Polygonatum.] olvi. liliace^. (J. D. Hooker.) 321 



glabrous, leaves opposite or a few alternate shortly petioled coriaceous 

 oblong aouminate, shiniug above, flowers many, peduncles usually many- 

 M., penanth-tube cylindrio. Baker in Journ. Linn. 8oc. xiv. 559 ; Kunth 

 Enum. V. 141. Convallaria oppositifolia. Wall, in Asiat. Research, xiii. 

 380 with a figure ; Gat. 5134 ; Bon Prodr. 47 ; Lodd. Bot. Gat. t. 640 ; 

 Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 125 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3529. 



Temperate Centeal and Westekn Himalaya, from Nepal eastwards. 

 Khasia Hills, alt. 4-6030 ft. Monmipobe, alt. 3500 ft. Clarice. Patkoye hills, 

 in Uppeb Assam, Griffith, 



Stem 2-4 ft.; rhizome of green tubers. Leaves many, spreading, 3-6 in., 

 bright green above, 7-9-nerved, pale beneath with reddisli ribs. Peduncle many-fld. 

 and pedicels 4-f in. Ferianth ^-J in., all white, or tube with deltoid lobes greenish. 

 Stamens inserted above the middle of the tube ; filaments papillose ; tips of anthers 

 exserted. Sti/le twice as long as the ovary. Serri/ i in. diam., broadly ovoid or 

 ellipsoid, scarlet. Seeds many, globose. 



Var. decipiens, Baker 1. c. ; leaves shortly petioled lower alternate lanceolate 

 very acuminate 3-4 in. broadest above the middle. Wall. Oat. 5134 B. Sikkim, 

 alt. 7-11,000 ft. J. D. S. Khaaia hills, alt. 4-5000 ft.— Approaches P. Gaih- 

 cartU. 



lU. P. punctatum, So^le III. 380 ; stem angled and grooved 

 glabrous, leaves petioled or snbsessile opposite rarely alternate coriaoeons 

 oblong-lanceolate obtuse or obtusely aouminate, rather shining above 

 5-7-nerved, peduncles 2-many-fld., perianth uroeolate mouth contracted. 

 Sunth Enum. v. 142 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 559 ; Bot. Mag. t. 

 5061. Convallaria punctata. Wall. Gat. 5133. Convallaria sp. Griff. Notul. 

 243 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 274. 



Tempebate Himalaya, alt. 5-8000 ft. from Nenal, WalUoh, to Bhotan, Griffith. 

 Mnnnipore, alt. 7000 ft.. Watt. 



Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves many, 2-3 in., broadest in the middle, base cuneate, pale 

 beneath with many slender nerves. Peduncle and pedicels i-^ in. Perianth i-^ in. 

 Flowers white, spotted with lilac, lobes deltoid, green. Stamens inserted above the 

 middle of the tube, filaments very short, glabrous. Slgle as long as the ovary. 

 Berry as in P. opposUifolium, from which this in its typical state difiers in its more 

 robust habit more coriaceous obtuse leaves and smaller flowers. 



*** Leaves usually whorled. 



11. P. verticillatuni) Allioni El. Pedem. i. 131 ; stem tall angled 

 and grooved glabrous, leaves 4-8-nately whorled sessile linear or linear- 

 lanceolate acuminate membranous, peduncles 2-3-fld. whorled, perianth 

 constricted at the middle. Kunth Enum. v. 142 ; Baker in Journ. Linn, 

 Soc. xiv. 560 ; De^f. in Ann. Mus. ix. 49 ; Bedoute LU. t. 244 ; Maximov. 

 Biagn. xi. 852. P. leptophyllnm, Boyle III. 380. P. Jacquemootianum, 

 Kunth Enum. I. c. 143. P. roseum Bot. Mag. t. 5049 (and Kunth P) Conval- 

 laria verticillata, Linn. 8p. PI. 315 ; Buchb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 966. C. lep- 

 tophylla, Don Prodr. 47. 



Tempebate Himalaya, from Kashmir, alt. 6-ll,00D ft to Sikkim, alt. 8-12,000 

 ft. Tibet (X. of Kumaon), alt. 13,500 ft., Strachey ^ Winterhottom.—Y)is-y:v.i\i. 

 Europe, N. Asia, Aifghanistan. 



Siem 2-4 ft., very slender, or stout, sometimes as thick as'the middle finger. 

 Leaves 3-6 by ^1 in., green above, glaucous beneath, often ciliolate on the 

 margins and nerves. Peduncles and pedicels i^-i in. Perianth very variable in size, 

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