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dentibus 4-5. Caulis cylindricus simplex, squamatus, squamis 

 imbricatis, oppositis, 5-6-seriatim dispositis, glabris, nitidis, 

 ferrugineo-nigricantibus, mediis magnis oblongis basi non con- 

 tractis, apice obtusis, 27 mm. longis, 18 mm. latis, superioribus 

 et inferioribus plus minus minoribus. Floras ad apicem caulis 

 solitarii, a squamis caulium involucrati, apetali. Perianthium 

 crasse membranaceum breve cylindricum apice margine mem- 

 branaceum, integrum vel irregulariter undulatum basi crassum, 

 a medio sursum nigro-coloratum, a medio deorsum fulvescens, 

 5 mm. longum, ore 10 mm. in diametro, leviter contracto. 

 Androecium hypogynum calyptriforme (mitriforme), apice minute 

 1-porosum, glabrum, tubo filamcntorum connatorum 6 mm. 

 longo, tubum antherarum in longitudine asquante, tubo an- 

 therarum 7 mm. longo, cellulis minutis alveolate in facie tubi 

 transverse dispositis, 1- seriatis in sectione, cylindricis, rectis 

 vel plus minus recurvatis, 1/2 mm. in diametro; productum connec- 

 tivorum calyptriforme, 2 mm. longum, basi 4mm. in diametro, 

 nitidum, nigricans, in centro 1-porosum, poro minuto. Ovarium 

 superius, globosum, cum stylo 12 mm. longum, 9 mm. in dia- 

 metro, uniloculare, placentis 15-20 crassiusculis lamellatis ad 

 totam faciem ovuliferis, stylo brevi, 21/2 mm. longo, 6 mm. in 

 diametro, apice stigmatoso, stigmate breve conico, ad summum 

 emarginato, Fructus ignoti. 



Hab. Monte Muto, leg. T. Kawakami et S. Sasaki, Jan. 

 1911. 



