272 LILIACEAE 



A. M(illi»<-fri(i. — K(.ili(iruiri nervi auguste appiMxiuiati, (S-11 (rai'ius 

 7-11). 



a. Mdcrdiilliii. — ïlaceuHis laxus. Flores niajdres. pei'igonii phyllis 

 (i-S mm. Idugis. 



3. N. asiaticum Maxiui. iu Bull, ticad. St-prt. XI. '2\'t dSOT); tJaker lu 

 Jouru. Ihui. .soc, XV, 350, 



Aphylloi)oduiu, Folia latiuseula, 8-1'lnervia, Racernus laxus; pedunculi 

 adscendentes, bracteas parum evolutas conspicue superantes, saepius 

 supra médium bracteolati. Perigonii phylla cire. <')-7 mm. longa, auguste 

 lineari-oblonga, versus apicem sensim revoluto-acutata, marginibus ver- 

 sus apicem auguste albo-scariosis. Stamina perigonii phyllis aliq. bre- 

 viora, filanientis basi denudatis, villis dein us([ue ad apicem infra 

 antheram glabrum sensim elongatis. Ovariuui ovoideo-oblongum, in 

 stylum tenuem aciuni;iato-eontractuni. Capsula oblonga, 12-13 nmi. 

 longa, voi'sus apicem acmninato-contracta, denunii ci'ccta vel erectius- 

 cula. — .laponia in Nippon média et boreali, 



4. N, californicum Baker iu Johdi. liim. sac. XV, 3r)l (1S77); Watson in 

 Proc. amer. acad. XIV, 2H4 =: V. (issifraf/uni \:iv. (iccidciihilc A. Gray in 

 Prov. (ducr. (((a(l.\U,'M}i (l<S(i8) = Ahama (■(ilijhfincd A. .\. Heller Cut. 

 ttotih (uiifr. ///. éd. 1, 3 (18U8) ^ Ahama occldcahtlis A. A. lleller Miï/iloi- 

 ben/ia 1, 47 (1!)()4). 



Aphylloi)oduui. Folia latiuseula, (7-)8-l lnrr\ ia. Macenuis laxus, dennnn 

 elongatus; pedunculi arcuato-adscendentes, bracteas minime evolutas 

 saepe fere lineares, longe vel longissime supei-antes, saepius infra mé- 

 dium bracteolati. Perigonii phylla cire. 6-8 min. longa, auguste oblongo- 

 linearia, vei'sus apicem margine auguste albo-scariosa, sensim acutata. 

 Stamina (piam perigonii phylla sub anthesi parimi, maturitate conspicue 

 breviora, filanientis ima basi vix denudatis, \ illis a basi vel fere a basi 

 sensim longioribus, infra antheram nullis. Ovarium oblongum, in stylum 

 tenuem contractum. Capsula matura oblongo-elongata, in rostruin pulchre 

 constricta, acuminata, ad 13 mm. longa, demum patula vel nutans. — 

 America bor.-occid. (California, Oregon). 



b. Micrantha. — Racemus congestus. Flores minores, perigonii 

 l)hyHis 4-5 mm. longis. 



5. N. americanum Ker in Bot. Mag. tab. 1505 (18112); Maxim, in Bull. 

 acad. Si-Pri. XI, 214; Baker in Journ. linn.soc. XV, 351 ; Watson in Proc. 

 amer. acad. Xl\^, 283 = N. ossifragum var. americanum, A. Gray Man. 

 north amer. bot. éd. 5, 53(3 (1867) r=; Ahama aaiecicaaa Morong in Mem. 

 Torr. Club V, 109 (1894); Britt. et Br. IU. /t. 1, 401. 



Aphyllopoduin. Folia auguste linearia, (7-)8-ll nervia. Kacenuis con- 

 gestus, brevis ; pedunculi adscendentes, bracteas lineares conspicue 

 superantes, versus ba.sin bracteola parva lineari praediti. Perigonii 

 phylla auguste oblongo-linearia, apice cucullato-obtusata, versus apicem 

 marginibus auguste albo-scariosis. Stamina i)erigonii phylla fere 

 aequantia, filanientis a basi dense villosis, apice infra antheram tantum 

 glabris. Ovarium ovoideo-oblongum, subito iu stylum contractum. Cap- 

 sula matura ovoideo-oblonga, in rostruni constricta, 9-10 mm. longa. 



