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There are, before us, several specimens, which are quite sterile or 

 bear very young receptacles, from Yaeyama Archipelago {¥. Ta*hiro\ 

 herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Aug. 1887), Amauri-Oshima Archipelago 

 (Y. Tashirol herb. ibid. Sept. 1887), Jtsnbo-mura in Amami-Oshima 

 (Herb. ! ibid.), Sonoki in prov. Hizen Herb. ! ibid. Aug. 15, 18S2), and 

 Karatsu in Kita-matsuura-gori of prov. Hizen (Herb.! ibid. Feb. 1, 1895); 

 those will belong whether F. pumila Linn, or /•'. ffanceana Maxim., but 

 T have nothing to say about them. 



Above three species, which appear confused each other, are analytically 

 keyed as following : — 



Achene oblong-fusiform; style filiform with a tapering 



stigma, exceeding the achene -• 



Achene globose; style very short, with a peltato- 



patelliform stigma, much shorter than the achene... F. pumila Linn. 

 Leaves ova to-elliptical, sparingly pale-pubescent beneath, 



3_G-cost;tte on each side F. Uaneeam Maxim. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, fulvo-pubescent beneath,, about 



8-10-costate on each side ■ ■ F. Awkeottang Makino. 



Croonria kiusiana Makino sp. nov. 



Oroomia pauciflora Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 357 ; Franch. et Sav. Emun, 

 PI. Jap. II. p. 03, non Torr. et Gray. 



Perennial, about 3-4decim. high, glabrous. Pdiizome subterranean, 

 repent, slender, closely nodose, with truncate tubercles (which are the very 

 base of old stems) situated in a little distance, loosely rooting but densely and 

 fasciculatly so in the apical portion; roots stout-fibrous, spreading, strong, with 

 rootlets towards the end. Stem simple, erect, slender, smooth, provided 

 with 4-5 alternate sheaths at the base, foliate towards the top ; sheaths 

 adpressed, membranaceous, mucronato-obtuse or mucronato-retuse, entire, 

 loosely pluri-nerved, the lowest one smallest, the uppermost one largest and 

 27-35mm. long. Leaves erect-patent, or subpatent, alternate, distichous, 

 5-6, shortly petioled, oblong -lanceolate to ovato- lanceolate, acuminate, 

 rounded (not cordate) and slightly decurrent to the petiole at the base, 

 subscabrous and subcrispulate on the entire margin, membranaceous, 5-9- 

 costate, with delicate and closely placed transverse veinlets, 5-11 cm. long, 

 lj-4£cm. wide; petiole 2-7mm. long; rachis 6-8 cm. long, narrow, slightly 

 flexuous. Peduncle axillary, patent-nutant, simple or rarely geminate, 

 filiform, much shorter than leaves. Raceme 2-4-flowered ; rachis very 

 short or obscure ; bracts erect-patent or suberect, sessile, linear or subulato- 



