296 LiLIACEAE 



broadly ovoid, abruptly acute; flowers many, rose, narrowly bias var. foliosum, the bulbs broadly ovoid, densely caespitose, 



campanulate, the pedicels 7-10 mm. long, the tepals lanceolate, semi-epigeal. Honshu (Shimotsuke Prov.) ; rare. 



acuminate above, 9-12(-14) mm. long; stamens 1/2-2/3 as 11. Allium maximowiczii Regel. A. schoenoprasum 



long as the tepals, not toothed; style not exserted. May- var. orientale Regel Shirouma-asatsuki. Allied to the 



June. Hokkaido, Honshu. Siberia to E. Europe, and N. preceding species; bulbs lanceolate-cylindric, the coat thinly 



America. membranous, attached to a short but distinct rhizome; scapes 



Var. foliosum Regel. A. ledebourianum Roem. & Schult. 30-50 cm. long, relatively soft and stout; pedicels 8-15 mm. 



AsATsuKi. Closely resembles the typical phase; bulbs long; tepals 6-8 mm. long, equaling to slightly longer than 



ovoid; tepals 5-8(-10) mm. long, distinctly shorter than the the stamens. (July)-Aug. Alpine meadows; Honshu 



pedicels, filaments equaling to slightly shorter than the tepals. (centr. distr.) . The typical phase occurs in Dahuria to 



May-June. Mountains; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku. Ussuri and the high mountains of n. Korea. 



Siberia. Var. shibutsuense (Kitam.) Ohwi. A. schoenoprasum 



Var. yezomonticola Hara. Hime-Ezo-negi. Scapes 10- var. shibutsuense Kitam. Shibutsu-asatsuki. Scapes and 



20 cm. long; leaves slender; umbels 2-3 cm. wide, the pedi- leaves slender and relatively firm; flowers and umbels smaller. 



eels 3-8 mm. long, the tepals 6-8 mm. long, 1.5-2.5 mm. wide; Alpine regions; Honshu (Mount Shibutsu in Kotsuke 



stamens 4-5 mm. long. July-Aug. Hokkaido. Prov.) . 



Var. caespitans Ohwi. Kabu-asatsdki. Closely resem- 



18. NOTHOSCORDUM Kunth Sutego-biru Zoku 



Inodorous bulbous perennials; leaves linear, flat; scapes solitary, naked, the umbel solitary, terminal, the spathe 2-parted, the 

 bracts small or reduced; tepals persistent, connate below the middle, 1-nerved; stamens 6, the filaments adnate to the tepals, more 

 or less dilated below, the anthers oblong; ovary 3-locular, the ovules 6-12 in each carpel; style filiform, the stigma small; 

 capsules membranous, 3-valved. About 30 species, mainly in N. and S. America, few in e. Asia. 



1. Nothoscordum inutile (Makino) Kitam. Allium white, in a terminal umbel, broadly campanulate, the pedicels 



inutile Makino Sutego-biru. Bulbs tunicate, subglo- 1.5-2 cm. long, the tepals subulate-linear, 7-8 mm. long, short 



bose, 1-1.5 cm. in diameter, the outer coat membranous; connate at base, subobtuse at apex; stamens half as long as the 



leaves produced in autumn, dying the following summer, tepals, the filaments inserted on the upper portion of the peri- 



hnear, to 30 cm. long, flat, rounded on the back, the midrib anth-tube, not toothed; style short, 3-lobed.— Sept.-Oct. 



distinct; scapes appearing before the leaves, 20-30 cm. long. Meadows in lowlands; Honshu; rare, 

 soft, the spathe thinly membranous; flowers few to several, 



19. LILIUM L. Yuri Zoku 



Bulbs consisting of densely imbricate fleshy scales; stems erect or recurved above; leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, rarely 

 ovate-cordate, alternate, sometimes more or less irregularly whorled; flowers large, 1 to more than 10, in loose corymbose 

 racemes or dense spikes, erect or nodding, white, yellow-orange, or reddish, the perianth infundibuliform or campanulate, the 

 tepals deciduous, free, narrowed at base, more or less recurved above, with a nectary groove inside near the base; stamens 6, 

 the filaments usually filiform, the anthers linear or broadly lanceolate, versatile; ovary sessile, 3-locular, the ovules many; styles 



elongate, simple, the stigma sometimes 3-lobed; capsules loculicidal, oblong; seeds flat. About 70 species, in the temperate 



regions of the N. Hemisphere, especially abundant in e. Asia. 



lA. Leaves long-petiolate, ovate-cordate, convolute in bud; flovifers narrowly infundibuliform, 10-15 cm. long, short-pedicelled, in dense 



terminal spikes; tepals saccate at base; styles elongate after anthesis; bulb-scales few 1. L. cordatum 



IB. Leaves sessile or very short-petiolate, linear to lanceolate, flat in bud; flowers broadly infundibuliform; tepals recurved toward the tip, 

 scarcely saccate at the base; bulb-scales usually many, lanceolate to ovate. 

 2A. Flowers erect; stamens obliquely spreading. 



3 A. Stems angled or narrowly winged, usually more or less woolly, commonly papillose-scabridous on the angles; tepals 7-10 cm. 



long; style longer than the ovary 2. L. maculattim 



3B. Stems terete, nearly glabrous; tepals 3-4 cm. long; style not longer than the ovary 3. L. concolor var. partheneion 



2B. Flowers horizontal or nodding. 



4A. Stamens obliquely spreading; tepals often spotted, obliquely spreading, recurved above. 

 5A. Leaves sparse, alternate. 



6A. Leaves sessile; flowers yellow to orange-red; nectary grooves pubescent. 



7A. Style not longer than the ovary, erect; plants without stolons and axillary bulbils 4. L. callosum 



7B. Style distinctly longer than the ovary, ascending-arcuate above; plants with stolons or axillary bulbils. 



8A. Plants with stolons, axillary bulbils absent 5. L. leichtlinii 



8B. Plants with bulbils in the leaf-axils, without stolons 6. L. lancifolium 



6B. Leaves distinctly petioled; flowers white to rose; nectary grooves glabrous. 



9A. Tepals strongly recurved or somewhat revolute from the base, rose to darker spotted, rarely unspotted 7. L. speciostim 



9B. Tepals obliquely spreading, recurved gradually on upper half, white, usually with reddish or yellowish spots. 



8. L. awatum 

 5B. Leaves whorled in one to several series. 



lOA. Tepals orange-red, not thickened, much recurved near base; bulb-scales often with a joint near middle. 9. L. medeoloides 



