Japan Flora: Glabrous perennial herb from slender, elongate rhizomes; stems 15-40 cm. long, sim-ple or sparingly branched; leaves oblong, elliptic, or elliptic- ovate, abruptly acuminate, subsessile, 4-7 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 cm. wide, rounded at the base, the margin smooth with semi-rounded cells; flowers 1-2, white, terminal, pendulous on slender pedicels 1-2 cm. long, the tepals thin, obliquely spreading, lanceolate, 15-18 mm. long, acuminate, glabrous; filaments glabrous, 5-6 mm. long, the anthers narrowly oblong, 2- 3 nun. long; style 5-7 mm. long, smooth, 3-clcft; berry black, globose, about 7 mm. in diameter. Apr.-May. Woods in hilly country and foothills;

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Korea.