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Allied to Smilacina and Streptopus, being leafy-stemmed, but fls. in umbels (or solitary): perianth 6- parted, with narrow deciduous segms.; stamens 6, the filaments filiform or slightly flattened and longer than the extrorse anthers: ovary 3-celled, the ovules 2 or more in each cell, the stigma 3-cleft or entire: fr. a red or reddish few-seeded berry.—About 20 species, in N. Amer. and in the Himalayan region, Java to China and Japan. Little known to horticulturists; probably require no particular skill in cult.
Allied to Smilacina and Streptopus, being leafy-stemmed, but fls. in umbels (or solitary): perianth 6- parted, with narrow deciduous segms.; stamens 6, the filaments filiform or slightly flattened and longer than the extrorse anthers: ovary 3-celled, the ovules 2 or more in each cell, the stigma 3-cleft or entire: fr. a red or reddish few-seeded berry.—About 20 species, in N. Amer. and in the Himalayan region, Java to China and Japan. Little known to horticulturists; probably require no particular skill in cult.
D. Hookeri, Nichols. (P. lanugnosa var. Hookeri, Baker). More or less rough-pubescent, with short, usually spreading hairs: Iva. ovate or sometimes oblong: perianth rather broad at the base: fr. Obovate, obtuse, red. Calif.—D. Leachenaultianum, D. Don, differs from the others here described by having white fls. India. Ceylon. B.M. 6035.—D. pullum, Salisb. Readily told from American forma by its brown or purplish green fls. India, Java, China. B.M. 916. Wilhelm Miller. L. H. B.
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