1904.] 



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lose internally. Stamens 5, alternate to petals, free, erect, longer than the 

 corolla-tube, equal, 3 mm. long ; filament straight, stout, thick, slightly 

 narrowed towards buth ends, green ; anther short, elliptical, introrse but 

 then rerlexed turning outwards, 2-celled, dorsirlxed, golden-yellow. Scales 

 5, alternate to stamens and closely placed at the base of them, minute, 

 carnosulate, deltoid, obtuse-angled, truncate at the top, yellowish-viridescent. 

 Pistil 1, shorter than stamens, erect; ovary ellipsoid-ovoid, viridescent, very 

 thinly disparsed with antrorsely ad pressed setulose colourless hairs, 1-celled, 

 with 2 pendulous ovules ; style terminal, stout, erect, straight, a little 

 longer than ovary ; stigma funnel-shaped and 4-lobed. Fruiting panicle 

 attaining about 4 cm. in length, laxly with fruits ; pedicel shorter than 

 the fruit. Fruit oblong-elliptical, compressed, with persistent calyx, scarlet 

 when mature, reticulated-veined when dried, 12-17 mm. long, crustaceous, 

 1-seeded. Seed oblong-elliptical, compressed, with thin coat, albuminous ; 

 cotyledons large, foliaceous ; caulicle small. 



Hab. Prov. Tosa : Mt. Kurotaki (T. Makinol Nov. 1892); Prov. 

 Iyo : Mt. Ishidzuchi (A'. Okudairal Aug. 1893; 8. Yamaguchil June 25, 

 1896 ; M. Shirai ! August 1896), North-eastern foot of Mt. Ishidzuchi (A. 

 Okudaira ! June 25, 1897), Near Shirai-Fall in Kawanouchi, Miuchi-mura 

 (A. Okudaira ! May 7, 1899). 



This is found in mountain woods of south-western Japan. The 

 genus is new to Japan and a representative of Icacinacece in this country. 



FAURIA Franch. (1886).—NephrophyUidimn Gilg (1895).— Villarsia 

 sp. Griseb. — Menyanthes sp. Menz. (Gentianace,e.) 



Fauria Crista galli (Menz.) Makino. 



Fauria japonic a Franch. in Bull. Soc. Philomath. Paris (8 mai 1886) 

 p. 3; Engler in Eugler et Prantl Nat. Prl.-Fam. III. 2 (1891) p. 62. 



Menyanthes Crista galli Menzies in Hook. Bot. Miscel. I. (1830) p. 

 45, tab. 24 ; A. Gray Syn. Fl. N. Am. II. 1, p. 128. 



Villarsia Crista galli Griseb. Gen. et Sp. Gent. (1839) p. 338, et in 

 DC. Prodr. IX. (1845) p. 136 ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. II. p. 70 ; Ledeb. 

 Fl. Boss. III. p. 76 ; Miq. Pro!. Fl. Jap. p. 289 ; Herd. PI. Radd. IV. 1, 

 p. 193; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 325. 



Nephrophyllidium Crista galli Gilg in Engler et Prantl Nat. Pn\- 

 Fam. IV. 2 (1895) p. 105, fig. 47; Yabe in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XVII. p. 

 25. 



