18 DIAPENSIACE.E. 



5^ mm. longi 3} mm. lafci apice acuti ad summum submucronati basi hand 

 vel vix coutracti, 2-interiores elliptic! 5 mm. longi 2i mm. lati apice rotundati 

 vel obtusissimi ad summum retusi vel brevissime 2-lobati ad centrum sinus 

 brevissime mucronati basi coutracti rotundati 1 mm. lati margine prope apicem 

 minute deuticulati cseterum iutegri iutus plaui extus medio tenuiter costati 

 (costis basi triaugulari-dilatatis), multinervii. Corolla (alba ?) campauulata 

 7 mm. longa 5-lobata extus intusque glabra, tubo 1 mm. longo, lobis cuueato- 

 obovatis 6 mm. lougis 4 mm. latis apice rotundatis basi late cuueatis sed vix 

 augustatis apice 3-5-lobato-dentatis, dentibus triaugularibus 1 mm. latis toti- 

 usque lougis apice obtusis vel acutis interdum obtusissimis latere margme 

 iutegris basi vix coutractis pinuiveuis, venis latelaribus utroque latere 2-3, 

 venis ad apicem dentium attiugeutibus, siuibus inter lobos obtusissimis. 

 Stamina 5 cum lobis corolla alterna, filamentis validiusculis basi ad tubum 

 corollse usque ad sinus inter lobos corolhe adnatis, partibus liberis ^ mm. 

 lougis ^ mm. latis valde complanatis ad basin utroque latere appendi- 

 culatis, appeudiculis mucrouiformibus ^ mm. lougis, autheris cordatis l mm. 

 lougis 1^ mm. latis apice emarginatis basi cordatim bilobatis intus ^-formibus 

 extus (F$ -formibus dorsifixis, apicibus filameutorum vel conuectivis dors > 

 latioribus. Ovarium late globosum l mm. lougum l|-mm. latum apice plauo- 

 depressum tenuiter 3-lobatum vel obscure vel baud lobatum glabrum, stylo 

 columniformi tereti 2^ mm. lougo apice truucato teuuiter 3-lobato. Capsula 

 ovato-globosa 3 mm. longa loculicide deliiscens, valvis a placauta solutis, stylo 

 uon partito. Semina co rubra scobiformia ellipsoidea angulata 3 mm. longa, 

 testa elegante reticulata. Staminodia iiulla. 



HAB. Mt. Piitozau, by T. KA.WAKAMI, Juli. 1913. 



Resembles Shortiopsis* exappendiculata HAY ATA ( = S/iortia exappendicul'^t, 

 HAYATA Ic. PI. Formos. III. p. 147) in having nearly sessile anthers, not divided 

 styles of the capsules and in the absence of the staminodes ; but differs from 

 it by the far much smaller leaves with different dentation, by the smaller flowers, 

 very short broader complauate filaments with appendices on both sides and 

 by the differently shaped anthers. 



