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4 mm. lata apice acuta basi leviter contracta 2 mm. lata valde imbricata 

 7-nervia glabra. Corolla late campanulata 8 mm. longa leviter 5-loba, lobis 

 brevibus 3 mm. longis 5 mm. latis rectangnlaribus apice late truncatis vel 

 rotundatis altiuscule crenulatis, venis lateralibus utroque latere 3, utraque 

 facie glabra. Stamina 5, lobis corollse alterna, antheris sessilibus ad 

 medium inter sinus et basin corollse sitis cordato-reniformibus apice 

 emarginatis basi cordatis 1 mm. longis 1 mm. latis. Stamiiiodia 0. 

 Ovarium globosum glabrum 2 mm. in diametro, stylo 4 mm. longo simplici, 

 stigmate terminali non lobato. Calyx fructifer accrescens, sepalis late 

 ovato-triangularibus 5 mm. longis basi latissimis 3-4 mm. latis. Capsula 

 ovoidea 5 mm. longa, sepalis inclusa, loculicide deliiscens, valvis a columna 

 solutis, columna central! crassa. Semina angulato-fusiformia obliqua 

 1 mm. longa atro-rubra minute reticulata. 



HAB. Rakuraku, leg. G. NAKAHARA, Aug. 1905; Mt. Musha, ad 7000 

 ped. alt., leg. U. MORI (No. 1153); Randaisan, leg. U. MORI, Aug. 1908. 



.Differs from all the known species of the genus by tlie sessile anthers, 

 not divided styles of the capsules, and by the absence of the staminodes. 

 It may constitute a new genus Shortiopsis (I should propose to call it) on 

 account of the characters just mentioned. 



Shortia subcordata HAYATA sp. nov. Ut plants praacedentis, sed folia 

 rotundata, 4 cm. in diametro, margine crenata, ad summum crenarum mucro- 

 nata, basi rotundata vel cordata. Flores minores. 



HAB. Shintiku: Kareizan, leg. U. MORI, 1906, Juni., (No. 1422.) 

 Differs from the preceding plant by the round- or cordate-based leaves. 



Shortia transalpina HAYATA sp. nov. Rhizomata erecto-ascendeiitia 

 basi radices tenues fibrosas emittentia, apice 2-3 ramosa, ramis simplici- 

 bus folios et scapum gerentibus. Folia omnia radicalia 5-6 ad apicem 

 rhizomatum sita rotandato-spathulata vel rotundato-ovata longe petiolata ; 

 laminae obovato-spatulatse vel obovatae 2 cm. longaa l cm. latse apice perfecte 

 rotundataa basi subito attenuates gradatim ad petiolum abeuntes utraque 

 glabree, costis et venis utraque pagine vix conspicuis vel tenuissime elevatis, 



