Daiswa bockiana (Diels) Takhtajan; D. lancifolia (Hayata) Takhtajan; Paris arisanensis Hayata; P. bockiana Diels; P. hamifer H. Léveillé; P. lancifolia Hayata; P. polyphylla var. brachystemon Franchet.

Plants 35--115 cm tall. Leaves (6--)8--14(--22), 1.5--2.5 cm wide. Inner tepals 1--2 mm wide, nearly as long as outer ones. Filaments 4--6 mm; anthers 5--6 mm; free portion of connective ca. 0.5 mm. 2 n = 10*.

Forests, rocky slopes; near sea level to 3500 m. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].