. J. '•>—.■ 



Observations on the Flora of Japan, 



{Continued from Vol. XXI. p. 162.) 



By 

 T. Makino. 



Asfiistant in Botany, Science, . College, 

 Imperial University of Tokyo. 



ALECTORTJRUS Makino, gen. nov. —Asphodehae, Lili- 

 aceae. 



ANTHERICUM Maxim, in Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. 

 IT. pp. 83, et 529, non Linn. 



BULBINELLA Matsum. in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XV. (1901) 

 p. 39, non Kunth. 



Perianth regular, marcescent-persistent ; segments 6 !, cam- 

 panulato-eonnivent, subequal, connate at the very base, oblong, 

 1— nerved, more or less colorate on the back. Stamens 6, 

 adnate to the base of perianth ; filament glabrous ; anther 

 bilocular, dorsifixed, more or less versatile, introrse. Ovary 

 sessile, globose, 3-locular ; style straight ; stigma simple, 

 thickish ; ovules 2 in each loculament, collateral, ascending, 

 anatropous. Capsule globoso-3-lobed, subcoriaceous, loculi- 

 cidally dehiscing. Seeds 2 in each loculament, collateral, 



long-fibrillose at the base ; testa adnate, smoothish, white- 

 rufous ; embryo in carnoso-cartilaginous albumen, hardly curved, 

 long and narrow. 



Perennial, acaulescent. Rhizome very short, with short 

 fibres of old vaginae at the top ; roots fasciculate, often more 

 or less carnoso-incrassate. Leaves radical, fasciculate, 2— 



serial, falcato-ensiform, tenacious, nervose, articulated with 

 short vagina at the base ; scaly leaves few. Scape 1, simple, 

 aphj'llose, complanate, often alate on edges ; panicle loosely 

 branched, wide-pyramidal, bracteate ; branches simple but the 



