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longis 2 1 mm. latis apice obtusis, sinibus interlobos acutis vel outusis, lobis 

 a se angulo 45 divaricatis basi sequilateralibus) basi cuneato-attenuatis, 

 basi ITJ- mm. latis squamis 2 instructis, squamis oblongis rectangularibus 2 mm. 

 longis 1 mm. latis basi sequilateralibus apice obtusis. Stamina 10, cum 

 uiiguibus petalorum sequilonga. Ovarium oblongum, (gynoplioris 1^ mm. longis) 

 3 mm. longum 2 mm. latum, styli 3. Fructus iguoti. 

 HAB. Monte Morrison, leg. S. SASAKI, Oct. 1909. 



Melandrium transalpinum. HAYATA sp. nov. Perennis. Caulis caes- 

 pitosns ascendens, simplex 10 cm. altus toto loiigitudine foliosus, minute 

 tuberculoso-lrirsutus, ad nodos plus minus tumidus. Folia linearia interuodium 

 tequantia 1^ cm. loiiga 1^ mm. lata, apice acuminata, basi attenuata, cum eo 

 opposito connata vaginam 2 mm. longam formaniaa, utraque pagiiie minute 

 tuberculata, margine ciliolata. Calyx cylindrico-obcouicus, 13 mm. longus, 

 1 cm. latus, erectus, basi interior iutrudus, extus liirsutus intus subglaber, 

 5-nervatus, apice 5-lobatus, lobis triangularibus 3|- mm. longis 4 mm. latis 

 apice obtusis medio sursum margine ciliatis intus integris. Petala longe 

 unguiculata, cum unguibus 16 mm. loiiga, (unguibus 1 cm. longis sursum gra- 

 datim ad laminam abeuntibus, apice 3j mm. latis basi atteiiuatis cuneiformibus), 

 lamina 7 mm. longa apice 6 mm. lata apice alte furcatim 2-lobata (lobis rec- 

 tangularibus apice truncatis 3|- mm. longis 2 mm. latis), basi leviter aiigustiore 

 ad unguim abeunte vel ad basin contracta squamis 2 instructa, squamis late 

 rectangularibus 2 mm. latis 1^ mm. longis apice truncatis margine denticulatis. 

 Stamina 10. Torus validus tementosus 2^ mm. longus, gynoplioris 10 mm. 

 longis. Styli 4. 



HAB. In montibus ceiitralibus, leg. U. MORI et S. KATO, Dec, 1909. 



Near M. morrisonmontanum HAYATA, but differs from it in having 

 smaller leaves, broader petals and in its smaller form. 



Melandriiun vesiculiforme HAYATA sp. nov. Caulis basi prostrato- 

 scandens, solum basi ramosus, ramis ascendentibus simplicibus, 30-40 cm. 

 lono-is, cortice inferne minute tuberculato, sursum dense retrorse Irirsutus, in 

 toto loiigitudine foliatus. Folia opposita, linearia cum mternocliis sequilonga, 



