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1 cm. longo glabro sursum hirsute; stigmate globuloso. 



Euplirasia petlolaris HAYATA Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 177, (11011 WETTST.). 



HAB. Mt. Arisan : Tozan, leg. G. NAKAHARA, Nov. 1906. 



When I was at Kew, I compared this plant with all the specimens of the 

 genus of East Asia, but found nothing like this. Very probably a species not 

 described before. 



Gesneracese. 

 IHiyncJiog lossuin BLUME. 



Rhynchoglossum hologlossum HAYATA sp. nov. (Tab. XI.). Herba an- 

 nua ? basi ascendens sursum erecta ; caulis cum racernis 40-50 cm. longus pauci- 

 ramosus subrectus vel plus minus flexuosus. Folia radicalia non visa, caulina 

 obliquissima petiolata ovato-oblonga maxima llcm. longa 6 cm. lata apice subito 

 acuminata vel cuspidato-acurninata ad summum obtusiuscula basi obliquissiuia, 

 latere altero rotundata vel subcordata, latere altero acuta a basi lamina? usque 

 ad 1^ cm. altitudincm fracta, latere rnedio altero 2 cm. lato, latere niedio altero 

 3 cm. lato, margine integerrima tenuissime membranacea supra subglabra subtus 

 minute brevissime sparsissimeque pubescentia, costis venisque utraque pagiiie 

 vix vel hand elevatis, venis lateralibus primariis utroque latere costre 15-17 

 subparallelis, mecliis a costa angulo 45 egressis gradatim arcuatis hand ramosis 

 siinplicibus sursum prope apicem secus marginem ascendentibus, venulis gra- 

 cillimis supra non visis subtus visis haud reticulatis, pagine supra viridia subtus 

 pallidissima, petiolis laminam ^-plo in longitudine ajquantibus 3|cm. longis 

 subglabris, stipulis subulato-linearibus 2-3 mm. longis vel obsoletis. Eacemi 

 terminales simplices cum pedunculis 10-20 cm. longi, in fructu plus elongati 

 subglabri, pedunculis 5 cm. longis subgiabris ; rhachis racemorurn gracilis oblique 

 recurva flores secundim gerens latere altero glabra latere altero florigero dense 

 hirsuta, floribus alternis inferioribus a se 1cm. superioribus plus approxirnatim 

 sitis, pedicellis 2-3 mm. longis dense hirsutis basi bracteatis, bracteis linearibus 

 subteretibiLS 2-3 mm. longis -| mm. latis pedicello brevioribus hirsutis pauce setu- 

 losis cum pedicello a basi usque ad niedio connatis sursum liberis ; floribus oblique 

 a rhachibus racemorum angulo recto divaricatis vel subpendulis. Calyx cylin- 

 drico-canipanulatus cum lobis 4-5 mm. longus 2^ mm. latus minute hirsutus basi 



