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herbacea. Bractew alternate, ovato-lanecolatze, glabrescentes. Racemus 
multiflorus. Flores pedicellis abbreviatis, parvi, fere 6 mm. longi, erecti. 
Petala rosea, cuneato-obeordata, bifida, "ulyee albo-piloso sesquilongiora. 
Stigma clavatam, apice emarginatum. Capsula breviter pedicellata, pedicello 
vix 1 em. longo, piloso, 6 em. longa, dense hirta. Semina fusiformia, 
utrinque attenuata, apice brevissime appendieulata, basi acuta, 1:25 mm. 
longa, tenuissime papillosa ; coma alba, semina sua 4-plo longiora. 
Hab. Tokkari-Masuba ; in wet places. 
*98. (4) E. SHIKOTANENSE, Takeda, sp. nov. 
Caules solitarii, tenues, virgati, erecti, pedales et ultra, simplices, inter- 
nodiis remotis, lineis olevatis pilosis decurrentibus notati, ceterum glabri. 
Folia inferiora et media opposita, superiora alternata, sessilia, late lanceolata, 
obtusinscula, calloso-dentieulata, dentibus approximatis, supra pilosula, 
subtus in nervis pilosa, margine adpresse piloso-eiliata. Bractew alternate, 
lanceolate, acute, argute denticulate, pedicello parce glanduloso-pilosulo 
paulo superantes, glabreseentes.  Racemus pauci-(6-8)-florus. Flores 
breviter pedicellati, parvi, 6 mm. longi, erecti. Petalis pallide rosea, ob- 
cordata, leviter bifida, calyce glanduloso-pilosulo sesquilongiora. Stigma 
clavatum in stylum sensim attenuatum, leviter emarginatum. — Capsula 
pedicello 1:5 em. longo suffulta, 4 em. longa, glanduloso-pilosula. Semina 
fusiformia, utrinque attenuata, minutissime papillosa, coma alba. 
FI. adenocaulo ? var. perplezanti (Trel. Cat. Miss. Bot. Gard. ii. p. 96) simile, 
a quo capsula sparse glandulosa nec pilis crispulis vestita, foliis in nervis pilosis 
nec glabris, caule non glanduloso dignoscitur. 
Hab. Tokkari-Masuba ; in wet places, growing with the preceding, 
"09. (5.) E. OVALE, Takeda, sp. nov. 
Caules solitarii e radice erecti vel plus miuus areuato-adscendentes, 
simplices vel superne pauciramosi, rarius a basi ad apicem subramosi, 
20-30 em. alti, teretiuscu'i, prorsus. glabri, lineis pilis albis crispulis glandu- 
losis prominentibus notati, internodiis plus minus distantibus; Stolones 
hypogæi, pauci, breves. Folia caulina. omnia opposita, subsessilia, dilatata, 
ovalia, vel anguste ovalia, obtusa, ealloso-dentieulata, membranaceo-herbacea, 
levia, tantum in nervis conspicuis pilosula, margine pilis erispulis ciliata, 
Bractee alternate, ovate, acutiuscule, calloso-denticulata, glabra, ad nervos 
pilosulze, margine ciliate. Flores 3-5, breviter pedicellati, fere 8 mm. longi, 
virginei vix nutantes. Petala rosea, rotundato-obcordata, leviter bifida, 
calyce ssepe. erubescentia sparse glanduloso-pilosuloque 1-3 plo longioribus, 
Stigma clavato-suburceolatum, bilobum, lobis iterum emarginatis. Capsula 
juvenilis erecta, 3 em. longa, leviter glanduloso-puberula, pedicellis bractea 
