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the base, rounded at the top, sessile on the elevated central receptacle, 

 minutely papilloso-verruculose above, 1-seeded, about \\ mm. long ; pericarp 

 thin, densely cellulose, dehiscing vertically towards the top. Seed oblong- 

 obovoid, rounded at the top, erect, minutely striate vertically under lens, 

 ferruginous, about 1 mm. long. 



Norn. Jap. Uyematsuso, Tohihisa-so (nov.). 



/lab. Prov. Tosa : Chigaido-yama in Kami-yasu, Vasu-mura, Karai-gori 

 (Yoshima Tokihisa \ July 26, 1905; Ycijiro Uyematsu) Sept, 10, 1905). 



This species seems to me to stand near by Sciaphila secundiflova 

 Thwaites, a Ceylon plant. It is the second species of this family found 

 in Japan, and was first discovered by Mr. Yoshima Tokihisa, a student of 

 Kdchi Normal School in the province of Tosa, Shikolcu. 



Sciaphila (Hyalisma) japonica Makino in Bot, Mag., Tokyo, XVI. 

 (1902) p. 211. 



Hab. Prov. Tse : Hongo in Kusu-mura, Miye-gori (A'. Teraoka, K. 

 Mai, Y. Uyematsu ! Sept. 7, 1902 ; K. Tmai ! Aug. 16, 1905 ; T. Makino ! 

 Oct. 1905), Tivkakura-yama in Yamada (A. Kobayashil Sept. 24, 1905); 

 Prov. Owari: Akitsu-mura (G. Kaioasakil July 5, 1902), Akaha-mura (S. 

 Goto! Aug. 21, 1905); Prov. Tosa in Shikoku: Chigaido-yama in Kami- 

 yasu, Yasu-mura, Kami-gori (Y. Tokihisa ! July 26, 1905); Prov. Higo in 

 Kiusiu: Mt. Kibo {H. Kddznmal Aug. 31, 1905). 



Saccolabium Toramanum Makino sp. nov. 



A little epiphytic orchid, attaining about 7cm. long, glabrous. Rhizome 

 usually simple, creeping, gracile, filiform, radicant with loose fibrous pale 

 roots, the old portion naked from fallen leaves, enclosed with short sheaths 

 of leaves throughout. Leaves small, uniform, distichous, spreading, many, 

 subclosely arranged, elliptical to oblong-elliptical or ova to-elliptical, acuto- 

 cuspidate or acuminato-cuspidate, entire, acute or sometimes obtuse at the 

 base, very shortly petiolate, articulated upon the sheath, coriaceous, chan- 

 nelled, green and purple-maculate, 3-nerved, 5-11 mm. long, 2-1-5 mm. 

 broad, persistent. Raceme short, shorter than leaves, approximately 

 o^flowere,^ peduncled ; rachis short, shorter than the peduncle, often 

 flexuous, angulate, l-2 7 i mm. long ; bract subtending the pedicel, spreading 

 or erect-patent, lato-subulate, acutish, entire, concave, membranaceous, nerve- 

 less, persistent, |-1^ mm. long ; peduncles lateral, with 2-3 scales ; scales 



