230 LILIACE^E. 



It is Avith some hesitation that I have referred this plant to Polygonatum. 

 It agrees with the same genus in " Perianthiuin marcescens, demum deciduum. 

 Stamina 6, anthera? oblongo-lineares, erecta?, basi 2-loba3, dorsifixa3, loculis 

 introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile oblongum v. globosum 3-loculare ; 

 stylus breviter columnaris, stigmate parvo v. parum incrassato ; ovula in loculis 

 oo. (BENTH. et HOOK. f. Gen. PL III. p. 768) " ; but differs from the genus by 

 the much longer perianth-lobes which are longer than the tubes, by the very short 

 perianth-tubes, by the nearly sessile apiculate anthers which are attached to 

 the middle of the perianth and by the pedicels which are not articulated under 

 the calyx. In Polygonatum, the perianth-tubes are " cylindrico basi interdum 

 latiore ; lobi breves, erecto-patentes ; stamina tubo affixa eoque inclusa, fila- 

 rnentis filiformibus rarius cornplanatis ; pedicellis sub apicem articulatis. I.e. 

 p. 768 " and " Blh. cylindrisch mit 6 dreieckigen oder lanzettlichen kurzen 

 Abschnitten. Stf. bis uber die mitte der Kohre mit derselben vereinigt. A. 

 am Grunde 2-lappig, langlich, nach innen aufspringeud. Bl. stiele unterhalb 

 der Bl. gegliedert. (ENGLER Pfl.-fam. II.-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 referred to Polygonatum rather than to be regarded as 

 representing a distinct genus. 



Disporopsis HAKCE 



in Journ. Bot. (1883) p. 278; ENGLER in Pfl.-fam. II.-5, p. 81, et Nacht. 

 II-5, p. 76 ; DUNN et TUTCH. Fl. Hongk. Kwangt. p. 279. 



Disporopsis arisanensis HAYATA sp. nov. Rhizoma teres repens remote 

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

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

 2 mm. in diametro), prope apice lateraliter (vel quasi-lateraliter ?) supra terrain 

 caulem singulum verticaliter emittens apice acutum squamis latiusculis 5-6 

 obtectum. Gemma caulis ad apicem rhizomatum sita elongata horizontaliter 

 ascendens cylindrica apice acuta squamis dense approximatim dispositis complete 

 obtecta, squamis inferioribus triangularibus brevioribus amplexicaulibus, superi- 

 oribus elongatis basi cylindrico-vaginatis apice triangulari-obtusis caulem amplec- 

 tantibus glabris. Caulis glaber teres crassiusculus 30-40 cm. longus glaberrimus 



