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top, the middle sinus more shallow than the lateral sinuses, 

 lobes elliptical in the middle one and oblong in the lateral 2 

 rounded at the apex ; lower lip as long as the upper lip, simple, 

 then recurved, linear, rounded at the apex. Stamens 5, 

 inserted on the throat of the corolla, nearly as long as the 

 corolla ; filament filiform, glabrous ; anther broadly linear, 

 21-3 mm. long. Style equal to the stamen in height, filiform, 



glabrous ; stig- 

 ma capitate. 

 Ovary shortly 

 obovoid, gla- 

 brous, li mm. 

 long, 3-celled, 

 thick- walled, 

 with the rather 

 thin dissepi- 

 ments, f e w - 

 ovuled in each 

 cell. . 



Nom. Jap. 

 Hime-suika- 

 dzura (nov.). 



Hab. LiUKiu 

 {H. Kuroiwal; 

 S. Kanagusu- 

 ku !). 



It appears 

 at the first 

 sight to be a 

 distinct species 

 but is a va- 

 riety of L. ja- 

 ponica Thunb. 

 The leaves are 

 smaller denser 

 and thicker, 

 and the flower 

 smaller. 



XIX. 



b. wit. size 



