344 THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. tv.]. xxvi. No. 311. 



269. M. hangchouensis n. sp. 



Herb, annual, attainiug 5 or 6 dm., pubescent, stem 4-angl- 

 ed, branching, branches opposite; leaves ovato-oblong or sub- 

 lanceolate, subacuminate, round or ^ubcuneate at base, serrate, 

 densely punctated, petiole about 8 mm. long, (lamina 2.5-3.5 x 

 .8—1.5 cm.) ; raceme attaining 6 cm., dense flowered, fl. on short 

 pedicel; bracts broadh' ovate or suborbicular, abruptly acumi- 

 nate or cuspidate, often purplish; calyx piloso-pubescent, deeply 

 5 lobed or obscurely 2-lipped, anterior 2 lobes subulate, posteri- 

 or 3 lobes snbequal or the median a little smaller ; corolla 

 21/2 times as long as calyx, pubescent without, upper lip obtuse 

 or emarginate, lower one 3-lobed, lobes subequal or the median 

 a little larger; stamens 4, upper or outer pair longer, slightly 

 exserted, the cells of anthers divergent, those of the inner or 

 lower pair smaller, (I am not sure which pair of the stamens 

 is perfect, or both are so); ovary 4-lobed, style a little exceed- 

 ing the longer pair of stamens, parted above, the branches 

 subulate; nucules globose, nitid, deeply pitted. 



M. japonica Max. is easily distinguished from the present 

 sp. by the form of leaves which is ovate, but not ovato-oblong 

 or sublanceolate. My plant is not M. Fordii Max, which is 

 described as having bracts long pectinateh' ciliate, this being 

 not the case with mine. Again, it is not M. chinensis Max. 

 which is described as having raceme very short, capitate, this 

 being not the case with mine. However, my plant resembles 

 M. chinensis in many respects, and may prove a very well 

 developed form of it. 



Ken-.shan-mun (MUJP^), Nov., (nos. 473, 474); Wu-lin-mun 

 (5^1*P^). Oct., (no. 198); Chi-ling [M^), Sept., (no. 314); 

 Oct., (nos. 195, 197); Ching-tai-mun (^^P'^), Aug., (no. 319). 



270. M. punctata Max. in Mel. Biol. IX. 436; Fr. et Sav. 

 Enum. PI. Jap. I. 370; Forb. et Hemsl. 1 c. 281; Diels 1 c. 560. 



Keu-shan-mun (^lljp^), Oct., (no. 802); Nov., (nos. 355, 

 357); Tai-pin-mun (:;[c^Pg), Oct., (nos. 156, 850). 

 Nom. Jap. Jnu-koju. 



271. M. SOOChouensis Matsuda in Bot. Mag. Tokyo 1912, 

 134. 



