230 LILIACE-K. 



It is vi-ith some hesitatiou tliat I liave refeiTed tliis plaiit to Poli/gonatum. 

 It agrees •\vitli tlie same geuus iu " Periantliiuur marcescens, tlemiun deciJuiun. 

 Stamina 6, antheno oblongo-lineares, erecta?, basi 2-lob;e, dorsifixaj, loculis 

 introrsum dehiscentibiLs. Ovarium sessile oblougum v. globosum 3-locuIare ; 

 styliLS breviter columnaris, stigmate parvo v. parum incrassato ; ovula iu loculis 

 cx>. (Bekth. et HooK. f. Gcn. PL III. p. 768) " ; but differs from the geuus by 

 tho much louger perianth-lobcs which are longer than the tubes, by the very short 

 perianth-tubes, by the nearly sessUe aiiiculate anthers which are attachcd to 

 the middle of tiie periauth and by the pedicels which are not articuhitcd undcr 

 the calyx. In Polijgonatum, the jjeriantli-tubes are " cylindrico basi interdiun 

 hitiore ; lobi breves, erecto-patentes ; stamiua tubo affixa eoque inclusa, fila- 

 mentis filiformibus rarius complauatis ; f)ediceUis sub ajjicem articulatis. — Lc. 

 p. 768 " aud " Blli. cylindrisch mit 6 dreieckigen oder lanzettliclien kurzen 

 Abschnitteu. Stf. bis iiber die mitte der Kohre mit derselben vereinigt. A. 

 am Grunde 2-lappig, langlich, nach iuncu aufsijringeud. BL stiele unterhalb 

 der BL gegliedert. (Engler Pfl.-fam. 11.-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 refen^ed to Polygonatum rather than to be rcgardcd as 

 representiug a distinct genus. 



Uisporopsis Haxce 

 in Jouru. Bot. (1883) p. 278; Ekgler in Pfl.-tam. 1I.-5, p. 81, et Kacht. 

 II-5, p. 76 ; DuNN et Tutch. F1. Hongk. Kwangt. p. 279. 



Disporopsis arisanensis Hayata sp. nov. Ehizoma teres repens remote 

 radiciferum viride cicatricibus squamarum uotatum, (cicatricibus annuli-formibus), 

 incrassatum lasve glabrum 5-6 mm. in diametro, (radicibus teretibus longiusculis 

 2 mm. in diametro), jirope apice lateraliter (vel quasi-lateraliter ?) supra teiTam 

 caulem singulum verticaliter emittens apice acutum squamis latiusculis o-Q 

 obtectum. Gemma caulis ad apicem rhizomatum sita elongata horizontaliter 

 ascendens cylindrica apice acuta squamis dense approximatim dispositis complete 

 obtecta, squamis iuferioribus triangularibus brevioribus amplexicaulibns, superi- 

 oribiLS elongatis basi cylinckico-vaginatis apice triangulari-obtiisis caidcm amjilec- 

 tautibus glabris. Caulis glaber teres crassiusculns 30-40 cm. longus glaberrimus 



