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TAB. 6510.
CHIONOGRAPHIS JAPóNICA.
Native of Japan.
Nat. Ord. MELANTHACE.E.•Tribe HELONIE^E.
Genus CHIONOGEAPHIS, Maxim.; {Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. LonJ. vol. xvii.
p. 469.)
CHIONOGEAPHIS japónica ; glaberrima, foliis radicalibus rosulatis sessilibus v. in
petiolum angustatis late v. anguste elliptico-oblongis v. elliptico-lanceolatia
acntis plus minusve dentatis costa distincta nervis valde obliquis caulinis
linearibus, scapo angulato, spica brevi et oblonga v. elongata erecta multiflora,
rachiacute angulata, perianth» albi segmentis 4 v. 6 anguste linearibus obtusis
a basi ad apicem obtusam sensirn dilatatis, 2 superioiibus longioribus, 2 int'eri-
oribus minutis v. obsoletis, filamentis brevissimis crassis, antheris didymis
subextrorsum dehiscentibus, ovario subgloboso 3-lobo 3-loculare, stigmatibus
3 clavellatio, ovulis in loculis 2 medio ángulo interiori affixis anatropis,
micropjle lata supera, rapbe ventrali.
C. japónica, Maximoviez in Bull. Acad. Se. S¿. Petersb. vol. vi. p. 209 (Dec. iii.) ;
Franck, et Sav. Enum. PL Jap. vol. ii. p. 86 ; Baker m Journ. Linn. Soc.
vol. xvii. p. 469.
Melanthium luteum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 152.
M. japonicum, Willd. in Berl. Mag. vol. ii. p. 22.
Helonias ? japónica, Schultes fil. Sj/it. Veg. vol. Vii. p. 1567 ; Kunth. Enum.
vol. iv. p. 175.
Chamaelirion luteum, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. vol. iii. p. 144, non A. Gray.
Though originally described by Thunberg nearly a century
ago, this is a very rare and little-known plant, of which we
have seen no native specimens but those collected by
Maximoviez in 1863, and one communicated by Captain
Blomfield, R.N., in 1873. It is referred by Mr. Baker in
his valuable paper on the aberrant tribes of Liliace• to the
group Helunie•, and its immediate affinity is with the
Eastern N. American genera Helonias and Ghamcelirium. It
is the only species of the genus.
This very singular plant was raised from seed sent by
Mr. Maries to Messrs. Veitch, with whom it flowered in
April of the present year.
DESOR. A quite glabrous perennial herb, six to twelve
AUGUST 1ST, 1880.