TAB. 8560. 
TRICYRTIS stToLonrirera. 
Formosa. 
Lintiaceark. Tribe Uvunarrear. 
Tricyrt1s, Wall.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 831, 
Tricyrtis stolonifera, Matsumura in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, vol. xi. p. 78; species 
T. formosanae, Bak., proxima, caulibus longe stoloniferis differt. 
Herba 6 dm. alta, basi stolonifera. Caulis teres, basi rubro-purpureus, 6 mm. 
diametro, dimidio superiore viridis, 2 mm. diametro, primum pubescens, 
demum glaber. Folia elliptico-lanceolata, acuminata, basin vaginatam 
versus attenuata, 20 em. longa, 4°5 cm. lata, margine ciliata, supra glabra, 
nigro-maculata, nervis impressis; nervi laterales utrinque circiter 8, subtus 
prominentes, primum pubescentes. Injlorescentiae pedunculus 12 em. 
longus; rami tenues, primum pubescentes. Perianthiwm purpureum, 
maculis obscuris notatum, basi intus cremeum annulo luteo marginatum ; 
segmenta exteriora elliptica, acuta, 2°5 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, extra pilosa, 
basi bilobatim saccata ; segmenta interiora lanceolata, obtusa, 2 cm. longa, 
38 mm. lata, intus levia, costa extra atropurpurea, utrinque canaliculo 
pallido instructa. Stamina perianthio paullo breviora; filamenta rubro- 
brunnea, parte superiore maculis luteis notata. Ovarium _oblongum, 
glabrum ; styli brachia rubro-purpurea luteo-maculata, glandulis stipitatis 
instructa.—C. H. Wricut. 
The liliaceous genus Ticyrtis includes some ten species, 
and extends from Japan and Formosa to the Central and 
Eastern Himalaya. Three of these species have already 
been figured in this work :—T7. pilosa, Wall., at t. 4955; 
T. hirta, Hook., at t. 5355; and T. macropoda, Miq.,. at 
t. 6544. All three have wide cordate or stem-clasping 
leaf-bases, and thus differ very markedly from the 
subject of the present illustration, in which the leaves 
are narrowed gradually to the sheathing base. The 
Species now figured, 7. stolonifera, is more brightly 
coloured than any of the other species as yet introduced 
to gardens, though it is not certain that in this respect 
it differs at all markedly from its nearest ally, 7. formo- 
sana, Bak., described from specimens collected in Formosa 
by Mr. R. Oldham. Professor Matsumura, in describing 
1. stolonifera, has distinguished between it and 7. formo- 
sana, by the stoloniferous habit and the spotted perianth 
of the former. In his field-note, however, Mr. Oldham 
States that the perianth of 7. formosana is crimson and 
JUNE, 1914, 
