SAXIFRAGK.E. 101 



tenuissimis vel nou conspicuis, venis lateralibus utroque latere costse 12-13 

 subrectis vel recurvis prope sinus serrarum furcato-ramosis, subtus palli- 

 diora, petiolis 3 cm. longis tenuiter alatis basi incrassatis. Flores race- 

 mosi vel racemoso-paniculati 4-5 cm. longi 4 cm. lati dense florati, rhacliidibus 

 et pedicellis dense ferrugineo-pilosis, bracteis oblique ovatis 4 mm. longis 

 intus glabris extus dense pilo->is. Calyx campanulatus, tubo campauulato 

 4 mm. longo fauce 4 mm. lato intus glabro extus dense pilose, limbo 5-lobato, 

 lobis oblongo-triangulavibus 3 mm. longis basi 2 mm. latis apice obtusis intus 

 glabris. Petala 5 obovata 8 mm. longa 5 mm. lata apice breve 2-lobata (lobis 

 1 mm. longis apice obtusis), basi cuneata subunguiculata alba extus glabra 

 intus pai'ce longe et tenuiter barbata. Stamina circ. 30, ad faucem tubi 

 calycis affixa 3-4 mm. longa erecta, filamentis glabris 3| mm. longis basi 

 dilatis apice filiformibus, autheris oblongo-ovatis 1-1 o mm. longis. Ovarmm basi 

 calycis tubi adiiatum limm. longum 3-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis, stylis basi 

 ad medium dense barbatis sursum glabiis medio sursum 3-fidis, ramis erectis. 



HAB. Buisau, leg. 8. SASAKI, Mart. 1910. 



Near R. dtflexa HEMSL., but (lifters tVom it by the much smaller leaves 

 and flowers. 



Osteonteles LIXDL. 



Osteomeles anthyllidifolia LIXDL. ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. FI. Sin. 

 I. p. 265. 



HAB. Kotosho, leg. S. SASAKI, Juiii. 1913. 



DISTRIB. Japan, Bonin, Sandwich, Maingaia and Pitcairn Islands 

 (HEMSLEY.) 



Saxifrageae. 

 MiteUa Lixx. 



Mitella japonica MIQ. var. formosana HAYATA n. v. Rlrizoma 

 ascendento-repens, radices iiumerosas emittens, squamis obtectum. Folia 

 omnia radicalia 5-10 ad apicem rhizomatis, longe petiolata, lamina ovato- 

 cordata 6 cm. longa 4 cm. lata apice triangulari-acuta basi prof nude cordata 



