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Are.sdi : in '). Ag. Si)ec. Alg. 11. ]>. 542. 

 ? liarv : Ner. l>or. Amer. ]). (S G. 



I have a collection of plants of s(jme\vhat dwarfed form. Tliey 

 are like Chcilosporuin yessoensc but much smallei- in all res[)ects, 

 measuring- neary 2 cm. in height and the other parts in proportion. 

 They closely resemble the specimen oî C'heil. (Ampliiroa') califonticiun, 

 (Dene.) which is c:c herbariu of Dr. Farlow and kept in the herbarium 

 of our Institute. 



We can not say much about tlie present species as (jur specimens 

 seem to be somewhat abnormal and incomplete. All we can here say 

 is to mention a doubtful plant referable to the present species, collected 

 on the Paciiie coast of Japan. 



Low tide mark. Prov. of ßoshü. 



4. Cheilosporum latissimum, sp. nov. 



VI. ir. %. ir)-i7 : v\. vr. lig. 7. 



Fronde latissima, robusta. multici[)iti, basi tereti, rnox compresso- 

 complanata, irregulariter ramosa ; articulis approximatis sagittatis 

 lobis patentibus a])ice truncatis, plus minus subcostato-elevatis, 

 longitudine inter genicula distantiam loborum 2 plo — o plo breviori, 

 basibus articulorum jn'ominentibus ; conceptaculis biiiis vel quattuor 

 in apicibus loborum immersis. 



The j^lant attains to the height of 4-G cm. with a short sti})e. 

 The articuli in the middle and upper ])ortion are extremely thin and 

 brittle, and compactly arranged : the maximum breadth measuring 

 6-S mm. and the inter-geniciilar distance 2-5 mm. Tw^o to four, 

 often five conceptacles are found in one articulus at the upper portions. 



