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Amaryllidaceae 



2. LYCORIS Herb. 



HiGANBANA ZoKU 



Bulbs tunicate, ovoid; leaves radical, flat, linear or bandlike, usually appearing after anthesis; scapes solid, naked, erect; 

 flowers pedicelled, in a terminal umbel, involucral bracts 2, linear or lanceolate, the perianth infundibuliform, the tube rather 

 short, the segments sometimes strongly recurved, equal, the corona-segments usually minute and scalelike on the throat; 

 filaments elongate, erect or upwardly curved, inserted on the throat of the perianth tube; anthers oblong, versatile; ovary 3- 

 locular; style slender, simple, filiform, the stigma minute; ovules many in each locule, 2-seriate; capsules globose to ovoid, often 

 beaked at apex; seeds rather large, globose, black-brown. Few species, in e. Asia. 



lA. Perianth-segments distinctly undulate on margin; flowers in September and October. 



2A. Flowers clear yellow, fertile; leaves yellowish green, about 15 mm. wide 1. L. aurea 



2B. Flowers red or white, sterile; leaves deep green, with a white longitudinal band above. 



3A. Flowers white; leaves 10-14 mm. wide 2. L. albifora 



3B. Flowers red ; leaves 6-8 mm. wide 3. L. radiata 



IB. Perianth-segments not undulate on margin; flowers in July and August. 



4A. Flowers orange-red, 5-9 cm. long; leaves to 15 mm. wide 4. L. sangiiinea 



4B. Flowers pale rose-purple, 9-10 cm. long; leaves about 2 cm. wide 5. L. squamigera 



1. Lycoris aurea (L'Herit.) Herb. Nerine aurea (L'- long, much exserted. Sept. Around cultivated fields and 



Herit.) Bury; Amaryllis aurea L'Herit. Shoki-zuisen, Sho- meadows in lowlands and hills; Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; 



Ki-RAN. Bulbs broadly ovoid, 5-6 cm. in diameter; leaves common. Ryukyus and China. 



strap-shaped, to 60 cm. long, 12-18 mm. wide, glaucous, 4. Lycoris sanguinea Maxim. Kitsune-no-kamisori. 

 rather fleshy, lustrous; scapes erect, about 60 cm. long, the in- Bulbs tunicate, 1.5-2 cm. in diameter; leaves strap-shaped, 

 volucral bracts 3-5 cm. long, membranous, lanceolate, gradu- 10-12 mm. wide, pale green, soft, appearing in spring, some- 

 ally narrowed above, with a minute obtuse apex; flowers few what glaucescent; scapes 30-50 cm. long, the involucral bracts 

 large, clear yellow, not fragrant, the perianth-segments equal, narrowly lanceolate, membranous, 2-4 cm. long; flowers sev- 

 oblanceolate, acute, ascending, about 8 cm. long, the tube 1.5-2 eral, orange-red, without odor, 5-6 cm. long, the pedicels 2-5 

 cm. long, the pedicels 8-15 mm. long; fiilaments slighriy ex- cm. long; perianth-tube 12-15 mm. long, greenish, the seg- 



serted the anthers 3.5-4 mm. long. Sept.-Oct. Warmer ments narrowly oblanceolate, subobtuse, ascending, scarcely or 



parts of Shikoku and Kyushu. Ryukyus, Formosa, and slightly recurved at apex; stamens slightly shorter than the 



China. perianth, the anthers pale yellow, about 2.5 mm. long; style 



2. Lycoris albiflora Koidz. Shirobana-manju-shage, as long as the perianth; fruit globose. Aug. Wooded hills 



Resembles species No. 1, but the flowers smaller, white; leaves and low mountains; Hokkaido (naturalized), Honshu, Shi- 



10-13 mm. wide, green; flowers about 5 cm. long, sterile, the koku, Kyushu; common. China. 



perianth-segments only slightly recurved above; stamens Var. kiushiana Makino. L. kjushiana Makino O-ki- 



shorter than in No. 3, only slightly exserted, the pedicels tsune-no-kamisori. Flowers larger, 7-9 cm. long, the pedi- 



shorter. Sept. Reported to be spontaneous in Kyushu; eels longer, to 8 cm. long, the stamens exserted and longer. 



rarely planted. A reputed hybrid of Nos. 1 and 3. July. Honshu and Kyushu. 



3. Lycoris radiata (L'Herit.) Herb. Amaryllis radiata 5. Lycoris squamigera Maxim. Natsu-zuisen. Bulbs 



L'Herit.; Nerae /flpowzVa Miq. Higanbana. Bulbs broadly broadly ovoid, 4-5 cm. in diameter; leaves appearing in late 



ellipsoidal, 2.5-3.5 cm. in diameter; leaves appearing in autumn, elongating in spring, soft, pale green, 18-25 mm. 



autumn, narrowly strap-shaped, deep green, 30-40 cm. long, wide, strap-shaped; scapes rather stout, 50-70 cm. long; flow- 



6-8 mm. wide; scapes 30-50 cm. long; umbels terminal, sev- ers large, several, the involucral bracts broadly lanceolate, 



eral-flowered, the involucral bracts broadly linear to lanceolate, 2-4 cm. long, the pedicels 1-2 cm. long, the perianth 9-10 cm. 



thinly membranous, 2-3 cm. long; flowers red, inodorous, the long, pale rose-purple, die tube about 2.5 cm. long, the seg- 



pedicels 6-15 mm. long; perianth-tube 6-8 mm. long, the seg- ments obliquely spreading, oblanceolate, about 15 mm. wide; 



ments narrowly oblanceolate, about 4 cm. long, 5-6 mm. wide, stamens not exserted. Aug.-Sept. Honshu, Shikoku, Kyu- 



prominently recurved, undulate on margin; stamens 7-8 cm. shu; often planted in our gardens. 



3. NARCISSUS L. Suisen Zoku 



Bulbs tunicate; leaves radical, strap-shaped or linear; flowers in a terminal umbel on a naked solitary scape, subtended by a 

 single spathelike involucral membranous bract, mbular toward the base; perianth-segments 6, ovate, spreading, forming a 

 connate tube below, the corona cup-shaped or tubular; stamens inserted on the tube, the filaments short; ovary 3-locular, inferior; 



style simple, filiform, the stigma small; ovules many in each locule; capsules loculicidal; seeds black. About 40 species, 



mainly in the Mediterranean region, 1 species in e. Asia. 



1. Narcissus tazetta L. var. chinensis Roem. Suisen. 

 Bulbs ovoid-globose; leaves strap-shaped, rather fleshy, glau- 

 cous, rounded to very obtuse, 20-40 cm. long, 8-15 mm. wide; 

 scapes 20-40 cm. long, the bract scarious, 3-5 cm. long; flow- 

 ers few to several, white, the pedicels rather unequal; perianth- 

 tube pale green, about 2 cm. long, narrow, the segments 



spreading, about 1.5 cm. long, ovate-orbicular to broadly 

 elliptic, with a minute mucro at the apex, the corona yellow, 



cup-shaped, about 1 cm. across at the margin. Jan.-Apr. 



Naturalized (?) along seashores; Honshu (Kan to Distr. and 



westw.), Kyushu. China. The typical phase occurs mainly 



along the Mediterranean. 



