143. LILIACE®. 107 
P. multiflorum.—Leaves sessile, sheathing, acute, margins 
more or less undulate, nerves prominent beneath. Perianth 
greenish; tube constricted above the ovary, pilose inside; 
segments spreading. 
P. latifolium.— Leaves broader, shortly petiolate, acuminate. 
Periauth yellowish; tube not constricted above the ovary, 
glabrous iuside; segments more or less ineurved. 
The differences in the length of the peduncle, number of flowers 
and number of seeds appear to be of little diagnostic value. 
17. Polygonatum nodosum, Hua, in Journ. de Bot. vi. (1892) 
p. 394. 
SZECHUEN (Farges ex Hua). 
18. Polygonatum officinale, Allioni, Fl. Ped. i. p. 131 (1785); 
Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. xiv. (1875) p. 554; Hance, 
in Journ. Bot. xii. (1875) p. 189, et xx. (1882) p. 39; Maxim. 
in Bull. Acad. St. Pétersb. xxix. (1884) p. 206; Mél. Biol. xi. 
p. 846; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 134; Hua, in Journ. de Bot. vi. 
(1892) p. 395. 
Polygonatum vulgare, Desf. in Ann. Mus. Par. ix. (1807) p. 49; Red. 
Lil. t. 258; Kunth, Enum. Pl. v. p.132; Baker & S. Moore, in Journ. 
Linn. Soc., Bot, xvii. (1879) p. 387 ; Franch. et Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. ii. 
. 04, 
P Convallaria Polygonatum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 915; Bunge, Enum. 
Pl, Chin. Bor. p. 65. 
Cumi: Peking (Bullock, 231! Méllendorff ex Maximowiez), 
Pohuashan (Bretschneider ex Hance); SuiNaKiNa : Moukden 
(James! Webster, 116!); Kwandien Mountains (Ross, 78!), 
Hingjing (Joss, 249, 296!); SmawTUNG: Chefoo (Fauvel ex 
Franchet), Suanst (Potanin!); KraNGsv: Chinkiang (Bul- 
lock !); Kansun: Tangut (Przewalski!); SzECuvEN: South 
Wushan (Henry, 556!); Corra: Chemulpo (Carles, 59!). 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Europe, Siberia, and Dahuria. 
Var. japonicum, Maxim. in Bull. Acad. St. Pétersh. xxix. 
(1884) p. 207; Mél. Biol. xi. p. 847. 
Polygonatum japonicum, Morren et Decne. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2™ gér, ii, 
(1834) p. 311; Kunth, Enum. Pl. v. p. 133; Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc., 
Bot. xiv. (1875) p. 554. 
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