297 



(1) P. TUBEHOSTTM. (Kunth.Ji 



Idmt. Kunth Enum. pi. iv. p. 598. 



Syn. Anthericum tuberosum. Roxh.flor. Ind. II. p. 149. 



Unffrav. Wiglit's Icon. t. 2036.— Hoxb. Cor. II. t. 138. 



Spec. Char. Boots numerous, fleshy, each terminating in an 

 oblong tuber: leaves radical, sword-sbaped, undulated on" the 

 margin : scape round, naked : flowers panicled, white. 



Ciroar mountains. Peninsula. Concans. Assam'. Flowering in 

 the rainy season. 



(2) P. xTTsmjATtm. fR.W.J 

 Idmt. "Wight's Icon. vi. and t. 2037. 



Spec. Chajk. Eoots fleshy, not (or rarely) tuberous : leaves all 

 radieal, sword-shaped, scarcely waved on the margin, long attenu- 

 ated on the point, membranaceous : scape round, naied, racemose, 

 longer than the leaves : flowers numerous, 3 — 4-aggregated in the 

 axils of the scariose bracts : ovary somewhat ovate, ovules numerous, 

 style straight : flowers white. 



Coimbatore, flowering in the rains. 



(3) P. OIlaOSPERMtTM. (M.W.) 



Ident. "Wight 1. e. t. 2038. 



Spec. Chae. Eoots fleshy, tuberous: leaves radical, oblong 

 lanceolate, waved on the margin, acute : scape terete, erect, 

 branched : branches racemose : ovary sub-globose, 3-celled, with 

 2 superposed ovules in each cell: style declining: capsule S^'CeUed, 

 3-seeded : seed globose. 



Coimbatore, flowering in July and August. 



(4) P. PAKVXFLOEtrat. fR. W.) 



Ident. "Wight 1. c. t. 2039. 



Spec. Chab. Roots numerous, fleshy, not tuberous : leares 

 linear lanceolate, tapering towards the point : scapes several, 

 axillary, slender, ascending,' loosely flexuose : flowers small, 3 — 4- 

 aggregated in the axils of the somewhat remote bracts, short 

 pedicelled : ovary 3-celled, with 2 superposed ovules in each : style 

 simple : capsule 3-celIed, cells 1-seeded : seed somewhat globose, 

 eoncavely umbilicate below, rough : embryo eurved. 



Coimbatore. 



