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Attaining 7 decim. in height. Stem robust, terete, attaining licm. 

 across at the base. Leaves : basal ones approximate, subtriplinerved or 

 very loosely penninerved, attaining 34cm. long, including the petiole, 11cm. 

 broad. Panicles terminal and sometimes axillary ; peduncles attaining 

 7 cm. long ; pedicel bracteolate at the base. Flowers attaining 2 cm. across, 

 sometimes subcernuous. Calyx attaining 7 mm. long, 1-nerved, with very 

 loose vienlets. Corolla-lobes erect-patent, ovato-elliptical to spathulato- 

 lanceolate, abruptly short-acuminate with a minute bifid tip, disparted 

 with small spots internally, with delicate anstomosing veinlets, attaining 

 13 mm. Ions;, the gland lato-orbicular and situated above or in the mid- 

 die. Filament 5-6 mm. long ; anther narrowly ovato-oblong, obtuse at 

 the apex, deeply bifid below, 4-5 mm. long. Stigma : lobes semiorbicular. 

 Capsule 18 mm. long. Seeds rufous, subcompressed or subangulate, muri- 

 cate all over. 



Nom. Jap. JRyukyu-akebonoso (T. Makino). 



Hob. Tokara Archip, : Isl. Nakano-shima (Y. Tashio\ 1890); Liu- 

 kiu : Mt. Onna in Isl. Okinawa (K. Kuroiwa ! Aug. 1893) ; Amami Oshima 

 {T. Uchiyama ! herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Dec. 3, 1900), Near 

 Naze (T. Uchiyama ! herb. ibid. Dec. 13, 1900), Mt, Takamine-toge (T. 

 Uchiyama ! herb. ibid. Dec. 7, 1900). 



Rubia cordifolia Linn. var. hexaphylla Makino var. nov. 



Stem stouter, 6-angulate, the angles retrorsely aculeolato-muricate. 

 Leaves 6-verticillate, patent or reflexed, long-petiolate, cordate, sharply long- 

 acuminate, membranaceous, 7-9-nerved, scabrous above, loosely retrorsely 

 aculeolato-muricate on nerves beneath, attaining 7 cm. long, A\ cm. wide ; 

 petiole attaining 10 cm. long, slender, loosely retrorsely aculeolato-muricate. 

 Bracts opposite, smaller than leaves, patent, lato-ovate, acute or acuto- 

 acuminate, rounded or subcordate at the base, petiolate ; bracteoles opposite, 

 patent, often small, ovato-oblong, acute at both ends, petioled. Flowers 

 4 mm. across ; pedicel li-6 mm. long. Corolla 5-fid, lobes deltoid ; acute. 

 Stamens 5, included ; anther oblong, slightly longer than the filament. 

 Style short ; stigmas 2, capitate. Ovary turbinato-ovoid, glabrous. Fruit 

 larger, halved or twin, black, about 9 mm. long; seed about 6 mm. across. 



Nom. Jap. U-alcane (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. Shinano : Fudo-zawa in Mt. Togakushi (//. Tdlceda ! July 

 18, 1904, flower ; T. Makino ! Aug. 29, 1904, fruit). 



Rare ; the fruit ripens in August, just when var. ,3. Munjista (Roxb.) 



