OROBANCHE.E. 19 



Orobancheae. 



^Boschniakia C. A. MEY. 



Boschniakia Kawakamii HAYATA sp. uov. Parasitus ad radices 

 PJiododendrouis sp. Volva iguota. Caulis 13-35 crn. lougus teres 1^-2 cm. 

 in diametro glaber basi squamis late triaugularibus dense imbricatim obtectus, 

 squamis sursum gradatim longioribus remotioribus in racenio ad bracteas 

 abeimtibus, squamis superioribus infra partem floriferam caulis triangulari- 

 lanceolatis 18 mm. lougis 8 mm. latis coriaceis in exsiccato valde fragilibus 

 coucavis apice obtusis vel obtusissimis basi hand coutractis dilatatis 

 decurrentibus utraque facie glabris a se 1-14- cm. remotis. Racemi florifcii 

 igiioti. Racemi (parfces caulium fructiferorum) 8-16 cm. loiigi cyliudrici cum 

 fructibus 3-3J cm. lati, bracteis elougato-obovatis oblougo-obovatis 2 cm. 

 longis circ. 1 cm. latis apice triangulari-obtusis basi vix augustioribus 

 euneato-angustatis vel hand augustioribus ad basin 6 mm. latis decurrenti- 

 bus, bracteolis nullis, pedicellis 3-2 mm. longis 2 mm. latis subcomplanatis 

 apice gradatim dilatatis ad calycem abeimtibus glabris. Calyx fructifer : 

 tubi subunlli vel brevissimi, limbo subpatenti cum receptaculo 8 mm. in 

 diametro 4 mm. in radio margine iutegro vel irregulariter 3-5 lobato, lobo 

 postico lougiore late obovato-oblongo 3 mm. longo totiusque lato apice 

 truncato-obtuso basi vix augustiore, lobis lateralibus sub-oblougis cum lobis 

 anterioribus 2 couuatis, margine in totum tolis minute denticulatis minute 

 remote brevissimeque glauduloso-ciliolatis. Capsula ovoidea obliqua 

 anteriore basi plus convexa posteriore minus convexa, inferior major 2 cm. louga, 

 14 mm. lata apice triaugulari-pyramidalis acuto-obtusa basi obtuso-rotuudata 

 siu'sum 3-gona 3-valvata, valvis ovato-triaiigularibus apice triangularibus ab 

 apice usque ad medium solutis apice brevissime 2-fidis glabris. Semina 

 complanata multi-angulariformia 1 mm. in diametro J mm. crassa radialiter 

 reticulata, reticulis valde profuudis alvum similautibus. 



HAB. Mt. Morrison, ad 10000 ped. alt., leg. T. IVAWAKAMI et S. 

 SASAKI, Oct. 1909. 



Very near Boschniakia Idmalaica HK. f. et TH., but differs from it by the 

 very short fruit-bearing pedicels attaining 2 mm. in length, (in Himalayan 



