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pedunculis 8-10 cm. longis, peduiiculis 6-7 cm. longis, ramis paniculse pedato- 

 patcntibus glabris, rliachibus valde flexuosis glabris incrassatis ad nodos flores 

 quasi-glomeratiin gerentibus. Fl. J : sessiles ; alabastrum obovoideo-globosum 

 apice obtuse truncatum cornibus 4 brevissimis instructum basi obtusum ; flores 

 apertieiites patentissimi, perianth!! lobis obloiigo-liiicaribus 1 mm. longis 1 mm. 

 latis apice acutis dorso sub apice brevissime cornutis utraque pagine glabris 

 distincte 1-costatis ; stamina 4, lobis perianth!! opposita, filamentis ad ^ mm. 

 periaiitliio adiiatis sursum liberis, partibus liberis 1 mm. longis cum lobis pcri- 

 aiithii requilongis complanatis glabris inflexis, aiitheris ovatis apice emarginatis 

 basi prof undo cordatis vcl profunde 2-lobatis 1 mm. longis. Fl. ^ : pedicelli 

 -i-Jy mm. longi brevissimi basi 1-bracteati, bracteis triangulari-ovatis \ mm. 

 longis obtusis vel breve 2-lobatis glabris ; perianthium 4-partitum, segmentis 

 valde mrequalibus, uno majore erecto concavo crassiusculo, alteris lanceolatis 

 tenuissimis hyalinis ^ mm. longis acumiiiatis ; staminodia nulla ; ovariuni 

 obovoideo-ellipsoidcum stigmate excepto \ mm. longum glabrum 1-loculare 

 1-ovulatuin, ovulis ercctis, stigmate sessili pectinato-cristato ; achsenium oblique 

 ovato-obloiigum apice obtusum plus minus recurvuin basi cuneato-acutum 

 glabrum minus quam 1 mm. longum 4 mm. latum laterc plus minus com- 

 planatum bicoiivexum, pcricarpio fulvescenti crustaceo. Semina ovoidea | mm. 

 longa apice acuta basi rotimdata plus minus complanata Ire via glabra, testa 

 meuibranacea ; albumen paucum ; embryo mediocrius subovatus -J mm. longus; 

 radicula supra brevis dimidium cotyledonis in longitudiiie requaiis coniformis 

 apice obtusa ; cotyledoncs late rotundatee latiores quam longse. 



HAB. Koslmn : Kankao, leg. Z. KOBAYASHI, Juli. 1907, fl. % (No. 

 5616); ibidem, leg. S. KAWAGOI, Oct. 1914, (fl. ^ ct fructus). 



Near P. lancifolla HOOK. f. 



Filea minute-pilosa HAYATA sp. uov. Herba subsucculenta liumilis 

 10-1 5 cm. alta. Caulis ercctus basi pauce ramosus a l)asi sursum foliatus 

 glaber. Folia opposita parva elliptico-ovata vcl obloiiga maxima 5^ cm. longa 

 2 cm. lata apice caudato-acuminata (acuminibus 1 cm. longis ad summum 

 obtusis) basi obtusissima vel rotundata ad extremitatem basis minute cordata 

 * formia margine subintcgra vcl obscure minuteque crcnulata in exsiccato 

 membranacea in vivo crassiuscula 3-nervia, iierv T is lateralibns cum margiue 



