LILIACE.E. 



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Near 31. foliatam Maxim. ; but differs from ifc iu liaviug much naiTower 

 loaves. lu exaiuiuing tlie flowers of 3Ictanarthedum uud Aletris, I liave found 

 no dis.inction botween tbe two genera regarding tlie generic cliaracters, as 

 p^inted out by Mr. Y. KuDO some years ago. 



Aspidistra Ker. 

 Aspidistra attenuata Hayata (Fig. 52) Ic. Pl. Formos. II. p. 145. 



Pig. S2 ; Aspllistra nUenuata Havata ; 1, basal portion of thfcpLint; 2, a flovser; 

 3, the same, in vertical section ; 4, a stamen ; 5, cross-section of an ovary ; 6, vertic.il 

 section of a pistil ; 7, a f riiit ; 8, cro33 section of a f niit ; 9, a seed ; 10, vertical section 

 of the same, embryo seen ; 11, an embryo. 



Aspidistra daibuensis Hayata sp. nov. Rliizoma repens squamis denso 

 obtectum. Folia secus rhizoma disposita lanceolata 45 cm. longa 6^cin. lata 

 apice acuminata vel acuta basi gradatim attenuata chaiiacea, petiohs 10 cm. 

 longis. Flores secus rhizomata sohtariter dispositi, peduucuKs 2-3 cm. longis, 

 bracteis 4-5 instructis, bracteis ovatis scjiii jsis apice obtusis vel emarginatis. 

 Perianthiinn urceolato-C{i.rapanulatum 2 cm. longum a medio sursum 8-lobatum, 

 lolois anguste triangularibus 1 cra. lo^^gis basi 5 ram. longis acurainatis cras- 



