Prof. Don's Monograph of the Genus Dispornm. 5"2l 



8. D. indium, umbellis sessilibus sub-4-tioris, sepalis lanceolatis aciitis ba«i 

 brevitèr calcaratis, antlieris filainentis vix brevioribiis, stiginatibus styli 

 longitudine, foliis lanceolatis siibpetiolatis. 

 Disporum puUum. Sal/.sb. i?i Horf. Trans, i. /;. 331. SchuIt.Jil. Syst. vii. 



y^.371. 

 Uvularia chinensis. Ker in Bof. Mas. /.916. 

 Streptopiis chinensis. Sni. in Rees' Cyclop, suh Uintlariit. 

 Hah. in China. 11 . (v. v. c. et s. in Herb. Smith). 



Caulis erectns, ramosiis, angulatns, cubitalis, rainis triquetris. Folia lanceolata, 

 longé acuminata, imâ basi constrictâ subpetiolata, subti\s ad nervos oram- 

 qne scabriuscula, 3-pollicaria, seniunciam et ulti'à lata. Umhella sessilis, 

 plerumque 3- v. 4-flora, rariùs 2- v. 5-flora. PedicelU semunciales, 

 6-angulati, angulis scabriiisculis. Flores intense fulvi. Sepala lanceo- 

 lata, acuta, subconduplicata, carinata, semuncialia, mai-gine scabriuscula. 

 Calcaria recta, obtusa, sepalis 4-pl5 breviora. Fi lamenta infernè dilatata, 

 eomplanata. Antherœ obtusse, ferè longitudine filamentorum. Ocarium 

 3-gonum, turl)inatum. Stigmata recurvata, dorso carinata, superficie 

 minute papillosa, styli triquetri longitudine. 



This is the species upon which the genus was originally proposed to be 

 founded. It has been cultivated in our collections for a considerable period, 

 having been first introduced in 1801 into tlie Royal Botanic Garden at Kew 

 from China, but its actual native locality is still unknown. Its proper place 

 in the genus is evidently near parriflorum, with which it accords in habit, and 

 in several other respects. The umbels are sessile, and few-flowered ; the 

 sepals calcarate at the base ; and the anthers are about equal in length to the 

 filaments, as the style is to the stigmas. The trivial name of this species is 

 inadvertently printed " fulvnm " in the Prodromus Florce Nepalensis, and in 

 the Society's Proceedings. 



Having thus completed my account of Disporum, I shall now add a descrip- 

 tion of the genus already noticed in my introductory remarks. 



