LILIACEAE - China

Tepals white, linear, membranous; outer ones ca. 2 × 0.2 cm, 5-veined; inner ones ca. 2.2 × 0.2 cm, 3-veined. Filaments white,0.8–0.9 cm. Anthers ca. 1.3 cm; basal appendages ca. 3 mm,apex acute. Style 1.4–1.6 cm. Fl. Jul–Aug.Grassy slopes; ca. 1800 m. SE Sichuan (Nanchuan Xian).2. Diuranthera chinglingensis J. Q. Xing & T. C. Cui, ActaBot. Bor.-Occid. Sin. 7: 203. 1987.秦 岭 鹭 鸶 兰 qin ling lu si lanLeaves linear-oblanceolate, 40–60 × 1.5–2.6 cm, abaxiallydensely white powdery, margin sparsely serrulate, apex longacuminate. Scape 70–85 cm. Raceme 25–30 cm; bracts 0.7–2.2cm. Flowers solitary or paired; pedicel 1.7–2 cm, not articulate.Tepals yellow, membranous, ca. 20-veined; outer ones narrowlyovate, ca. 1.7 × 0.4 cm; inner ones linear, ca. 4 × 0.5 cm. Filamentspale yellow, ca. 0.35 cm. Anthers ca. 0.8 cm; basal appendagesca. 1.5 mm, apex acute. Style longer than stamens. Fl.Jun.About 1200 m. S Shaanxi (Ningshan Xian).3. Diuranthera majorHemsley, Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 28: t. 2734.1902.鹭 鸶 兰 lu si lanChlorophytum majus (Hemsley) Marais & Reilly.Leaves linear-oblanceolate, 15–65 × 0.7–3 cm, soft, glabrous,marginoften somewhat undulate, minutely serrulate, apexacuminate. Scape 20–80 cm. Raceme sometimes few branched;bracts ovate to linear-lanceolate, 0.4–2.5(–5) cm, apex acuminate.Flowers usually paired, cylindric in bud; pedicel 0.5–1.8cm, articulate proximally. Tepals white, linear, 1.5–3 × 0.1–0.3cm, 3(–5)-veined; outer ones generally slightly narrower thaninner. Filaments 0.5–1.2 cm. Anthers 1.1–1.6 cm (includingappendages); basal appendages 2–3 mm, apex acute. Style 1.1–2.4 cm. Capsule ellipsoid or obovoid, 6–10 × 5–8 mm. Fl. andfr. Jun–Oct.Forests, grassy slopes, hillsides, ledges of cliffs, moist hardpackedred soil, gardens, sometimes cultivated and naturalized; 1200–3000 m. Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan.4. Diuranthera minor (C. H. Wright) C. H. Wright ex Hemsley,Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 28: t. 2734. 1902.小 鹭 鸶 兰 xiao lu si lanParadisea minor C. H. Wright, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew1895: 118. 1895.Leaves usually narrowly linear, sometimes linear-oblanceolate,8–40 × 0.3–1 cm, soft, glabrous, margin flat, minutelyserrulate, apex gradually long acuminate. Scape 30–85 cm. Racemeusually simple; bracts ovate to linear-lanceolate, 0.3–1.8cm, apex acuminate. Flowers usually paired, narrowly ellipsoidto cylindric in bud; pedicel 0.5–1 cm, articulate proximally.Tepals white, linear, 1.5–2 × 0.2–0.4 cm, 5-veined. Filaments0.5–1.2 cm. Anthers 0.8–1.2 cm (including appendages); basalappendages 1–1.5 mm, apex obtuse-rounded. Style 1.4–2 cm.Capsule ellipsoid or obovoid, 0.8–1 × 0.7–0.9 cm. Fl. and fr.Apr–Oct.Pinus and Quercus forests, plantations, grasslands, hillsides;1100–3200 m. Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan.Diuranthera minor is somewhat similar to Chlorophytum nepalense,but the latter species differs as follows: leaves longer, often linearoblanceolate;flowers smaller, often ellipsoid in bud; anthers with small,rounded basal lobes ca. 0.5 mm.40. ANEMARRHENA Bunge, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans2: 140. 1833.知 母 属 zhi mu shuChen Xinqi ( 陈 心 启 Chen Sing-chi); Nicholas J. TurlandHerbs perennial, rhizomatous. Rhizome horizontal, creeping, stout, covered on upper side with fibers from old, disintegratedleaf bases. Roots emerging from lower side of rhizome, thickened, fleshy. Leaves several, all basal, tufted, grasslike, gradually narrowedinto a filiform, distal part. Scape erect, simple, longer than leaves, bearing a few sterile bracts and a terminal raceme. Racememany flowered; bracts small, membranous, apex acute to filiform acuminate. Flowers bisexual, solitary or in clusters of 2 or 3, subsessileto shortly pedicellate. Perianth narrowly funnelform; segments 6, slightly connate at base, 3-veined. Stamens 3, inserted nearmiddle of inner perianth segments, not exserted; filaments short, flattened; anthers nearly basifixed. Ovary 3-loculed; ovules 2 perlocule.Style short; stigma small.Fruit a capsule, narrowly ovoid-ellipsoid, loculicidal.Seeds flattened, narrowly winged along angles.One species: China, Korea, Mongolia.1. Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci.St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2: 140. 1833.知 母 zhi muRhizome to 10 × 0.5–1.7 cm. Leaves 10–60 × 0.15–1 cm,glabrous, margin scabrid. Scape (20–)35–100 cm, glabrous. Raceme10–50 cm; bracts ovate or ovate-orbicular, apex oftenlong acuminate. Perianth segments pink, pale purple, or white,linear or narrowly oblong, 5–10 × 1–1.5 mm, persistent in fruit.Ovary ovoid, ca. 1.5 × 1 mm. Style ca. 1 mm. Capsule 0.8–1.5× 0.3–0.6 cm including beaked apex, prominently 6-angled.Seeds black, narrowly oblong-elliptic, slightly curved, 7–12 ×2.5–3 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun–Sep. 2n = 22*.Scrub, grassy slopes, steppes, sunny and sandy hillsides, also cultivated;near sea level to 1500 m. Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang,Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi,Sichuan; cultivated in Taiwan [Korea, Mongolia].