230 LILIACE^E. 



It is with some hesitation that I have referred this plant to Pofygonatum. 



It agrees with the same genus in " Perianthium rnarcescens, demuni deciduuni. 



Stamina 6, anthene oblongo-lineares, erecta?, basi 2-lobn3, dorsifixas, loculis 



introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile oblougum v. globosum 3-loculare ; 



stylus breviter columnaris, stigmate parvo v. parum incrassato ; ovula in loculis 



oo. (BENTH. et HOOK. f. Gen. PL III. p. 768) " ; but differs from the genus by 



the much longer perianth-lobes which arc longer than the tubes, by the very short 



perianth-tubes, by the nearly sessile apiculate anthers which are attached to 



the middle of the perianth and by the pedicels which are not articulated under 



the calyx. In Poly gonat urn, the perianth-tubes are " cylindrico basi interdum 



latiore ; lobi breves, erecto-patentes ; stamina tubo affixa eoque inclusa, fila- 



mentis filiformibus rarius complanatis ; pcdicellis sub apicern articulatis. I.e. 



p. 768 '"' and " Blh. cylindrisch mit 6 dreieckigeu oder lanzettlichen kurzen 



Abschnitten. Stf. bis liber die mitte der Rdhre mit derselben vereinigt. A. 



am Grunde 2-lappig, langlich, nach innen aufspringcud. Bl. stiele unterhalb 



der BL gegliedert. (ENGLER Pfl.-fam. II. 5, p. 80)." HOOKER states in his Flora 



of British India VI. p. 319 that " anthers subsessile on or above the middle 



of the tube, included dorsifixed." Upon considering all the above accounts, 



this new plant may be referred to Polygonatum rather than to be regarded as 



representing a distinct genus. 



Disporopsis HANCE 



in Journ. Bot, (1883) p. 278; ENGLER in Pfl.-fam. 1I.-5, p. 81, et Nacht. 

 II-5, p. 76 ; DUNN et TUTCH. FL Hongk. Kwangt. p. 279. 



Disporopsis arisanensis HAYATA sp. nov. Ehizoma teres repens remote 

 radicifemm viride cicatricibus squamaruin notatum, (cicatricibus annuli-forniibus), 

 incrassatum l;evc glabrum 5-6 mm. in diametro, (radicibus teretibus longiusculis 

 2 mm. in diametro), prope apice lateraliter (vel quasi-lateraliter ?) supra terrain 

 caulem singulum verticaliter emittens apice acutum squamis latiusculis 5-6 

 obtectuni. Gemma caulis ad apicem rhizomatum sita elongata horizontaliter 

 ascendens cylindrica apice acuta squamis dense approximatirn dispositis complete 

 obtecta, squamis inferioribus triangularibus brevioribus amplexicaulibus, superi- 

 oribus elongatis basi cylindi-ico-vaginatis apice triangulari-obtusis caulem amplec- 

 tautibus glabris. Caulis glaber teres crassiusculus 30-40 cm. lonffus glaberrirnus 



