— 850 — 



ceas ad basin pedicellorum nonnullorum in fructu ca- 

 ducas. Helvetia (Thomas), Pontus (Thirke). 



A P. muUifloro differre videtur Gonvallaria Broteri 

 Guss. Syn. fl. sic. I, 416. P. Gussonei Parlât. Fl. 

 Ital. Ill, 44. P. muUiflorum var. Broteri Baker 1. c. 

 555, e Sicilia (Todaro!) perigonio cylindrico medio 

 non constricto majore crassiore lobis linearibus (nee 

 ovatooblongis), stylo filamentis breviore, floribus in 

 pedunculo 1 — 3. 



6. P. lasianthum. Glabrum, caule tereti striate, fo- 

 liis ellipticis v. ovatoellipticis basi subcordatis rotun- 

 datisve brevipetiolatis apice subito breve acuminatis, 

 petiole immarginato tenui; pedunculis elongatis race- 

 mose 1 — 5-floris, floribus subcernuis longiuscule pe- 

 dicellatis; perigonio cylindrico brevissime stipitato in- 

 tus cum filamentis medio insertis dense longeque hir- 

 sute, stylo stamina superante; bacca substipitata. 



Japonia: circa Hakodate (Small! s. n. P. muUiflori, 

 Alb re cht), ad sylvarum margines circa lacum Konoma 

 ejusdem insulae (ipse), Nippon, prov. Nambu, Fudzi- 

 yama et alio loco, sylvis montanis (Tschonoski). 



A P. muUifloro differre videtur foliis distincte tenue- 

 que petiolatis subito acuminatis, perigonio non con- 

 stricto^ filamentis medio tube, nee Ys superiore insertis. 



Spithamaeum usque bipedale. Rhizoma flexuosum 

 moniliforme articulatum. Folia quam in P. muUifloro 

 firmiora, 2 : 1 ad 5 : 3 poll, magna. Pedunculi ascen- 

 dentes v. horizontales, saepe supraaxillares, ad medium 

 folium attingentes v. saepius breviores. Pedicelli te- 

 nues pedunculo floreque breviores. Perigonium poUi- 

 care, ultra 3 lin. latum. Bacca pisum maximum aemu- 

 lans, atrocoerulea, plus quam 6-sperma. 



