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Stigma broad, slightly prominent, distant from the rostellum, placed to the 

 base of column. Ovary ovoid, not twisted, yellow, streaked with purple, 

 subpapillose. 



Norn. Jap. Aolci-ran (nov.). 



Hob. Prov. Shimotsuke : Nikko, in shady forest at the eastern foot of 

 Mt. Nyoho (N. Aohi, and M. KurusUma\ Sept, 28, 1904; M. Kurmhima 

 and B. Iohi\ Sept. 29, 1904; T. Makino and 11 Mil Oct. 16, 1904). 



Very rare. As described above, this differs from Epipogum aphyttum 

 Sw., which is also found in Japan. It was discovered on the 23rd of 

 September of this year (1904), by Viscount Noburnitsu Aoki. 



Woodsia (Euwoodsia) Yazawai Makino sp. nov. 



A tittle fern, attaining about 7 cm. high. Camlex short, with delicate 

 black roots, forming a thick mass with many bases of the old stipes, clothed 

 with fulvous scales; scales thinly membranaceous, lato-ovate to lanceolate, 

 irregularly subdenticulate, attaining about 4 mm. long. Stipes tufted, erect, 

 much shorter than the frond, gracile, stramineous but rufous below, scaly 

 towards the base, articulated above the middle, i-2 cm. long. Frond angus- 

 tato-lanceolate, acuminate, slightly narrowed below, bipinnatiparted, 3-5| 

 cm. long, |-l^cm. wide, quite glabrous, green, thickish ; pinnae 9-12 on 

 each side, alternate but opposite or subopposite in the lower ones, erect-patent 

 or nearly patent, remote, sessile or very shortly petioled, ovato-deltoid and 

 cuneate at the base and attenuated towards the apex and with an acutish- 

 obtuse point, but deltoid and cimeato-truncate at the base in the lower ones, 

 pinnatiful into 4-7-lobes, but deeply pinnati-parted into 5-7-lobes in the 

 lower ones, the largest one 7 mm. long, 5 mm. broad ; lobes erect-patent, 

 cuneato-elliptical or cuneato-ovate, shortly attenuated above and with an 

 acutish-obtuse tip, 2-4-crenato-lobulate ; veins impressed above ; rachis capil- 

 lary, quite glabrous, green, but slightly stramineous below. Sori 1-3 to 

 a lobe, intramarginal, rounded, when fully mature occupying the whole 

 under surface of the pinnae and rufo- ferruginous ; indusium pateriform, irre- 

 gularly deep-parted into a few (about 4-5) subovate thin-membranaceous 

 lobes which are concealed under the sori, with long cilia projecting beyond 

 the sorus. Sporangia subnumerous, the case rounded, the pedicel shorter 

 than the case. Spore ovoid, umber, rugulose all over. 

 Nom. Jap. Togakushi-denda (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. Shinano : Summit of Mt. Togakushi (K. Yazaiva ! Aug. 

 29, 1904). 



