Chlorophytum.] clvi. LiLiAOEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 335 



Perianth white, segments ^ in. linear-oblong ; anthers not recurved or revolute after 

 flowering. Capsule J-J in. long. Seeds| in. diam., orbicular, flat, black opaque.— 

 Distinguished from 0. undulaium by the short erect branches of the scape, crowded 

 flowers, and large 4-6-seeded capsule. 



7. C. attenuatunx, Baher in Jov/m. Linn. Boa. xv. 332 ; leaves 

 linear, scape erect naked, raceme rarely forked lax or deuse-fld., anthers 

 straight longer than the papillose filaments, cells of the small broadly 

 obcordate capsule 3-4-seeded. Phalaneium attenuatum, Wight Ic. t. 2087, 

 P. indicnm, Eunth Enum. iv. 198. Asphodelopsis arungadenensis, Steud. in 

 HohenacJc. Fl. exsc. Ind. Or. n. 1317. Anthericum tuberosum, Soxb. Fl. 

 Cor. PI. 1. 18 (not p. 20, nor of Fl. Ind.). Ornithogalum indicum, Boem. 



f. 8yst. vii. 53.5. 



The Westeen Ghats ; from Canara southwards to Ooimbatore. 



Root-fibres cylindric, often tuberous. Leaves 10-18 by ^-1 in., slightly narrowed 

 at the base. Sea/pe as long, erect, raceme 3-4 in. ; bracts ovate, acuminate ; 

 flowers snbereet, pedicels jointed about the middle. Perianth white, segments J-J 

 in. Capsule J in. broad. — Very small flowers with segments not i in. long occur 

 amongst the others. That this is Boemer-s Ornith. indicum is proved by a specimen 

 from Heyne in Herb. Rottler (now at Kew) marked as from Condapilly, which is 

 the authority for the name (misspelt Cardapilly) and collector given by Heyne. 

 This specimen and those of Wight precisely accord with Roxburgh's figure of 

 Anth. tuberosum in Cor. PL, but not with his description in that work, or in Fl. Ind. 



8. C. malabaricum; Baker in Joum. lAnn. 80c. xv. 331 ; leaves 

 usually recurved, scape simple short naked, raceme short or long, anthers 

 straight shorter than the filaments, cells of the very small broadly obcordate 

 capsule 1-2-seeded? Pbalangium tuberosum, Dak. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 251 {not of Kunth). 



Western Ghats, from Canara southwards. 



Root-fibres cylindric, fleshy. Leaves 6-12 by |-1 in., usually narrowed from the 

 sheathing base to the apex. Scape 3-4 in., curved, stout, raceme as long or shorter 

 bracts about as long as the flowers membranous, pedicels jointed above the middle. 

 Perianth white, segments i in. long. Capsule ^'m. broad, tip deeply 2-lobed. Seeds 

 Jjin. diam., flat, opaque. — Dalzell's description of Phalangiwm tuberosum, as having 

 small white flowers, and resembling his Chlorophytum anthericoideum, probably 

 applies to C. malabaricum. 



** Raceme simple or branched, with the flowers remotely scattered, 

 solitary or in pairs. 



9. C. undulatum, Wall. Cat. 5069 ; scape naked panicnlately 

 branched, branches long spreading, flowers drooping, bracts shorter than 

 the pedicels, anthers twice as long as the filaments, cells of the broad 3- 

 dymous small capsule 2-3-Beeded. 0. nepalensis. Baker in Jov/rn. Linn. 

 80C. XV. 320 (in part). Phalangium nepalense, Lindl. in Trans. Sort. 80c. 

 vi. 277 ; Bot. Reg. t. 998 ; Kunth Enum. iv. 597. Anthericum nepalense, 

 8preng. 8yst. Our. Post. 135. 



SuBTEOPiOAL Himalaya, from Nepal, Wallick, to Sikkim, alt. 3-7000 ft. 



Soot-fibres cylindric. Leaves 6-18 by J-J in., linear, often narrowed to the base. 

 Scape 1-3 ft., branches ascending with long sheathing bracts at the base ; floral 

 bracts ovate, acuminate ; flowers solitary or in clusters i-1 in. apart; pedicels 4-4 

 in., jointed at or below the middle. Perianth vfhite, segments J in. long; anthers 

 straight after flowering. Capsule J-J in. broad, top 3-Iobed. Seeds J^ in. broad, 

 angular, black. — ^Very variable in size, small specimens 'have simple scapes. 



