Tas. 6510, 
CHION! OGRAPHIS Japonica. 
Native of Japan. 
Nat. Ord. MELANTHACER.—Tribe HELONIES. 
Genus CH1onoGrapuis, Maxim.; (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. vol. xvii. 
p. 469.) 
CHIONOGRAPHIS japonica ; glaberrima, foliis radicalibus rosulatis sessilibus v. in 
petiolum angustatis late v. anguste elliptico-oblongis v. elliptico-lanceolatis 
acutis plus minusve dentatis costa distincta nervis valde obliquis caulinis 
linearibus, scapo angulato, spica brevi et oblonga v. elongata erecta multiflora, 
rachiacute angulata, perianthii albi segmentis 4 v.6 anguste linearibus obtusis 
a basi ad apicem obtusam sensim dilatatis, 2 superioribus longioribus, 2 inferi- — 
oribus minutis v. obsoletis, filamentis brevissimis crassis, antheris didymis 
subextrorsum @ehiscentibus, ovario subgloboso 3-lobo 3-loculare, stigmatibus 
3 clavellatis, ovulis in loculis 2 medio angulo interiori affixis anatropis, 
micropyle lata supera, raphe ventrali. 
C. japonica, Maximovicz in Bull. Acad. Sc. St. Petersh. vol. vi. p. 209 (Dee. iii.) ; 
Franch, et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. vol. ii. p. 86; Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. 
vol. xvii. p. 469... 
Melanthiym luteum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 152. 
M. japonicum, Willd. in Berl. Mag. vol. ii. p. 22. 
Helonias ? japonica, Schultes fil. Syst. Veg. vol. vii. p. 1567; Kunth. Enum. 
vol. iv. p. 175. 
Chameelirion luteum, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. vol. iii. p. 144, non A. Gray. 
Though originally described by Thunberg nearly a century 
ago, this is a very rare and little-known plant, of which we 
have seen no native specimens but those collected by 
Maximovicz in 1863, and one communicated by Captain 
- Blomfield, R.N., in 1873. It is referred by Mr. Baker in 
his valuable paper on the aberrant tribes of Liliarew to the 
group Heluniee, and its immediate affinity is with the 
Kastern N. American genera Helonias and Chamelirium. It 
is the only species of the genus. : 
This very singular plant was raised from seed sent by 
_ Mr. Maries to Messrs. Veitch, with whom it flowered in 
_ April of the present year. 
Descr. A quite glabrous perennial herb, six to twelve 
AUGUST Ist, 1880. 
