Tovaria stenoloba Franchet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 43: 47. 1896; Maianthemum tatsienense (Franchet) LaFrankie var. stenolobum (Franchet) H. Li; Smilacina paniculata (Baker) F. T. Wang & T. Tang var. stenoloba (Franchet) F. T. Wang & T. Tang; S. stenoloba (Franchet) Diels; S. tatsienensis (Franchet) H. R. Wehrhahn f. stenoloba (Franchet) H. Hara; S. tatsienensis var. stenoloba (Franchet) D. M. Liu.

Plants 10--15 cm tall. Rhizome 2--3 mm thick, slender. Stem glabrous. Leaves 3--5; petiole (1--)2--5 mm; leaf blade ovate or ovate-elliptic, 3--4.5 × 1.8--2.6 cm. Inflorescence usually a raceme, 1.5--4 cm, 3--11-flowered, glabrous. Flowers solitary; pedicel 2--3 mm. Perianth green; segments connate at base, narrowly lanceolate, 5--7 × ca. 1 mm. Filaments flat, ca. 1 mm; anthers small. Style very short; stigma 3-parted. Berries 4--5 mm in diam. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Jul.

* Forests, grassy slopes, hillsides along ravines; 2000--3000 m. S Gansu, W Hubei, E Sichuan.