tILirM G IG AN’TEITM’. 
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inter nervos vagi*. Petiolus teres, gracilis, filiformis, supra, suleatus mcdioque, vel paullo 
infra,glandulisduabns,parvis, cylindricis, brevibns, alternantibus, approximate. Stipulcc 
nullae, nisi cilia* axillares, subulata*, minutae, carnosa\ fasciculate,emarcescentes. Cirrhi 
axil lares, solitarii, li I i formes, spiraliter torti, indivisi, laeves, nudi, folio sesqui vel duplo 
longiores. Pedimenli axillares uniflori, nunc bi- vel triflori, filiformes, petiolo dimidio 
breviores, puberuli, bracteolis quibusdam sparsis, siibiilato-linearibus, emarcesoentibus 
instructi. Invo lucrum nullum. Flores (fig. 1, 2.) inter minores, vi\ ultra pollieein trans- 
versum, emetientes, albi, externe dilute virideseentes, inodori. Perianthium dccemparti- 
tuin.patenti-reeurvum, fuudoconvexo, parum prominulo; /a ci ///7c o b 1 o n go-1 i n e a r e s, o b t usa*, 
membramiceo-margimdatae; altenuc angustiores, petaloidese. Corona triplex, concolor: 
exterior setaceo-niultiradiata, patenfissima, periauthii foliolis plus dimidio brevior ; media 
liuic proxima, baud vero contigua, plicato-niultifida, intlexa, basi urceolata, lobis (fig.-3.) 
lineari-laneeolatis, versus columiiam eonniventibus, aeutis, propter margines sursum re- 
volutos supra canaliculatis; intima eonstaus annnlo obsolete, angusto, integerrimo, pu- 
berulo, basin pedieelli ovarii purpuraseentem cingenle. Columna perianthio brevior. Fi¬ 
lament a subulata, recurvato-patentia. Anthera\ ovatae,le\ iter deflcxoc. Ovarium ovato- 
subglobosum. Sfyli devaricati, filaineutis breviores. Stigmata clavata. Pacca (fig. 4 ) 
sphaerica, nuda, laevis, Hava, diametri I incur um triuiu. 
Observation. 
I bis species comes near to Passiflora pallida , Linn., which Sir J. E. Smith has justly 
observed (Ue.es’s Cyclopaedia, in loco) consists of two different species, namel v one describ¬ 
ed by IMumier and the other by Piso. Lonreiro’s P. pallida (Flor. cochincli. 2. p. 527) 
is no doubt a distinct plant, as pointed out by illdenow, in his edition of that work 
(2. p.Ot-j.) ; it seems to differ from ours in having opposite, ovate leaves, and much larger 
flowers. These two last mention rd species appear, therefore, to be the only ones which 
have hitherto been found in India ; unless P. coefitlea be considered as a native of China, 
where Loureiro, in the above quoted work, says it grows wild ; but this has been doubt¬ 
ed by Sir J. E. Smith (loc. cit.) The present species is not without its elegance, al¬ 
though it is far behind most of the members of this beautiful genus. It is rather an 
uncommon plant in INipal. 
LILTUM GIGAMTUM, Wall. TAB. IS. 13. 
Caulc iolioso, raoeinoso ; foliis pctiolatis, sparsis, cordatis, amplissimis ; floribus infun- 
dibuliformi-campanulalis, intus glabris. 
S/tre, reel ins Sjtroi et Osjiroi. Kaempf. Amoen. Exot. p. 870. Ejusd. Icon, select, a 
Banksio edit., p. 3. t. 17. 
TAlium camtidum, Tlnmb. jap. p. 133? 
Crescit in monte Sheopore, versus medium ejus, ad loea liuinida, umlirosa. 
Floret sub pluviis, a me use Maii, usque ad lincm Julii. Fructus maturitatem attiu- 
gunt Octobre. 
Bulbi ovato-globosi, aggregati, nmgnitudinis pomi mediocris, >etustuti tnaximi, con- 
stuntes squamis pluribus crassis, carnosis, ovatis, truneatis, planiusculis, «Habris sub- 
J 7 ft 7 
patulis. Caulis strictus, eylindricus, uti tota planta glaberrimus, cyliudricus, sulco Ja- 
tcrali alternatim intern pi o ssepius notatus, e basi, dianietrum pollicarem ad bipollicarein 
emetiente, a&qiialiter attenuatusiu apicem calamum scriptorium ad digitum minimum eras- 
sam, quatuor ad septem pedes altus, fructifer adhuc elatior, cavus et inunis, nec septis 
iutersliuctiis, parietibus duas tresve lineas crassis. Folia magna, sparsa, plana, mem- 
