142 LILIACE.E. 



lanceolata vel oblanceolat.i apice aciuniuata basi obtusa atteuuata Integra 

 niembranacea, petiolis 5 inui. lougis. Flores solitarii terminates, peduuculis 

 erectis rectis 7 cm. lougis. Sepala 4-5-6 lanceolata -4-4-|- cm. longa 5-10 mm 

 lata apice acuminata basi obtusa vel cuneata margiue Integra herbacea mem- 

 brauacea. Petala 4-5-6, lineari-filiformia 5| cm. louga |-| mm. lata sepalo 

 longiora p.iteutia. Stamina 8-12, filameiitis glabris 4-5 mm. longis nliformi- 

 bus, antlieris liuearibns 7 mm. lougis mm. latis 2-locularibus apiculatis adnatis. 

 Ovarimn pentagouo-globosuni plus minus clepressum 5 mm. longum 7 mm. 

 latuni, stylo 5-partito, partibus lineaiibiis 4 mm. lougis. 



Paris polyphylla HAY ATA Gen. Lid. P. 85, (11011 SMITH.) 



HAB. UshokO, leg. B. HAY ATA, Aprili. 1916, (typus!); Inter Heislum.* 

 et Mniandaira, leg. B. HAYATA, Mart. 1912. 



Near Paris poli/jJii/1'ti, but distinguishable from it in the much thinner 

 and narrower leaves and in the much longer linear petals. 



NOTE : Sepals green ; petals yellowish green ; ovavy reddish at the top. 



JHetanarthecium MAXIM. 



Metanarthecium formosanum HAYATA sp. nov. Perennis. Folia 

 omnia racliealia line; iri -lanceolata 13-15 cm. long.L ( .) mm. lata apice acuminata 

 l)asi gradatim august at; i glibra integi-a membranacea. Scapi 20-50 cm. longi 

 erecti recti e ceutro fasciculi folioruin radicalium oriundi apice spiciformes, 

 partibus spiciformibus vi^-Dsis 3-5 cm. longis, bracfceis liuearibus 5-10 mm. lougis 

 1mm. latis apice obtusis, pedicellis brevissimis 1-| mm. longis. Calyx 

 tubuloso-campauulatus 4 mm. lougus 3 mm. latus basi latere supeiiore gibbosus 

 glaber apice 6-lobatus, lobis oblongo-triangularibus 1] mm. longis 1 mm. latis 

 apice obtusis basi bind vel vix contractis ; calycis tul>us usque ad medium 

 rum oviirio counatus. Stamina 6 ore tulii c;ilvci,> affixa, lilamentis l)revissiinis, 

 antlieris subsessilibus ovjito-oblougis 4- mm. longis. Ovarimn glabrum sen i- 

 inferius, parte liber.- i tvig - mo-conicum 1mm. louga apice acuta ad siylum $ 

 mm. longum abeunti, (-tylo triijuetro apice 3-lobato. 



A-< : ,-^ forntOMina HAYATA. 



Metanarthecium foliatum JlAXATk Fl. Mont. Fonnos. p. 226, (non MAXIM.) 



HAH. In M !(' Morrison; Monte Randaisaii. 



