,000 ft., Garwhal, THthie ; Sikkim, at Lachen, 

 /. Z». S. 



Stem 1-2 in. Leaves crowded, f-3J in., nerves slender. Flowers suberect, 

 violet ; pedicels ^— i in. Ferianth ^-1 in. long, lobes variable in length, much 

 shorter than the tube. Style short. — Probably a state of P. verticillatv,m ; except 

 from the insertion of the anthers I should be disposed to include it under P. 

 graminifolium. 



6. P. g-eminiflorum, Decne in Jacqwem. Yoy. Bot. 170, t. 170; stem 

 tall puberulous above terete, leaves many opposite or ternately whorled 

 membranous oblong or linear-oblong subacute glaucous and nerves oiliolate 

 beneath, peduncles 2-fld., perianth-tube cylindric. Baker in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xiv. 558. Kunth Bnum. v. 852. ? P. ciliatnm, Royle III. 389. P. ver- 

 tioillatum, var. gracile, Baker, I.e. xviii. 103. 



Western Himalaya, alt. 7-11,000 ft., from Kashmir to Kumaon. — Disteib. 

 Afighanistan. 



Stem 12-18 in., flexuous. Leaves 2-4 in., rarely solitary, acute, base cuneate, 

 nerves beneath puberulous. Peduncles and 'pedicels J— J in., bracteoles minute, 

 caducous. Perianth \ in., f in. long, white, lobes much shorter than the tube, green. 

 Anthers inserted above the middle of the tube, filaments very short glabrous. Style 

 as long as the ovary, — Probably a form of P. verticillatum. 



7. P. G-riffithii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 558; stem tall 

 glabrous terete, leaves opposite sessile membranous linear-lanceolate acute 

 or acuminate 3-nerved, peduncles 2-fld., perianth-tube constricted above 

 the ovary. 



Eastern Himalaya; Mishmi hills, on Laim-planj-tbaga, alt. 6000 ft., Griffith. 



Stem 3 ft., slender. Leaves distant, 3-5 in., green above, subglaucous beneath. 

 Peduncles a-ai peiicels i-^ m. Perianth white, f in., lobes very short, deltoid, 

 green. ;Stemens inserted at the mouth of the tube, filaments very short, naked; 

 anthers minute. Style filiform, 2-3 times as long as the ovary. 



8. P. Cathcartii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 559 ; stem tall 

 glabrous terete, leaves all opposite subpetioled ovate-oblong or -lanceolate 

 acuminate 3-7-nerved, peduncle 2-4-fld., perianth short broad slightly 

 contracted in the middle. 



SiEKiM Himalaya ; woods at Lachen, alt. 8-10,000 ft., J. L>. H., Clarke 

 NAaA Hills, alt. 9000 ft., Clarke. 



Stem 2-3 ft., spotted with purple. Leaves 2-4 in., spreading, green above, 

 glaucous beneath. Peduncles 1-3 in. Pedicels i-1^ in. Perianth f in., green or 

 yellowish ; tube constricted in the middle, lobes short, deltoid, green. Anthers 

 inserted about the middle of the tube. Sti/le as long as the ovary. Berry ^-i in. 

 diam. Seeds few or many, globose. — I have described the perianth from a drawing 

 in the Cathcart collection. 



9. P. oppositifolium, Boyle 111. i. 880; stem tall furrowed, 



