LiLIACEAE 



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1 A. Scapes and racemes glabrous, smooth; pedicels solitary; seeds not appendaged. 

 2A. Leaves scabrous on margin. 



3A. Pedicels erect; capsules about twice as long as the tepals; leaves abrupdy acute, mucronate, or short-acuminate 1. T. o\uboi 



3B. Pedicels arcuately spreading; flowers nodding to pendulous; capsules slightly longer to equaling the length of the tepals; leaves 



acuminate 2. T. coccinea 



2B. Leaves smooth on margin; pedicels slender, obliquely spreading, straight 3. T. nuda 



IB. Scapes and pedicels with viscid glandular tubercles above; pedicels ternate; seeds caudate 4. T. japonica 



1. Tofieldia okuboi Makino. Hime-iwa-shobu. Rhi- the pedicels slightly longer; flowers white, the anthers pur- 

 zomes short-creeping; leaves linear, laterally flattened, broadest plish; capsules broadly obovoid; style about 0.6 mm. long, 

 above die middle, 3-6 cm. long, 2-5 mm. wide, abruptly acute slender. Honshu (n. and centr. distr.). 



and mucronate or short-acuminate, scabrous on margin; scapes Var. kiusiana (Okuyama) Hara. T. nutans var. \iusiana 



6-15 cm. long, erect, with 1 or 2 short leaves; racemes loosely (Okuyama) Ohwi; T. \iusiana Okuyama Miyama-zekisho. 



about 10-flowered, the pedicels 2-6 mm. long, erect, rather Differs from var. gracilis in the longer scapes, 20-30 cm. long, 



stout; flowers erect, greenish white, about 3 mm. long, the the pedicels 4-6 mm. long; flowers 4.5-5 mm. long, the 



bracteoles 3, minute, nearly free; capsules oblong, about 4 mm. anthers pale; style erect, about 1 mm. long, slender. Kyu- 



long, erect; style very short; stigma small, discoid. July- shu (Mount Dogatake in Hyuga Prov.). 



Aug. Alpine meadows and on rocks; Hokkaido, Honshu 3. Tofieldia nuda Maxim. T. yoshiiana Makino 



(centr. and n. distr.) ; rare. Hana-zekisho, Iwa-zekisho. Plants glabrous, sometimes 



2. Tofieldia coccinea J. Rich. T. nutans Willd. with filiform or capillary stolons, the rhizomes short; leaves 



Chishima-zekisho. Rhizomes short; leaves rather firm, lat- laterally flattened, linear, arcuate, 3- to 7-nerved, 5-12 (-20) 



erally flattened, linear, 2.5-5 cm. long, 2-4 mm. wide, scabrous cm. long, long-acuminate, the margin smooth; scapes 12-30 



on margin, acuminate; scapes 6-12 cm. long, with 1-2 short cm. long, 2- or 3-leaved; racemes 3-6 cm. long, densely to 



leaves; racemes 1-2 cm. long, oblong to ellipsoidal, densely loosely many-flowered, the pedicels slender, straight, spreading, 



many-flowered; pedicels arcuate, 2-3 mm. long; flowers nod- 5-12 mm. long, the bracts lanceolate, acute, or subobtuse, 



ding to pendulous, about 3 mm. long, white to brownish, the 1.5-2 mm. long, the bracteoles 3-fid; flowers white, 3.5-4 mm. 



subtending bracteole 3-lobed; anthers usually yellowish; cap- long, the anthers pallid or pale purple; capsules ovoid-ellipsoid, 



sules obovoid-globose, slightly longer than the tepals; styles slightly longer than the tepals; style slender, 0,6-1.5 mm. 



about 0.5 mm. long. July-Aug. Alpine slopes and rocky long. Rocks in mountains; Honshu (Kanto, w. Tokaido, 



places; Hokkaido, Honshu (n. and centr. distr.). Korea, Kinki, and Chiigoku Distr.), Kyushu. Korea. 



