306 LiLIACEAE 



31. REINECKEA Kunth Kichijo-s6 Zoku 



Perennial evergreen herbs; leaves tufted on the summit of the stems, broadly linear to lanceolate, narrowed below to 

 a petiolelike base; scapes naked, shorter than the leaves, simple, erect; flowers in a terminal spike, sessile, the bracts mem- 

 branous, die tepals connate at base forming a short tube; stamens 6, the filaments filiform, the anthers oblong; ovary 3-locular, 

 the ovules 2 in each locule; stigma 3-lobed; berry globose, few-seeded. A single species, in e. Asia. 



1. Reineckea camea (Andr.) Kunth. Sansevieria car- 8-12 cm. long, the bracts membranous, ovate-deltoid, 4-7 mm. 



nea Andr.; S. sessiliflora Ker-Gawl. Kichijo-s6. Stems long; flowers pale rose, the perianth 8-12 mm. long, the seg- 



prostrate, stout, greenish, elongate, with a tuft of leaves at the ments slighdy longer than the tube, reflexed, narrowly oblong, 



summit; leaves broadly linear to lanceolate, to narrowly ob- obtuse, slightly fleshy; stamens shorter than to as long as the 



lanceolate, 10-40 cm. long, 5-20 mm. wide, deep green, gla- style, the anthers about 2 mm. long. Aug.-Oct. Woods in 



brous, acute, gradually narrowed below; inflorescence spicate, lowlands and foothills; Honshu (Kanto Distr. and westw.), 



3-8 cm. long, densely many-flowered, glabrous, the scapes Shikoku, Kyushu. Often planted in our gardens. China. 



32. CONVALLARIA L. Suzu-ran Zoku 



Rhizomes slender, elongate; leaves paired, radical, oblong, erect; scapes naked, erect, axillary from the radical scale; racemes 

 terminal, loosely few-flowered, one-sided, bracts linear, deciduous; flowers white or pinkish, nodding, pedicelled, relatively 

 small, fragrant, globose-campanulate, the tepals connate, the free lobes at the tip short, recurved; stamens inserted at base of 

 the perianth, the filaments narrowed above, the anthers oblong, slightly introrse; ovary 3-locular, the ovules several in each 



carpel; style columnar, the stigma small; fruit a globose berry; seeds small. ^About 4 species, in die temperate regions of 



the N. Hemisphere. 



1. Convallaria keiskei Miq. C. majalis sensu auct. ear to lanceolate, shorter than to as long as the pedicel; flowers 



Japon., non L.; C. japonica Greene; C. majalis var. manshurica 6-8 mm. long, the pedicels 6-12 mm. long, curved above, the 



Komar.; C. majalis var. \eis\ei (Miq.) Makino Kimi- perianth-lobes recurved, ovate-deltoid, acute; anthers broadly 



KAGE-s6, StJZu-RAN. Plants glabrous; leaves 2, 12-18 cm. deltoid-lanceolate, about 1.5 mm. long, as long as the subulate 



long, 3-7 cm. wide, oblong to ovate-elliptic, glabrous, acumi- filaments; style 3-4 mm. long; berry globose, about 6 mm. in 



nate, acute at base, green above, glaucescent beneath, envel- diameter, red when mature. Apr.-June. Highlands and 



oped by an involute sheath at base; scapes 20-35 cm. long, mountain meadows; Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu. Sak- 



shorter than the leaves; racemes 5-10 cm. long, loosely about halin, Korea, China, e. Siberia. 

 10-flowered, one-sided, the bracts membranous, broadly lin- 



33. ASPIDISTRA Ker-Gawl. Ha-ran Zoku 



Rhizomes rather stout, creeping, covered with scalelike leaves; scapes short, stout, with few scales, 1-flowered, in the axils of 

 rhizome scales; perianth tubular-campanulate; tepals 8 or 9, connate, fleshy; filaments nearly absent, the anthers narrowly 

 ovate; ovary 4-carpellate, with 2 to 6 ovules in each locule; stigma very large, peltate, covering the throat; berry relatively large, 

 fleshy, few-seeded. Six to seven species, e. Asia, Formosa, and the Himalayas. 



1. Aspidistra elatior Bl. Plectogyne variegata Link scalelike bracts; flowers 2-2.5 cm. long, brown-purple, die 



Ha-ran, Ba-ran. Evergreen perennial herb from stout creep- perianth-lobes 8-9, narrowly deltoid, obtuse, about 1 cm. long, 



ing rhizomes, the roots stout; leaves radical, long-petioled, thick; anthers nearly sessile, inserted on the tube below the 



smooth, erect, 30-50 cm. long, deep green, lustrous, oblong- middle. ^Feb.-May. Introduced Chinese plant long culti- 



lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, the midrib rather thick; vated in our gardens, 

 scapes 2-7 cm. long, stout, glabrous, with 4-5 membranous 



34. ROHDEA Roth Omoto Zoku 



Rhizomes ascending, stout; leaves tufted at the summit of the rhizomes, coriaceous and slightly lustrous, lanceolate to oblong, 

 dilated at base; scapes erect, axillary, simple, much shorter than the leaves, naked; flowers in a dense terminal simple spike, 

 sessile, the bracts short, ovate, the tepals 6, highly connate, forming a broadly campanulate corolla, the free portion short, in- 

 curved; stamens 6, the filaments almost wholly adnate to the tepals, the anthers ovate; ovary globose, 3-locular, with 2 ovules in 



each locule; style very short, simple, the stigma 3-lobed; berry globose, red, usually with a solitary seed. Two species, in 



Japan and sw. China. 



1. Rohdea japonica (Thunb.) Roth. Orontium japon- cm. long, narrowly oblong, densely many-flowered; flowers 



icmn Thunb. Omoto. Dark green glabrous evergreen pale yellow, sessile, about 5 mm. across, the bracts membra- 



perennial from stout creeping to ascending rhizomes and nous, relatively small, broadly deltoid, obtuse, the perianth- 

 thick adventitious roots; leaves tufted, 2-ranked, lanceolate to lobes relatively short, incurved; fruit globose, red, rarely yel- 



oblanceolate, coriaceous, 30-50 cm. long, 3-5 cm. wide, gradu- low, about 8 mm. in diameter. May-June. Thickets and 



ally narrowed to both ends, subacuminate at the apex, abruptly woods in the warmer parts; Honshu (Tokaido Distr. and 



dilated at the base, the midrib slighdy elevated beneath; westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. China. 



scapes 10-20 cm. long, stout, naked or 1-scaled; spike 2-3.5 



