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erect-patent veins 3-6 on each side and pinnately disposed ; cauline ones 

 smaller, loosely alternate below, but closely placed towards the apex ; petiole 

 shorter or longer than the blade, conspicuously winged, ciliated with white 

 patent pilose hairs, after flower attaining 8^ cm. in length ; stipules adnate 

 in basal portion, thinly membranaceous, pale-viridescent, subulato-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, ciliato-fimbriate, 6-12 mm. long. Peduncles radical and in 

 the axils of cauline leaves, arising above the leaves, erect or ascending, 

 gracile, sparsely pilose with patent hairs below, glabrous above, bracteolate 

 in the middle or above it but in cauline ones often below it, light green, 

 about 3-7 cm. long in flower ; bracteoles 2, opposite or somewhat remotely 

 placed, linear or subulato-linear, acuminate, herbaceous, thinly ciliated on 

 margins, pauci-glandular-dentate on the basal margins, 3-7 mm. long. 

 Flowers small, 10-12 mm. across, light violaceous. Sepals ovato-lanceolate 

 or lanceolate, acuminato-acute, membranaceous, glabrous or very thinly 

 pilose, thinly ciliated on margins, 3-nerved, without veinlet, viridescent, 

 5-6 mm. long ; basal auricules short, subtruncato-semiorbicular, sometimes 

 crenulate in the superior one, slightly ciliated. Petals beardless, the upper 

 one obovate and lateral ones oblong-obovate, rounded at the apex, much 

 attenuated below, a little oblique in form and 7-8 mm. long, light viola- 

 ceous, but white below with a very dilute greenish colour ; the lower one 

 much shorter and smaller, concave, oblong-elliptical, rounded-obtuse at the 

 apex, white, but violaceous above, with deep violet striae ; calcar very short, 

 semi-orbicular, scrotiform, not exceeding beyond the basal auricles of the 

 sepals, 1 J-2 mm wide. Connective-tip ovato-orbicular, rounded-obtuse, slightly 

 shorter than the anther-cells ; appendages adnate to the anther, subrect- 

 angular- subdeltoid, acutish-obtuse-tipped, with a thick nearly straight front 

 edge. Ovary oval, rounded-obtuse, glabrous ; style as long as the ovary, 

 enlarged above, geniculated at the base ; stigma subbilobato-orbicular, 

 slightly concave, with a very short rostrum. Capsule ellipsoid, obtuse, virides- 

 cent, glabrous, 5-6 mm. long ; valves oblong. Seeds minute, lato-obovoid, 

 acute at the base, 1 mm. long, sooty. Flowers March-April. 



Nom. Jap. Tsulmshi-sumire (T. Makiuo). 



Hab. Prov. Satsuma : Kagoshima (Keisukc Tamural March 11, 1900; 

 Setsusaburo Tunakal March 30, 1903, April 27, 1903, May 6, 1903; I. 

 Nagashima\ March 1904, May 15, 1905). 



Distrib. Formosa, China, and British India. 



{To be continued.') 



