Disporum LILIACEAE Liriope 



1. Disporum cantoniense (Lour.) Merr. (D. pullum Salisb.) (H.F. 6:360; M.L.109). 

 Herb, to 1 m. high; fls. white, greenish or dull purple, V; fr. black, X. South- 

 eastern Asia; locally in Hun., Hup. Woodland shade. 



2. Disporum sessile D. Don WM~£ (Pao To Ts'ao; Precious Bell) (Mak.F.732). 

 Spreading, 4-6 dm. high; fls. light yellow, white or greenish, V; fr. X. Eastern 

 Asia; locally in An., Che., Hup., Ku. Woodland shade. 



15. Rohdea Endl. 7j^ffM (Wan Nien Ch'ing Shu) 



Low perennial acaulescent herb from a short thick rhizome: lvs. many, broad and 

 coarse, basal: fig. scape shorter than the Ivs., fls. in a dense terminal spike or head: 

 perianth globose-campanulate: fr. a large red berry, usually 1-seeded. One species, 

 in China and Japan. (For Dr. Rohde, German physician and botanist.) The national 

 flower of the Manchus. 



1. Rohdea japonica (Thunb.) Roth TJ^W (Wan Nien Ch'ing; Everlasting-green) 

 (B.M.211). Stout, Ivs. basal, scape 10-15 cm. high; fr. red, VIII-XII; Ivs. broad, 

 4-6 dm. long. China, Japan; locally in An., Hup., Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



16. Reineckia Kunth tiW^M (Chi Hsiang Ts'ao Shu) 



Leafy tufted perennial acaulescent herb from a thick creeping rhizome: Ivs. grass- 

 like, ribbed, linear-lanceolate, soft, in fascicles or scattered on the rhizome: flg. scape 

 leafless, erect, solitary in a lfy. fascicle, bearing a loose spike of sessile fls.: perianth 

 marcescent, tubular below, cleft above into spreading recurved segments; stamens 6, 

 fixed on the perianth tube; ovary sessile, 3-celled: fr. a globular berry with one seed 

 in each cell. One species, in China and Japan. (For J. Reinecke, a German gardener.) 



1. Reineckia carnea Kunth ^WM (Chi Hsiang Ts'ao; Good-luck Plant) (B.C. 2916). 

 Lvs. basal, scape 5-10 cm. high; fls. pale pink, VII-X. Japan, China; locally in 

 Hup., Ku. Planted, ornamental. Fig. 481. 



17. Dianella Lam. ^tHUJAI (Chieh Kung Lan Shu; 

 Platycodon-orchid Genus) 



Perennial rhizomatous herbs with hard linear grass-like lvs. crowded at the base 

 of the stem, often 1 m. high: fls. in spreading panicles: perianth marcescent; segments 

 6, distinct, spreading; stamens 6; ovary 3-celled: fr. a blue berry. 12 species, in 

 tropical Asia; one in China. (Diminutive of Diana, goddess of the hunt.) 



1. Dianella nemorosa Lam. em. Schlittler (D. ensifolia DC. in Red.) (Mak.F.753; 

 Blumea 6:216). Erect, to 1 m. high; fls. white, greenish or bluish, V-VI; fr. blue, 

 VIII-IX. Subtropical Asia to Australia; locally in Che. Cliffs near the sea-shore. 



18. Liriope Lour. Lily-Turf ^PI^M (Mai Men Tung Shu) 



Stemless glabrous evergreen perennial herbs with linear grass-like lvs.: fls. in a 

 spike-like raceme terminating a leafless scape: perianth obtuse or shouldered at the base; 

 pedicel jointed close to the perianth; stamens with blunt anthers, on long filaments; 

 ovary superior, 3-lobed: fr. a globular or ovcid 1-seeded berry. 4 species, in Asia; 3 

 in China. (Latin: Liriope, a fountain nymph, the mother of Narcissus.) 



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