OLvi. LiLiAOE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 323 



6. SnXXX.A.CXMA, Besf. 



Bootatock short, or creeping. Stem simple, leafy above. Leaves alter- 

 nate, snbsessile, rarely petioled, ovate-lanceolate. Flowers in terminal 

 racemes or panicles, small, shortly pedicelled. Perianth spreading ; seg- 

 ments subequal, usually deciduous. Stamens hypogynons or adnate to 

 the bases of the segments, filaments long or short; anthers minute, 

 globose, dorsifixed. Omry stibglobose, 3-oelled ; style long or short, stigma 

 entire or 3-fid ; cells 2-ovuled. Serj'y globose. Seeds 1 or few, globose ; 

 testa thin, adnate ; embryo about half the length of the seed. — Species about 

 20, Europe, temp. Asia and America. 



* Flowers racemose. 



1. S. olig'ophylla, SooTe.f. ; stem and leaves beneath and rachis of 

 raceme pubemlous, leaves 3 in., pedicels solitary, perianth-segments pale 

 purple oblong-lanceolate. Tovaria oligophylla, Saker in Jmim. Linn. Soc. 

 xiv. 565. 



SiKKisi Himalaya ; woods at Lachen, alt. 10-13,000 ft. J. D. H. 



Bootslock stout, creeping. Stem -J-l ft., flexuous above, slender. Leaves 3-5 in., 

 oblong, acute, or acuminate, membranous, pale and costate beneath, with many 

 slender nerves. Raceme 10-20-fld., 2-3 in., shortly peduncled; pedicels ^-J in.'; 

 bracts deltoid. Perianth i in. long. Style very short. 



2. S. pallida, Soyle III. i. 380 ; stem stout, leaves beneath and rachis 

 of raceme densely pubescent leaves, 4-6 in., pedicels solitary or 2-nate, 

 perianth segments white oblong. S. purpurea. Wall. Cat. 4201 ; Plant. As. 

 Bar. ii. 38, t. 144. S. albiflora. Wall. PI. As. Bar. ii. 38. Tovaria 

 pallida, and purpurea, Baker in Jnurn. Linn. Soc. xiv. 566. Jocaste 

 purpurea, and albiflora, Kunth Fnum. v. 155. 



Tempbeate HimaIiAta, alt. 8-11,000 ft., from Garwhal eastwards to Sikkim. 



Stem 2-3 ft., very stout, naked below, flexuous above. Leaves 8-12, oblong, 

 4-6 in ., acute, pale beneath, with 7-9 principal nerves. Raceme 3-6 in., rachis sub- 

 erect; pedicels ^ in.; bracts deltoid. Perianth i in. long, purple or white. 

 Filaments deltoid. Style very short. 



** Flowers in thyrsifcyrm panicles. 



3. S. fusca, Wall. PI. As. Ba/r. iii. 37, t. 257 ; nearly glabrous, 

 leaves petioled ovate-cordate acuminate, panicle deltoid, perianth brown- 

 purple segments oblanceolate obtuse. S. divaricata, Wall. Cat. 4202. S. 

 bootanensis. Griff. Notul. 178 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 279. Tovaria fusca, Baker 

 in Journ. lAnn. Soc. xiv. 568. Medora divaricata, Kunth Emim. v. 156. 



Tempkeate Himalata, alt. 6-8000 ft. from Nepal, Wallich, to Sikkim and 

 Bhotan. Khasia Hills, alt. 5-6000 ft. 



Stem 1-2 ft., slender. Leaves 3-6 in., membranous, glabrous or sparsely pilose 

 beneath; petiole i-lj in., nerves 5-7. Panicle S-^io.; peduncle short, branches 

 flexuous, lax-fld. ; pedicels i-i in. solitary, bracts minute. Perianth i in. diam. 

 Filaments deltoid. Style very short. Berrt/ i-J in., l-S-seeded. 



4. S. oleracea, Eook.f. 8f Thorns. Herb. Ind. Or. ; stem leaves beneath 

 and panicle pubescent, leaves subsessile oblong-lanceolate acuminate, 

 panicle oblong or deltoid, perianth white, segments oblong obtuse. Bat. 

 Mag. t. 6313. Tovaria oleracea. Baker in Jmirn. Linn Soc. xiv. 569. 



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