140 LILIACE^. 



slender pedicels and in tho leaves which are rounded at the base an 1 at the 

 same time always acutely attenuate to the petioles. In H. arisanensis the 

 leaves are cordate or rounded at the base but not attenuate to the petioles. 



Polygonatuwi ADAXS. 



Polygonatum arisanense HAYATA sp. nov. Caulis glaber altissimns 

 circ. 100 cm. longus a rnedio sursum foliatus. Folia alterna lanceolata inferiora 

 inajora 20 cm. longa 4% cm. lata apice acuminata basi obtusa ad petiolum 

 2-3 mm. longum contracta iutegra rnembranacaa utraque glaberrima subtus 

 plus minus glauca. Flores 2-4 umbellatim dispositi, umbellis axillaribus, 

 pedunculis 1-2 cm. longis gracilibus nutantibus, pedicellis 1-J- cm. lougis apice 

 ad locos infra calycem 1 mm. distautes articulatis. Periauthium cylindricum 

 2cm. longum 6mm. latum glabrum apice 6-lobatum, lobis triaugularibus 

 5 mm. longis 3| mm. latis apice acutis basi haud contractis. Stamina 6 

 medio perianthii affixa, filamentis 5 mm. lougis, antheris elougato-oblongis 

 2 mm. longis 1 mm. latis apice apiculatis basi plus minus 2-lobatis. Ovarium 

 ellipsoideuni 5^ mm. longum 3 mm. latum glabrum, stylo filiformi 13 mm* 

 longo glabro, stigtnate truncate plus minus dilato. 



HAB. Arisan : Kcjdensho, leg. S. SASAKI, Mai. 1913 ; Bunkiko, ad 1,500 

 m. alt. 



Near Pdygonatum offidnale, but diifer.s from it in having much longer 

 and thinner leaves. 



Polygonatum officinale ALL. var. fonnosanum HAYATA n. v. Caulis 

 glaber 80-100 cm. longus ad medio sursuni foliatus. Folia alterna elougato- 

 oblonga inferiora majora circ. 10 cm. longa 4 cm. lata apice acuta ad sumnium, 

 obtusa ad petiolum 3-5 mm. longum contracta integra chartacea. Flores 2- 

 4-umbellatini dispositi, umbellis axillaribus solitariis, peduuculis 14- cm. longis, 

 pedicellis 1^ cm. longis, infra apicem artieulatis. Perianthium cylindrico- 

 campanulatum 2 cm. longum 8 mm. latuna apice 6-lobatum, lobis late trian- 

 gulari-rotuiidatis 6 mm. lougis 5 mm. latis apice obtusissimis basi plus minus 

 contractis glabris. Stamina 6 ad medium tubi periantliii affixa, filameutis 6 mm. 

 longis glabris, antheris oblongo-linearibus 3 mm. longis 1 mm. latis apice 

 obtusis basi rotundatis. Ovarium, ovoideo-fusiforme 5 mm. longum 2 mm. latum 



