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minus obliqua, apice obtusa basi rotundato-obtusa, apice plus minus plicata, 

 supra nitida, subtus opaca, utrinque glabra, supra ad costas basin tenuissiine 

 hirtellata vel glabra, niargine Integra, costis supra impressis, subtus elevatis 

 venis primariis lateralibus utroque latere 6, arigulo 40 a costa egressis, 

 venis et venulis utroque pagine elevatis, exsiecato supra glauca fuscentia, pe- 

 tiolis 1| cm. longis supra leviter sulcatis. Flores paniculati, paniculis axilla- 

 ribus terminalibus folia duplo superantibus, divaricatis, si axillaribus, 

 7-8 cm. longis cum pedunclis, pedunculis 3-4 cm. longis, sursum ramosis, ramis 

 divaricatis alternis oppositis geminatis tematis, pedicellis ultimis 2-5 mm. 

 longis, florem in longitudine sequantibus vel superantibus, depresso-pubescen- 

 tibus, bracteis basin pedicellorum obsoletis vel minimis triangularibus latio- 

 ribus quam longioribus. Calyx 5-partitus, sepalis 5, coriaceis erectis, ovato- 

 rotundatis 2^- mm. longis 2 mm. latis, extus hirsutis, intus glaberri mis, margine 

 ciliolatis, jam antliesin, imbricatis, semiclausis. Corolla alba campanulata, 

 10 mm. longa toti usque lata, vel latiora, tubo obconico-campanulato, 2 mm. 

 longo, limbo late campanulato, intus glabro, (extus parti bus exposis alabastro- 

 mni villoso-hirsutis lanceolatis crassiusculis, parti bus imbricatis tenuissimis 

 glabris) alte 5-fido, lobis duplicato-convolutis obcuneiformibus, 10 mm. longis 

 sursum 6-7 mm. latis margine crenato-uudulatis, apice 2-lobatis, lolis quadran- 

 gularibus 3 mm. longis apice obtuso-truncatis. Stamina 5, valde inclusa 

 supra basin corollse affixa, partibus liberibus filanientomni 1 mm. longis com- 

 planatis apice angustatis, antheris obcuneatis dorsifixis, apice cuspidatis, 1^ 

 mm. longis basi cordatis, connectivis crassiusculis. Ovarium oblongum 2 mm. 

 longum utrinque trmicatum, 4-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis, stigmate sessili 

 globoso, irregulariter 10-sulcato 4- mm. longo. Fructus baccatus, calyce non 

 accrescenti, obovoideo-ellipsoideus, 1| cm. lungus 1 mm. latus, exsiecato nigri- 

 cans, 1-spermus, glaber. Semina ovoidea 12 mm. louga, testa membraiiacea 

 pericarpio adherente, albumiiie circ. nullo. Embryo pallido-viridis, radicula 

 l)revissima caudicula juxta radicukim sita, cotyledouibus (sub-accumbentibus) 

 multilobatis, lobis irregulariter plicatis. 



HAB. Mt. Teraso, prope Koshuu, leg. 15. HAY ATA et S. SASAKI. 



The specimen of the plant just described was collected by Messrs. 

 8. SASAKI and TSUDA, and myself in Mt. Teraso near Kosluin in my last 



