140 LILIACE.E. 



slender pedicels ;md iu tho leaves wliicli are rounded at tlie base aud at the 

 same tirne always acutely attennate to tlie patioles. lu H. arisanensis tlie 

 leaves are cordate or rounded at the base but not attenuate to th,e pstioles. 



JPolfjf/oiiatum Adans. 



Polygonatum arisanense Hayata sp. nov. Caulis glalier altissiums 

 circ. 100 cm. lougus a medio sm'sum foliatus. Foha alterua lauceolata inferiora 

 majora 20 cnj. longa 4^ cm. lata apice acumiuata basi obtusa ad petiolum 

 2-3 mm. longum contracta integTa membrauac^a utraque glaberrima subtus 

 phis minus glauca. Flores 2-4 umbellatim dispositi, umbelhs axillaribus, 

 peduncuhs 1-2 cm. longis gTacihbus nutantibus, pedicehis l^ ciu. loDgis apice 

 ad locos iufra caljcem 1 mm. distautes articulatis. Perianthium cyhndricum 

 2 cm. lougum 6 mm. latum giabruui apice G-lobatum, lo])is triaugularibus 

 5 mm. lougis 3i mm. latis apice acutis l)asi haud contractis. Stamina 6 

 medio perianthii affixa, filamentis 5 mm. lougis, autlieris elongato-oblongis 

 2mm. longis Imm.latis apice apiculatis basi phis minus 2-lobatis. Ovarium 

 eHipsoideum 5^ mm. longum 3 mm. latuni giabrum, stylo filiformi 13 mm* 

 longo glabro, stigmate truncato phis ujiuus dihi^^o. 



Hab. Arisan : Krxlensho, leg. 8. Sasaki, Mai. 1913 ; Bunkiko, ad 1,500 

 m. alt. 



Near Pdygonatmi ojfiiviale, but diifers from it iu haviug much longer 

 i^nd tliinuer leaves. 



Polygonatum officinale All. var. formosanum Hayata u. v. CauHs 

 glaber 80-100 cm. longus ad medio sursum fohatus. Foha alterna elongato- 

 oblonga iuferiora majora circ. 10 cm. longa 4 cm. lata apice acuta ad summum 

 obtusa ad petiohim 3-5 mm. longum contracta integra chartacea. Flores 2- 

 4-umbellatim dispositi, umbeUis axiUaribus sohtariis, peduucuhs 1} cm. longis, 

 X^diceUis 1|^ cm. longis, iufra apicem articulatis. Perianthium cyhudrico- 

 «ampanulatum 2 cm. long-um 8 mm. hxtum apice 6-lobatum, lobis late tiian- 

 gulari-rotundatis 6 mm. longis 5 mm. latis apice obtusissimis basi plus minus 

 €0nti'actis glabris. Stamiua 6 ad medium tul)i perianthii affixa, filamentis 6 mm. 

 longis glabris, autheris oblougo-hnearibus 3 mm. longis 1 mm. latis apice 

 obtusis basi rotundatis. Ovarium ovoideo-fusiforme 5 mm. longuiu 2 mm. latum 



