334 CLVi. LiLiACEa). (J. D. Hooker.) [Chlorophytum. 



Cat. 5056. Anthericnm tuberosum, Serb. Seym. Ornithogalum indicwm, 

 Kcenig mss. 



Bastken Himalaya, Sikkim, alt. 1-4000 ft. J. D. B. Bhotan, Grigtth. 

 Assam, Hamilton. Behae at Monghir, Wallich, on Parnsnath, J. D. H. BnEiiA, 

 at Prome, Wallich. 



Root-fibres eylindric. Leaves 6-18 by 1^2 in., oblanceolatc, obtuse acnte or 

 acuminate, usually narrowed into a broad petiole. Scape 6-20 in. stout; raceme 

 3-8 in. ; bracts f-i in. or lower longer pedicels i-J in. jointed in the middle. 

 Ferianth-segments ^-J in. lanceolate, wbite. Capsule i in. broad 2-lobed at the tip 

 and base. Seeds J in. diam., suborbicular, flat, black.— In small specimens the leaves 

 are narrower and broadest at the base. 



4. C. g'laucum, Dalz. in SooTc. Eew Journ. Bot. ii. 142 ; leaves 

 glaucous, scape louger than the leaves 2-3-sheathed, racemes long stout 

 dense-fld., bracts longer than the flowers erect bases oymbiform, filaments 

 longer than the anthers, cells of the suborbicular capsule 2-4-seeded. 

 Balz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 252 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 324. 



The CoNCAN ; on the Ghats, rare, Dalzell, &c. 



Boot-fibres eylindric. Leaves 12-18 by 1-2 in., usually recurved, narrowly 

 oblaneeolate. Scape 1-2 ft., simple, sheaths narrowly lanceolate ; raceme 6-12 in., 

 unbranched; bracts green; pedicels i in., jointed above the middle. Perianth- 

 segments i-i in., white; filaments papillose; anthers twisted after flowering. Capsule 

 i-i in. broad, top 2-lobed. S-^eds ^J in. broad, flat, orbicular, opaque. 



ff Leaves linear or ensiform not or ha/rdly contracted into a petiole. 



5. C. tuberosum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 332 ; leaves sessile 

 usually ensiform falcately recurved, scape short or tall, flowers large, 

 anthers as long as the papillose filaments recurved finally revolute, cells of 

 the oblong rarely orbicular retuse capsule 4-6-seeded. 0. anthericoideum, 

 Balz. in Sook. Kew Journ. Bot. ii. (1850) 141 : Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 251. Phalangium tuberosum, Wight Ic. t. 2036 ; Kunth Enum. iv. 598 (in 

 part.) P. ornithogaloides, Schweinf. Biltr. P. alatum, Wall. Gat. 5056.C. 

 Anthericum tuberosum, Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 149, et Ic. in Serb. Kew \ Cor. 

 PI. ii. 20 {not t. 138). A. ornithogaloides, SocJist. in A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 232. 



The Deccan Peninsula and Centeal India, common from the Northern 

 Circars, and the Concan to Travancore. Btjema; at Prome, Wallich. — Distbib. 

 Abyssinia. 



Root-fibres eylindric and tuberous. Leaves 8 in. to 2 ft. by f-f in. (to 4 in. 

 Boasb.), margins crisped. Scape 6 in. to 3 ft. with a small sheath ; raceme short, 

 simple or shortly branched ; bracts i— | in., white ; pedicels ^ in., stout, jointed below 

 the middle; perianth-segments ^— | in. long, oblong; stamens much shorter than the 

 perianth. Capsule J-J in. long. Seeds irregularly orbicular, opaque. — The largest 

 flowered Indian species and clearly the plant described by Roxburgh as having flowers 

 as large as a snowdrop, but not that figured in the Cor. PI., which is C. attenuatum ; 

 his drawings of both are at Kew, and both named tuberosum. 



6. C. khasianum, Sook. f. ; scape tall naked simple or branched, 

 racemes rather dense-fld., bracts shorter than the flowers, anthers elongate 

 straight longer than the filaments, cells of large oblong 2-lobed capsule 

 4-6-seeded. 0. nepalensis. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 330 (in part). 



Khasia Hills, alt. 3-6000 ft. Griffith, &c. 



Leaves 10-24 by J-J in., linear, flat. Scape 2-3 ft., sometimes i in. diam., smooth, 

 branches short ; racemes 6-10 in., pedicels i-i in., erect, jointed above the middle. 



