1902. 



OBSERVATIONS' OX THE FI.OEA OF JAPAN. 123 



Acaulescent, flaccid; roots li] irons ; innovotions subterranean, slender, 

 root-like. Leaves few to several, erect-patnlons or spreading, ovate, obtuse, 

 auriculato-cordate with rounded lobes, shortly decurrent to the petiole, 

 crenato-serrate, membranaceous, green, about 2^-7^ era. long, 2-."3cni. broad 

 in flower, l)Ut attaining about 13 cm. long, 8^ cm. wide after anthesis, 

 tliiiilv pilose above and ciliated, hispid-pilose along nerves luMieath ; veins 

 r)-G on each side, lax ; petiole shorter or longer than the blade, ])iIose. 

 attaining about 20 cm. in length after anthesis; stipules about 12-24 mm. 

 long, thin, laxly papillose-margined, the lower half or more adnate to the 

 petiole, the free portion subulato lanceolate to broadly linear, acuminate. 

 Peduncles few, shorter than the leaves, pilose ; bracts 2, [)laced at the 

 inframedinm, opposite, or subopposite, erect, angustato-linear, obtuse-tipped? 

 very laxly papillose-glandular on margin, 10-17 mm. long. Flower 20- 

 28 mm. long, white. Sepals lanceolate, or broadly lanceolate, acute or 

 obtuse, with 3 main nerves, viridescent, thinly pulx3scent dorsally, 7-10 mm. 

 long excepting the basal auricles; auricles pilose, unequally pauci-laciniato- 

 dentate in Ihose of Ihe upper sepal (attaining nearly .") mm. in length) and 

 the lower 2 sepals (which are larger and 3-5 mm. l(nig), but those of the 

 lateral 2 sepals smaller simple and deltoid-subulate. Petals 14-17 mm. 

 long, elliptical-obovate, rounded and minutely erosnlate at the apex, but 

 oblong and emarginate and ]nu-ple-striped in the lower one, the lateral 

 ones bearded with white hairs in throat internally ; calcar horizontal, 

 broadly oblong, rounded at apex, usually shorter than the sejials, G-8 mm. 

 long, 4-4^ mm. wide. Connective-tip Itroadly ovate, obtuse ; antlier- 

 api)endages broadly linear, hardly arcuate at the apex, obtuse, two-thirds 

 or three-forths as long as the calcar. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style 

 about equal to th(^ ovary in Kaigth, clavate, glabrous ; stigma cuneato- 

 obovate, with an obtuse and very short beak. Capsule ovato-cylindrical, 

 acute, glabrous, 11-13 mm. long; valves lanceolate, or broadly lanceolate. 

 Seed brown. Fl. April. 



Hah. Prov. Musashi : Shimura {T. AM:riio\ June 1888, May 1, 

 1801; .S'. lkeno\ April 1888); Adzusawa (7'. Mai! no \ April 14, 1894, 

 April 1895); Tokyo (//. Yatahe and J. Matsumura\ herb. He. Coll. 

 Imp. Univ. Tokyo, April 24, 187S) ; Near Tokyo (Herb. ibid. April 

 24, 1879), Ozi (//. Yatahe and ./. 3Iatsumura\ lurb. ibid. April 24, 

 1878), Chichibu {IL Yatahe and ,/. Mat.m^iiiura\ herb. ibid. April 1878), 

 Near Hino in Chichibu (7'. Mak!no\ April 3, 1895), Mt. Takao (Herb, 

 ibid. April 30, 1899), Mt. I\Iitake ( ]'. Yahe \ herb. ibid. ]\Iay 15, 

 1900). 



