LILIACEAE - China

A. pedicellata. Further gatherings are needed to establish whether or notit is distinct.13. Aletris scopulorum Dunn, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 38: 370.1908.短 柄 粉 条 儿 菜 duan bing fen tiao er caiAletris makiyataroi Naruhashi.Rhizome cormlike, subglobose, 3–7 mm in diam. Leaves1–5, laxly tufted, linear, 3–15 cm × 2–4.5 mm. Scape 10–35cm, slender, often wiry. Raceme 2.5–12.5 cm, laxly 4–17-flowered,rachis pubescent. Flowers shortly pedicellate; pedicel 0.5–3.5 mm, pubescent; bract and bracteole borne on proximal 1/2of pedicel; bract linear-lanceolate, 2–5.5 mm, shorter than orequaling flower,±glabrous, apex acute. Perianth white,3–5 mm,sparsely pubescent or glabrescent; tube campanulate; lobeserect or slightly recurved, narrowly oblong-lanceolate to linear,1.5–2.5 × 0.3–0.7 mm, ca. 1 × tube length or slightly longer,apex obtuse to rounded. Capsule subglobose, 3–3.5 × 2.5–3mm, apex of valves abruptly narrowed; style ca. 0.5 mm or indistinct;stigma not or only slightly thickened. Fl. Mar–Apr, fr.Apr.Roadside scrub, grassy slopes, moist places on steppes, wastelands;near sea level to 400 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi,Zhejiang [Japan].The type of Aletris makiyataroi, described from Japan in 1973,corresponds with that of A. scopulorum,which was formerly consideredendemic to China.14. Aletris glandulifera Bureau & Franchet, J. Bot. (Morot) 5:156. 1891.腺 毛 粉 条 儿 菜 xian mao fen tiao er caiAletris biondiana Diels; A. lactiflora Franchet.Leaves 5–10, laxly tufted, linear, 5–18cm ×2–6mm. Scape10–30 cm. Raceme 2–7.5 cm, laxly 5–25-flowered; rachispubescent. Flowers distinctly pedicellate; pedicel 0.5–3 mm,pubescent; bract and bracteole borne at or near apex of pedicel;bract narrowly linear-lanceolate, 5–15 mm, 2–5 ×flower length,basepubescent, apex subacute. Perianth white,2.5–4.5 mm, pubescent;tube urceolate; lobes ± erect, ovate to lanceolate, 1–2 ×ca. 0.7 mm, 0.6–0.8 × tube length, apex obtuse. Capsule ovoidto subglobose, 3–3.5 ×2.5–3 mm, apex of valves abruptly narrowed;style ca. 0.5 mm; stigma not or only slightly thickened.Fl. Jul.Forested slopes, grassy places, herb communities; 3300–4300m. Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan.15. Aletris megalantha F. T. Wang & Tang, Acta Phytotax. Sin.1: 119. 1951.大 花 粉 条 儿 菜 da hua fen tiao er caiLeaves rather few (ca. 10), laxly tufted, linear-lanceolateto linear, 15–40 cm × 10–15 mm. Scape to 40 cm. Raceme 9–12 cm, somewhat laxly 15–20-flowered; rachis pubescent.Flowers distinctly pedicellate; pedicel 2–3 mm, stout, denselypubescent; bract and bracteole borne near apex of pedicel; bractlanceolate to narrowly so, 6–18 mm, slightly longer than to 2 ×as long as flower, base pubescent, apex obtuse. Perianth pink,7–10 mm, densely pubescent; tube urceolate; lobes erect,deltoid-ovate, 2–3 × ca. 1.5 mm, 0.3–0.5 × tube length, apexobtuse-rounded. Capsule unknown. Fl. Jul.Grassy slopes; 2800–3400 m. W Yunnan (Zhenkang Xian).4. VERATRUM Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 1044. 1753.藜 芦 属 li lu shuChen Xinqi ( 陈 心 启 Chen Sing-chi); Hiroshi Takahashi 5Herbs perennial, usually andropolygamous, with short, thick rhizomes and stout, slightly fleshy roots. Stems erect, terete, stout,usually pubescent, leafy, usually enclosed basally by fibers or reticulate fibers formed from disintegrated sheaths. Leaves alternate,sheathed and clasping, broad to narrow, strongly plicately veined, basally usually narrowed. Inflorescence usually a terminal panicle,many flowered. Flowers shortly pedicellate or subsessile, white, yellowish, green, or dark purple-brown, funnelform, cupular toopening flat. Tepals 6, usually free, spreading, persistent in fruit. Stamens 6, inserted at base of tepals; anthers reniform to cordateorbicular,with locules confluent and dehiscent by an apical valve. Ovary 3-loculed, slightly 3-lobed apically, ovules usually many.Styles 3, short, persistent, stigmatic adaxially. Fruit a septicidal capsule. Seeds several per valve, flattened, narrowly winged.About 40 species: mainly in temperate regions of the N hemisphere; 13 species (eight endemic) in China.1a. Basal sheath of stem with only longitudinal veins, becoming fibrous when disintegrated.2a. Leaves glabrous or sparsely pubescent .............................................................................................................. 2. V. oxysepalum2b. Leaves densely pubescent abaxially.3a. Leaves silvery pubescent abaxially ................................................................................................................ 1. V. dahuricum3b. Leaves brownish or grayish pubescent abaxially.4a. Tepals prominently erose-denticulate at margin; ovary densely woolly ............................................ 4. V. grandiflorum4b. Tepals scarcely erose-denticulate at margin; ovary glabrous ................................................................ 3. V. lobelianum1b. Basal sheath of stem with both longitudinal and transverse veins, becoming reticulate when disintegrated.5a. Leaves conspicuously petiolate.6a. Plants rather small, to 40 cm tall; flowers relatively small, with tepals 2–3 × ca. 1 mm; capsule5 Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.