LILIACEAE - China

Tepals unspotted.Sunny shrubby slopes; ca. 3200 m. W Sichuan (XiangchengXian).43b. Lilium xanthellum var. luteum S. Yun Liang in F. T.Wang & Tang, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 14: 283. 1980.黄 花 百 合 huang hua bai heTepals with purple spots.Rocky places along valleys; ca. 3600 m. W Sichuan (XiangchengXian).44. Lilium tigrinumKer Gawler, Bot. Mag. 31: t. 1237. 1809.卷 丹 juan danBulb broadly subglobose, 4–8 cm in diam.; scales whiteor yellowish white, broadly ovate, 2.5–3 × 1.4–2.5 cm. Stemstreaked with purple, 0.8–1.5(–2) m, minutely white woolly,sparsely papillose proximally. Leaves scattered, sessile, oblonglanceolateto linear-lanceolate, (3–)6.5–9(–18) × (0.5–)1–1.8cm, white woolly, 5–7-veined, axil with bulblets (on distalleaves), margin papillose, apex acuminate. Flowers 3–6(–20) ina raceme, horizontal to nodding. Tepals vermilion, with darkpurple spots; outer ones lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 6–10 ×1–2 cm; inner ones broadly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, slightlywider; nectaries papillose and with fimbriate projections onboth surfaces, densely so proximally on adaxial surface. Stamensdiverging; filaments light red, 5–7 cm, glabrous; anthersca. 2 cm. Ovary 1.5–2 cm. Style 4.5–6.5 cm. Capsule (in diploidplants) narrowly ovate-oblong, 3–4 cm. Fl. Jul–Aug, fr.Sep–Oct. 2n = 24*, 36.Thickets, grassy slopes, hillsides, river banks; 400–2500 m. Anhui,Gansu, Guangxi, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi,Jilin, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Zhejiang[Japan, Korea].The present authors follow the suggestion of Woodcock andStearn (Lilies World, 353. 1950) to use the name Lilium tigrinum KerGawler (1809) for this species, rather than L. lancifolium Thunberg(1794), because the latter name is ambiguous, having been long andconsistently applied in the sense ofL. speciosum.Lilium tigrinum is widely cultivated in China for its edible bulbsand medicinal uses.45. Lilium brownii F. E. Brown ex Miellez, Cat. Expos. Soc.Hort. Lille, 1841.野 百 合 ye bai heBulb globose, 2–4.5 cm in diam.; scales white, lanceolate,1.8–4 × 0.8–1.4 cm. Stem 0.7–2 m, smooth or papillose. Leavesscattered, frequently distal ones gradually becoming smaller,lanceolate, linear, oblanceolate, or obovate, 7–15 × (0.6–)1–2cm, 5–7-veined. Flowers solitary or several in a subumbel,funnelform, fragrant. Tepals spreading distally and recurvedapically, milk white, suffused purplish, unspotted; outer onesoblong-oblanceolate, 13–18 × 2–4.3 cm; inner ones spatulate,3.4–5 cm wide; nectaries papillose on both surfaces. Stamenscurved upward; filaments 10–13 cm, densely pilose to glabrous.Style 8.5–11 cm. Capsule 4.5–6 × ca. 3.5 cm. Fl. Jun–Aug, fr.Sep–Oct.Sparse forests, thickets, grassy slopes, rocky hillsides alongravines or streams,wastelands around villages; 100–2200 m. Anhui,Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei,Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang.Often cultivated in China for its edible bulbs and medicinal uses.1a. Leaves lanceolate to linear ...................... 45a. var. brownii1b. Leaves oblanceolate to obovate ........... 45b. var. viridulum45a. Lilium brownii var. brownii野 百 合 ( 原 变 种 ) ye bai he (yuan bian zhong)Lilium australe Stapf; L. brownii var. australe (Stapf)Stearn.Leaves lanceolate to linear. 2n = 14*, 24*, 25*.Thickets, rocky hillsides along streams; 100–2200 m. Anhui,Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan,Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang.45b. Lilium brownii var. viridulum Baker, Gard. Chron., n.s.,24: 134. 1885.百 合 bai heLilium aduncum Elwes; L. brownii var. colchesteri VanHoutte ex Stapf; L. brownii var. ferum Stapf ex Elwes; L.brownii var. odorum (Planchon) Baker; L. brownii var. platyphyllumBaker; L. longiflorum Thunberg var. purpureoviolaceumH. Léveillé; L. odorum Planchon.Leaves oblanceolate to obovate. 2n = 23*, 24*.Sparse forests, grassy slopes, hillsides along ravines, wastelandsaround villages; 300–1000 m. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou,Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi,Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang.46. Lilium anhuiense D. C. Zhang & J. Z. Shao, Acta Phytotax.Sin. 29: 475. 1991.安 徽 百 合 an hui bai heBulb subglobose, 2–4 cm in diam.; scales white, ovatelanceolateto lanceolate, 1.5–2.5 × 1–1.5 cm. Stem 60–120 cm,proximally minutely papillose. Leaves scattered, linear-lanceolate,8–14 cm × 7–11 mm, distal ones apically recurved or cirrose.Flowers usually 2, funnelform, fragrant. Tepals white;outer ones oblong-spatulate, ca. 16 × 3–4 cm, basally conspicuouslynarrowed; inner ones spatulate, 4–5.5 cm wide; nectariessparsely papillose on both surfaces. Filaments 9–12 cm, proximallypilose; anthers brown, 1.2–1.5 cm. Ovary 3–3.5 cm × 5–8mm. Style 10–12 cm. Fl. Jun.About 800 m. S Anhui (Shitai Xian).47. Lilium wenshanense L. J. Peng & F. X. Li, Acta Bot. Yunnan.,Suppl. 3: 33. 1990.文 山 百 合 wen shan bai heBulb subglobose, 2.5–4 cm in diam.; scales white, articulate.Stem gray-white, 1.2–1.8 m, smooth. Leaves scattered,lanceolate or very narrowly ovate, 9–10 × 1–1.2 cm, glabrous,