358 cLvi. LiLiACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Tofieldia. 



persistent J segments 6, spreading. Stamens 6, on the tase of the seg- 

 ments, filaments filiform ; anthers short, doraifixed, versatile, introrse. 

 Carpels 3, many-ovuled ; styles short, persistent, stigmas obtnse. Follicles 

 3, membranous, acute. Seeds many, minute, cymbiform or slender, testa 

 thin, pale. — Species about 14, Arctic and Alpine. 



T. himalaica, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 489 ; leaves narrowly 

 linear 3-5-nerved margins scabrid, fruiting pedicels ascending bracteate 

 at the base calyculate at the apex. 



SiKKiM Himalaya ; alt. 10-12,000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke. 



Stem 8-18 in., glabrous. Leaves 2-4 by ^\-^ in. Fruiting raceme 4r-8 in. ; 

 lower pedicels -5—1 in. Perianth ^ in. long, greenish white ; segments naiTowIy 

 oblanceolate, 1 -nerved. Capsule J-i in. , obovoid ; styles very slender, J the leugth 

 of the cells. Seeds slender, terets, acute at both ends. 



30. GX.ORIOSA, Linn. 



Sootstock tuberous, naked. Stem climbing, leafy. Leaves scattered, 

 opposite or 3-nately whorled, lanceolate, costate, tip elongate spiral. 

 Flowers large, axillary, solitary ; pedicels reflexed. Perianth persistent ; 

 segments 6, subequal, narrow, spreading or reflexed, often waved or crisped. 

 Stamens 6, hypogynous, filaments filiform ; anthers linear, doraifixed, ver- 

 satile, extrorse. Ovary 3-celled ; style filiform, deflexed, 3-fid, arma 

 subulate, introrsely stigmatose ; cells many-ovuled. Capsule large, coria- 

 ceous, septicidal. Seeds subglobose, testa spongy; embryo cySndric. — 

 Species 3, tropical Asiatic and African. 



G. superba, Linn. Sp. PI. 305 ; perianth-segments crisply waved. 

 Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 457 ; Boxb. Fl. Tnd. ii. 143 ; Cfrah. Cat. 

 Bomb. PI. 221 ; WigU Ic. t. 2047 ; Bat. Beg. t. 77 ; Andr. Bat. Bep. 1. 139 ; 

 Seichb. Ic. Fxot. t. 51. G. simplex, Don Prodr. 51. Gr. Doniana, Schultesf. 

 Syst. vii. 366. Methonica auperba, LamJc. Encycl. iv. 133 ; Kunth Enum. 

 iv. 276 ; Bedoute Lil. t. 26 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 2£0. M. Doniana, 

 Kunih I. c. Eugona superba, Salisb. Prodr. 238. — Bheede Sort. Mai. vii. 

 t. 57. 



Throughout Teopicai India ; from the N. W. Himalaya to Assam, Burma, 

 Malacca and Ceylon, ascending to 5000 ft. — Distkie. Trop. Africa, Malacca, 

 Cochin China. 



Rootstock a chain of fleshy arched tubers, budding from the convexity above. 

 Stem 10-20 ft., terete, herbaceous. Leaves 6-8 in., sessile or shortly petioled, 

 variable in breadth, many nerved. Flowers solitary or snbcorymbose towards the 

 ends of the branches from the nearness of the leaves ; pedicels 4-6 in., tip deflexed. 

 Perianth 3—4 in. diam., segments linear-lanceolate, bright red above the lower third, 

 golden yellow below it as are the margins and midrib. Filaments stout, golden 

 yellow ; connective green. Capsule 2 in. long. 



31. TRICVRTXS, Wall. 



Bootstock creeping. Stem dicbotomously branched above, leafy. 

 Leaves alternate, snbsessile or amplexicanl, strongly nerved. Flowers 

 snbcorymbose or racemose, white spotted with purple. Perianf/i campanu- 

 late, deciduous ; segments 6, lanceolate, 3 outer saccate or 2-gibbou8 at 

 the base, inner gibboua or flat. Stamens 6, subhypogynous, filaments 

 cohering or conniving in a tube below, spreading above ; anthers dorsi- 



