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PHALANGIUM Nepalense. 
Nepal Phalangium. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ASPHODELEZ. — : 
PHALANGIUM.—Inflor. racemosa, bracteis simplicibus interstincta. 
Cal. o. Cor. infera, hexapetaloideo-rotata subzequalis, persistens, Fil. 
corolla: disco imposita, erecto-divergentia, inclusa; anth. oblong, incum~ 
bentes. Stylus triquetro-filiformis, decurvo-assurgens, cum stzgmate trigono 
obtuso pruinoso clavato-continuus. Caps. pergamea, rotunda s. ovata, tri- 
sulco-trigona, polysperma, 3-loc., 3-valv., valvis medio septigeris; sem. 
margini interiori dissepimenti utrinque annexa, obversé attenuata, anguloso- 
pressa; a/b. carnosum, durum. Herbee perennantes, caulescentes; radix 
fasciculato-fibrosa, fibris subfustformi-crassis ; folia plura, radicalia, ambi- 
entia, graminea, ligulato-attenuata, canaliculato-explicanda, nervulosa, 
erecto-divergentia ; racemus simplex v. divisus, laxus; pedunculi uniarti- 
culati ; corolle lacinie interiores modo crispate ; fil. nunc barbata; semi- 
num testa nigro-fusca, excavato-puncticulata. Anthericum (Phalangium. 
Juss, et Red.) Liliastrum ad Hemerocallidem, et serotinum ad Gageam 
referenda sunt. Antherico stylus rectus, attenuatus, pedunculi non 
articulati, herba crassa aut fistulosa. Hemerocallidi corolla connivens, 
stamina decurvo-assurgentia, herba fere Phalangii. Ker. in bot. mag. 
fol. 1635. 
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P. nepalense ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis scapi longitudine, panicula simplice, 
bractea inferiore longissima subtis glauca, perianthii laciniis patentibus 
oblongis obtusis. Lindl. in hort. trans, 6. 277. 
Herba bipedalis, perennans, radicibus fasciculatis. Folia plura, radi- 
calia, suberecta, ensiformia, canaliculata, glaberrima, supra leté viridia, 
subtus glauca, striata, margine submembranacea, apice obsolete trinervia. 
Scapus teres, ramosus, fols pauld brevior. Panicula simplex, erecta, 
vamosa. Bractea inferior lanceolata, obtusa, foliacea, floribus multd longior ; 
superiores sensim minores, demum pedicellis viz longiores. Flores albi, 
sepalis patentibus, oblongis, obtusis, subequalibus ; stamina lutea sepalorum 
longitudine. Stylus staminibus pauld longior. 
The first account we have of this plant is in the Trans- 
actions of the Horticultural Society, in the volume above 
quoted, where we find the following statement :— 
