LiLIACEAE 



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flowers about 10 cm. long, orange-red, double, sterile, the peri- 

 anth-tube about 2 cm. long, the inner segments oblong, with 

 cross veinlets. — — July-Aug. Hills and low mountains; Hok- 



kaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; common. ^Thc typical 



phase with single fertile flowers occurs from Europe to Siberia. 



13. ALECTORURUS Makino Keibi-ran Zoku 



Dioecious perennial, smooth, glabrous; leaves evergreen, radical, laterally flattened, 2-ranked, gladiate, obsoletely jointed at 

 base with a densely imbricate sheath; scapes erect, flat, naked; inflorescence a terminal many-flowered panicle, the bracts small, 

 the branches subracemose; flowers small, white, jointed at base with the short pedicel; perianth campanulate, the segments 6, 

 persistent, oblong, 1-nerved; stamens 6, attached at base of the segments, the anthers introrse; ovary sessile, globose, 3-locular; 

 style solitary, erect, the stigma slighdy thickened; ovules 2 in each locule, anatropous, ascending; capsules coriaceous, loculicidal; 



seeds oblong, with obsolete longimdinal lines and long white hairs on one end; embryo imbedded within the endosperm. A 



single species in Japan. 



1. Alectorurus yedoensis (Maxim.) Makino. Antheri- 

 ciim ycdoense Maxim.; Bidbinella yedoensis (Maxim.) Mat- 

 sum. Keibi-ran. Rhizomes short, the roots stout; leaves 



broadly linear, 10-30 cm. long, 1-2.5 cm. wide near the mid- 

 dle, widT i-6 pairs of longitudinal nerves, gladiate, rather 

 thick, falcate, acuminate, the apex usually obtuse; scapes 15-40 



14. SCILLA L. 



cm. long, flat, the margin slightly winged; panicle 7-15 cm. 

 long, the branches relatively few, obliquely spreading; peri- 

 anth 4-5 mm. long; stamens exserted; capsules depressed- 

 globose, about 3.5 mm. wide; seeds about 2.2 mm. long, 



brown, with a tuft of white hairs on one end. July-Aug. 



Rocky cHfIs in mountains; Shikoku, Kyushu; rare. 



TsuRUBo Zoku 



Bulbous herbs; radical leaves linear; scapes naked, simple; flowers relatively small, blue, pinkish, or white, pedicelled, in a 

 terminal raceme, the bracts small, the tepals persistent, free or slightly connate at base, ascending or the corolla rarely campanu- 

 late; filaments inserted at base or near the middle on the tepals, the anthers elliptic or ovate; ovary 3-locular, with l-2(-10) 

 ovules in each locule; style filiform, the stigma small; capsules membranous, subglobose; seeds obovoid or globose, black, some- 

 times angled. About 90 species, in temperate and tropical mountain regions of the Old World. 



1. Scilla scilloides (Lindl.) Druce. Ornithogalum ja- 

 ponicum Thunb.; O. sinense Lour.; Barnardia scilloides Lindl.; 

 S. chinensis Benth.; S. japonica Bak., non Thunb.; 5. thun- 



bergii Miyabe & Kudo Tsurueo. Bulbs ovoid-globose, 



2-3 cm. long; leaves linear, usually 2, 15-25 cm. long, 4-6 mm. 

 wide, rather thick, smooth, soft, concave above, abrupdy 

 acuminate, the apex obtuse; scapes erect, 20-40 cm. long; ra- 

 cemes many-flowered, 7-12 cm. long, rather dense, the bracts 

 narrowly lanceolate, thinly membranous, 1-2 mm. long, the 



15. GAGEA Salisb. 



pedicels ascending, 5-12 mm. long, flowers rose-purple, the 

 tepals barely spreading, narrowly oblong, about 4 mm. long; 

 filaments filiform, the lower half broadened, die margin soft- 

 pubescent; style 1.5-2 mm. long; ovary short pubescent on the 

 angles; capsules obovoid-globose, about 5 mm. long; seeds 



broadly lanceolate, about 4 mm. long. Aug.-Sept. Hills 



and lowlands; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; com- 

 mon. Korea, China, Formosa, Ryukyus, Manchuria, and 



Ussuri. 



KiBANA-NO-AMANA ZoKU 



Bulbous herbs usually with a single radical leaf; leaves linear; scapes slender, the inflorescence umbellate, the subtending bracts 

 1-3, the pedicels unequal, with a small bract at base; flowers yellow or yellow-green, the tepals 6, free, in 2 series, 3- to 5- 

 nerved, oblong, persistent; stamens 6, the filaments filiform, slighdy broadened at base, the anthers rounded to elliptic; ovary 

 obovoid, 3-locular, the ovules numerous; style single, columnar; capsules obovoid-globose to elliptic, loculicidal, 3-angled; 



seeds narrowly obovate or relatively flat. About 50 species, in Europe, the Mediterranean region, and temperate regions of 



Asia. 



lA. Outer coat of bulbs yellowish; leaves 5-7 mm. wide; tepals 12-15 mm. long; plants relatively large 1. G. liitea 



IB. Outer coat of bulbs dark brown; leaves about 2 mm. wide; tepals 7-9 mm. long; plants relatively small 2. G. japonica 



1. Gagea lutea (L.) Ker-Gawl. Ornithogalum luteum 

 L.; G. sylvalica Loud.; C. jascicularis Salisb.; G. pratensis 



sensu Nakai, non Dumort.; G. coreana Nakai, pro parte 



KiBANA-NO-AMANA. Bulbs ovoid, about 1.5 cm. long; radical 

 leaves linear, sessile, soft, smooth, rather fleshy, flat, slightly 

 involute, gradually narrowed to the obtuse apex, 15-30 cm. 

 long, 5-7 (-9) mm. wide; scapes 15-25 cm. long; inflorescence 

 bracts 2, the lower one 4-8 cm. long, the upper one shorter; 

 flowers 3-10, umbellate, the pedicels 1-^ cm. long, the tepals 

 linear-oblong, 2.5-3.5 mm. wide, obtuse; capsules subglobose, 

 3-angled, about 7 mm. long and as wide. Apr .-May. Hok- 

 kaido, Honshu. Sakhalin, Kuriles, Korea, China, and e. 



Siberia to Europe. 



2. Cagea japonica Pascher. G. nipponensis Makino; G. 



pusilla sensu auct. Japon., non Roem. & Schult. Hime- 



AMANA. Bulbs ovoid, 8-10 nun. long, with a dark brown 

 outer coat; radical leaves solitary, linear, loosely involute, 10- 

 20 cm. long, about 2 mm. wide, soft and rather thick, obtuse; 

 scapes 8-15 cm. long; inflorescence bracts 2, the lower one 

 linear, 2-3 cm. long, the upper one 7-15 mm. long; flowers 

 (l-)2-5, die pedicels 1-2.5 cm. long, slender, the tepals yellow, 

 changing to greenish yellow in fruit, narrowly oblong or 

 broadly oblanceolate, obtuse, 7-9 mm. long; capsules globose, 

 about 5 mm. wide. Apr. Meadows along rivers in low- 

 lands; Hokkaido, Honshu; rare. Plants of the s. Kuriles and 

 Hokkaido are distinguished as Gagea vaginata Pascher. 



EZO-HIME-AMANA. 



