LILIACEAE - China

Hubei, Sichuan.51b. Lilium leucanthum var. centifolium (Stapf ex Elwes)Stearn in Woodcock & Coutts, Lilies, 213. 1935.紫 脊 百 合 zi ji bai heLilium centifolium Stapf ex Elwes, Gard. Chron., ser. 3,70: 101. 1921.Tepals tinged purple or brownish along midvein abaxially.Hillsides along ravines; ca. 2500 m. S Gansu (Zhugqu Xian).52. Lilium sulphureum Baker ex J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India6: 351. Jul 1892.淡 黄 花 百 合 dan huang hua bai heLilium myriophyllum Franchet (Sep 1892), not E. H.Wilson (1905).Bulb globose, ca. 5.5 cm in diam.; scales ovate-lanceolateor lanceolate, 2.5–5 × 0.8–1.6 cm. Stem 0.8–1.2 m, papillose.Leaves scattered, lanceolate, 7–13 × 1.3–1.8(–3.2) cm, axil withbulblets (on distal leaves). Flowers usually 2, funnelform, fragrant.Tepals white; outer ones oblong-oblanceolate, 17–19 ×1.8–2.2 cm; inner ones spatulate, 3.2–4 cm wide; nectaries notpapillose. Filaments 13–15 cm, glabrous, rarely sparsely pubescent;anthers narrowly oblong, ca. 2 cm. Ovary purple, cylindric,4–4.5 cm × 2–5 mm. Style 11–12 cm. Fl. Jun–Jul. 2n =36*.Shaded places in forests, grassy slopes, hillsides; 100–1900 m.Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan [Myanmar].The bulbs are used medicinally.53. Lilium sargentiae E. H. Wilson, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 51:385. 1912.泸 定 百 合 lu ding bai heLilium formosum Franchet; L. leucanthum Baker var. sargentiae(E.H. Wilson) Stapf; L. omeiense Z. Y. Zhu.Bulb subglobose or broadly ovoid, 5–6 cm in diam.; scaleslanceolate, 3.5–4 × 1.5–1.7 cm. Stem 45–160 cm, papillose.Leaves scattered, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 5.5–12 × 1–3cm; axil with green bulblets (on distal leaves). Flowers solitaryor 2–4 in a subumbel, funnelform. Tepals white, pale green towardbase; outer ones oblanceolate, 14–17 × 2–2.8 cm; innerones narrowly obovate-spatulate, wide; nectaries yellowishgreen, not papillose. Filaments 11–13 cm, densely pubescentproximally; anthers 1.4–2 cm, with brownish yellow pollen.Ovary purple, 3.5–4.5 cm × 3–5 mm. Style 10–11 cm. Capsuleoblong, 6–7 × ca. 3.5 cm. Fl. Jul–Aug, fr. Oct. 2n = 24*.Thicket margins, grassy slopes; 500–2000 m. Sichuan, ?Yunnan.54. Lilium tianschanicum N. A. Ivanova ex Grubov in Grubov& T. V. Egorova, Rast. Tsent. Azii, Mater. Bot. Inst. Komarova7: 70. 1977.天 山 百 合 tian shan bai heBulb white, subglobose, ca. 3 cm in diam.; scales many,fleshy. Stem straight, ca. 25 cm, sparsely papillose proximally.Leaves linear, 8–10 cm × 2–5 mm, apex acute. Flower solitary,nodding. Tepals white, oblong-lanceolate, ca. 4.5 × 1.2–1.5 cm,apex thickened, minutely papillose adaxially; nectaries denselypapillose on both surfaces. Stamens nearly as long as tepals;anthers yellow. Fl. Aug.Clay-gravelly steppes. Xinjiang (Tian Shan).55. Lilium pyi H. Léveillé, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6:263. 1909.毕 氏 百 合 bi shi bai heStem 40–60 cm, slender. Leaves linear, 4–7 cm × 3–5 mm.Flower solitary, nodding. Tepals with dark reddish brown spotsonly on margin, narrowly oblong-lanceolate; nectaries blackish,glabrous.W Yunnan (Binchuan Xian).This is an unclear species; no specimens have been seen by thepresent authors.21. NOMOCHARIS Franchet, J. Bot. (Morot) 3: 113. 1889.豹 子 花 属 bao zi hua shuLiang Songyun ( 梁 松 筠 Liang Song-jun); Minoru N. TamuraHerbs perennial, bulbiferous. Bulb of many imbricate, fleshy scales, white, without a tunic. Stem erect. Cauline leaves alternateor whorled, sessile, linear-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate. Inflorescence a terminal, 1- to several-flowered raceme; bracts 1–3. Tepals6, free, usually with dark spots or blotches, usually papillose at apex; inner ones with nectary processes on both sides (rarely on 1 orneither side) of a short, median channel at base adaxially. Stamens 6, inserted at base of tepals; filaments often swollen, fleshy andcylindric proximally, sometimes subulate; anthers versatile. Ovary cylindric, 3-loculed; ovules many per locule. Style clavate,widened apically; stigma capitate. Fruit a capsule. Seeds narrowly winged all round.Seven species: China, India, Myanmar; six species (two endemic) in China.1a. Leaves alternate; filaments nearly subulate, tapering from flat, widened base to filiform apex; inner tepals entire atmargin.2a. Style 6.5–12 mm, longer than ovary .......................................................................................................................... 1. N. aperta2b. Style 2.5–4 mm, shorter than ovary .................................................................................................................... 2. N. saluenensis1b. Leaves whorled, at least distal ones; filaments swollen, cylindric, and fleshy proximally, abruptly narrowed to afiliform portion distally; inner tepals entire or erose to lacerate at margin.