Sakhalin, Ussuri, Amur, Ochotsk Sea region, and N. America. 4. Tofieldia japonica Miq. Triantha japonica (Miq.) 



Very variable. Makino Iwa-shobu. Rhizomes short-creeping, branch- 



Var. fusca (Miyabe & Kudo) Hara. T. nutans var. jusca ing, ascending; leaves linear, laterally flattened, 10-40 cm. 



(Miyabe & Kudo) Ohwi; T. jusca Miyabe & Kudo Kuro- long, 4-8 mm. wide, acuminate, the margin scabrous, broadest 



MiNo-iWA-ZEKisHO. Tcpals and capsules dark brown. above the middle; scapes 20-40(-60) cm. long, 1- or 2-leaved, 



Occurs with the typical phase. with viscid glandular-tubercles on upper portion; racemes 2-7 



Var. kondoi (Miyabe & Kudo) Hara. T. kflndoi Miyabe cm. long, erect, usually simple, the pedicels straight, obliquely 



& Kudo; T. yezoensis Miyabe & Kudo Apoi-zekisho. spreading, ternate, 6-12 mm. long, the bracts ovate to lanceo- 



Plants slender; leaves 3-10 cm. long, 1-2.5 mm. wide; racemes late, the bracteoles 3, connate on lower half; flowers white, 



loosely flowered; flowers white; style about 1 mm. long; cap- 5-7 mm. long, glabrous, the anthers cordate, dark purple; 



sules broadly obovoid. Occurs with the typical phase. capsules broadly ovoid-eUipsoid, longer dian the tepals; style 



Hokkaido. 1.5-2 mm. long, the stigma punctiform; seeds ellipsoidal, with 



Var. gracilis (Fr. & Sav.) Ohwi. T. gracilis Fr. & Sav.; T. a filiform curved appendage. Aug.-Sept. Bogs and moist 



sordida Fr. & Sav.; T. stenantha Fr. & Sav. Chabo-zekisho. slopes in mountains; Honshu (n. and centr. distr., westw. to 



Plants slender; leaves gradually long-acuminate, 3-8 cm. long; Oomi and Bingo Prov.). 

 scapes 8-20 cm. long; racemes loosely flowered, to 6 cm. long, 



5. NARTHECIUM Moehr. Kinkoka Zoku 



Perennial herbs from creeping rhizomes; leaves nearly all radical, 2-ranked, laterally flattened, linear, rather firm, scapes 

 simple, with few small leaves; racemes solitary, rarely branched below; flowers small, yellow, the bracts narrow, the pedicels 

 with a linear bracteole near the middle; tepals 6, in 2 whorls, persistent, equal, linear, few-nerved; stamens 6, slightly shorter 

 than the tepals, the filaments white-villous, the anthers linear, basiExed; ovary lanceolate, 3-locular, the ovules many; style 



simple, the stigma punctiform; capsules lanceolate, narrowed above, loculicidal; seeds many, small, caudate at both ends. 



About 4 species in temperate regions of the N. Hemisphere. 



1. Narthecium asiaticum Maxim. Kinkoka. Gla- 

 brous; leaves linear, slightly arcuate, 10-25 cm. long, 5-10 mm. 

 wide, long-acuminate, smooth, few-nerved; scapes erect, 20-50 

 cm. long, with few short green linear-lanceolate leaves; ra- 

 cemes 6-12 cm. long, rather many-flowered, glabrous, smooth, 

 the bracts linear, usually slightly shorter than the pedicels; 

 pedicels ascending, 7-15 mm. long, with a linear bracteole 

 near the middle; tepals spreading, yellow in anthesis, erect and 



green in fruit, subacute, 8-10 mm. long, linear; anthers pale 

 yellow, the filaments white-villous; capsules lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, 12-15 mm. long, about 2.5 mm. wide; seeds lanceolate, 



about 2 mm. long, the caudate tails about 10 mm. long. 



July-Aug. Bogs, wet rocks, and moist places along streams 

 in mountains; Hokkaido (Horomui), Honshu (n. to centr. 

 distr. and Ise Prov.). 



