88 63. RUBIACE^E. 



latus, 2 1 mm. longus, apice truncatus vel in centre late emarginatus, disco 

 2-partito (partibus apice emargiiiatis) coronatus, versus basin acutus, subito 

 ad pedicelmm abeims, latere et facie costatus, (calycis lobis acutis persisteuti- 

 bus), pulveraceo-puliescens. Semina scobiformia quadrangularia complanata, 

 testa rnbra -}- mm. longa. 



HAB. Taito : Bunshiseki, leg. T. KAWAKAMI, et U. MORI, (No. 218 A), 

 Dec., 1908. 



Ophiorrhiza japonica BLUME? form, brevistigma. The plant recorded 

 under this name from Formosa and Liu- Km is not identical with the named 

 species ; for the plant from Liu-Kin has very acute or subulate persistent 

 calyx-lobes on the fruit, and that from Formosa is somewhat different from 

 the Japanese plant by the much longer leaves and in having corolla which 

 is nearly glabrous inside. The following description is drawn up from a 

 Japanese speciemen which is labelled as O. japonica BLUME in the Herbarium 

 at Tokyo. 



Opliiorrhizn jnpoilica BLUME form, loiigistigiua. Caulis inferiore repens, pros- 

 tratus, snperiore erectus, partilms erectia 5-10 cm. longis, brevissime pubescentibus. Folia longe 

 petiolata, opposita, oblonga, ovati, 2-5 cm. longa, 1 cm.-2 cm. labi, apice obtusa, basi rotundata, 

 iibrupte acuta ad petiolum abcuutia, supra scabra brevissime liirsnta, sabtus ad nervos hirsuta, 

 rubescentia, petiolis 1-2^ cm. loiigis, stipulis ititerpetiolaril ais 3-4 dentiformibus, dentibus crassis 

 brevissimis. Cymae cont metre, paucifloratae, terminnles, pedunculis 1\ cm. longis, bmcteolis liliformi- 

 linearibus 3 mm. longis, pedicellis 1-3 mm. locgis Flonim alabastmm 8 mm. longum, calycis tubus 

 rotundatus, pnl)esceus plus minus sulcatus, limbj 5-lobato, lobis oblongo-triangalaribus glabris ob- 

 tusis. Corolla exttis glabni in aLibastixj clavata apice dorso loborum prominente auiuata vel 

 alata intns glabra ad fancem non barbata, liml intus cristate brevissime hirtellato. Stamina 

 prope medium tubi inserts, disco bi-partito. Stylus a medio sursiun bifldus, lobis linearibus 2J- 

 mm. longis. 



HAB. Mt. Amagi, Izu. 



This is a much smaller form, with corolla not hairy on the throut and 2-lobed linear stigma. 



