Vasilis Teodoridis:
Magnoliaceae | Parakmeria
5. Parakmeria lotungensis (Chun & C. H. Tsoong) Y. W. Law; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 34: 91. 1996.
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Magnolia lotungensis Chun & C. H. Tsoong; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 225. 1963; M. nitida W. W. Smith var. lotungensis (Chun & C. H. Tsoong) B. L. Chen & Nooteboom; Parakmeria lotungensis var. xiangxiensis C. L. Pang & L. H. Yan.
Trees; to 30 m tall; to 30 cm d.b.h.; andro-dioecious. Bark grayish white. Annual twigs green. Petiole 1-2 cm; leaf blade narrowly obovate-elliptic; obovate-elliptic; or narrowly elliptic; 6-11 x 2-3.5(-5) cm; leathery; abaxially pale green; adaxially green and glossy; secondary veins 9-13 on each side of midvein and conspicuously prominent on both surfaces when dry; base cuneate to narrowly cuneate; apex acuminate with an obtuse tip. Male flower: tepals 9-14; outer 3 or 4 tepals pale yellow; obovate-oblong; 2.5-3.5 x 1.2-2.5 cm; tepals of inner 2 or 3 whorls white; filaments purplish red; connective purplish red; exserted and forming a mucro; torus long sharply acuminate at apex and sometimes with a gynophore. Bisexual flower: tepals 10-35; same shape as those of male flowers but smaller; stamens 10-35; gynoecium green; ovoid; carpels 10-20 (sometimes 1-5 due to abortion; and flowers tending to be male). Fruit ellipsoid-ovoid or rarely obovoid; 3-6 cm. Seeds ellipsoid to ellipsoid-ovoid; 7-12 x 6-7 mm; testa red. Fl. Apr-May; fr. Aug-Sep. 2n = 114*.
? Forests; 700-1400 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; SE Guizhou; Hainan; Hunan; Jiangxi; Zhejiang.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Liliaceae | Paris
6. Paris polyphylla Smith in Rees; Cycl. 26: Paris no. 2. 1813.
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Plants 10--100 cm tall. Rhizome 1--2.5 cm thick. Leaves 5--10(--22); petiole (0.5--)1--6 cm; leaf blade variable; usually oblong to lanceolate; 6--15(--30) x 0.5--5 cm; base rounded to cuneate. Peduncle 5--24(--65) cm. Outer tepals (3 or)4--6(or 7); green or yellow-green; narrowly ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate; (3--)4.5--7(--11) x 1--4 cm; inner ones usually yellow-green; narrowly linear; shorter or longer than outer ones; 1--1.5(--5) mm wide. Stamens 2 ± as many as outer tepals; (6--)8--12(--14) or sometimes more; filaments 4--10 mm; anthers 5--12 mm; free portion of connective usually 0.5--4 mm. Ovary subglobose; ribbed; 1-loculed; sometimes tuberculate. Style short; base enlarged; purple to white; stigma lobes (4 or)5. Capsule globose; sometimes tuberculate. Seeds enveloped by red; succulent aril. Fl. and fr. Mar--Nov.
Forests; bamboo forests; thickets; grassy or rocky slopes; streamsides; 100--3500 m. Anhui; Fujian; Gansu; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Shaanxi; Shanxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Bhutan; India; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Sikkim; Thailand; Vietnam].