Dipeadi.'] olvi. liliaobji. (J. D. Hooker.) 347 



racemes few-fld., perianth f in. long green lobes subeqnal, three enter 

 abont equalling the tube, capsule i-^ in. broad. 



SoiNDE ; on the lower hills, Stocks. 



A muoh smaller and stouter plant than D. seroUnum with green flowers. 

 Capsule quadrate, retuse above and below. Seeds J-^ in. diam., orbicular. — 

 Possibly a state of S. serotinum, but a very difEerent-loolsing plant. 



6. D. bydsuricum, Baker in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. xi. 397 ; leaves 4-6 

 in., scape tall, raceme elongate, bracts much shorter than the pedicels, 

 perianth f in. long green or pale pink. TJropetalnm hydsnricnm, JEdgew. 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 88. 



The Panjab, at Loodiana, EdgewoHh. 



The short bracts are the best character of this species, which closely resembles 

 S. serotinum in habit. In a drawing of what I take to be this, in Falconer's 

 collection, the tube of the corolla is pale green, the lobes very pale pink. 



19. VRGXNEA; 



Bulbous, scapigeroua herbs. Flowers raoemed. Perianth campannlate 

 of 6 subequal segments. Sta/mens included. Oapsule oblong, triquetrous, 

 locuUcidal, many-seeded. Seeds flat, testa black, membranous. — Species 

 about 24, S. European, W. Asiatic, and African. 



* Flowers appearing before the leaves. 



1. TJ. indica, Kuntk Enum. iv. 333 ; leaves ^1 in. broad, flowers 

 distant long-pedicelled drooping, bracts evanescent, perianth segments 

 3-nerved in the middle, capsule oblong. Baker in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. xiii. 

 222 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 250. U. senegalensis, Kunth I. c. 334. 

 Soilla indica, Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 147 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 220. S. Cun- 

 dria and S. denudata, Sam. in Wall. Cat. 5062, A, B, 0, E, H. 



Western Himalaia ; Garwhal, Kumaon and the Salt Eange, ascending to 6000 

 ft. Behab, the CoNCAN and Cobomanbel coasts. Bcema, Wallich. — Distbib, 

 Trop. Africa. 



Biilh the size of an apple, bitter, nauseous. Leaves 6-18 in., subbifarious, linear, 

 flat, acute. Scape erect, 12-18 in., brittle; raceme 6-12 in., erect; flowers very 

 distant; pedicels \-\\ in., spreading or decurved. Perianth J-J in. diam., greenish 

 white, nerves green, tips rounded ; filaments flattened below ; style narrowly obconio. 

 Capsule i-| in., subacute, cells 6-9-seeded. Seeds i in. diam. 



2. W. coronxandellana, Hook.f. {not of Wight), leayea very narrow, 

 flowers long-pedicelled drooping, bracts minute ovate acute persistent, 

 sepals 1-nerved, inner bearded at the tips, style very short oboonic. 

 Scilla coromandeliana, Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 147. 



CoEOMANDEL ooast ; on sand hills, Soailiwrgh. 



Salb globose, Ii in. diam. Leaves 6-8 by i-i in., subacute. Scape 12-18 in. ; 

 pedicels l-lj in. ; bracts i in. Flowers dull green and purplish ; sepals i in. long, 

 tips rounded ; filaments clavate ; style shorter than the ovary, narrowly obconie. — 

 Described from Eoxburgh's excellent drawing, and the characters given in his Flora 

 Indica. U. ooromandeUana, Wight is Dipcade serotinum (as his Herbarium proves) 

 with the perianth and stamens very incorrectly represented. 



3. u. Wlffhtiana, HooJc.f.; flowers long-pedicelled on the decurved 

 or Buberect raceme, bracts evanescent, sepals 1-nerved all bearded at the 



