176 AET. 19.— B. HAY ata: 



30 cm. altoe pubescentes siccitate nigricantes, canlibiis ramosis vel 

 simplicibus tetragonis sulcatis. Folia opposita sessilia oblonga 2 cm. 

 longa 8 mm. lata dentata cleorsum intégra apice acuta vel obtusa 

 basi acuta vel cuneata supra exsiccato nigricantia subtus pallidiora 

 distincte nervosa. Flores ad apices ramorum dense subspicati, ad 

 axillas bractearum solitarii, bracteis lanceolatis dentatis calycem 

 2-plo superantibus, pedicellis 1 mm. longis 2-bracteolatis, bracteolis 

 linearibus calycem aequantibus. Calyx campanulato-semiorbiculatus 

 7 mm. longus 10-nervatus breviter 5-lobus, lobis valvatis trian- 

 gularibus acuminatis. Corolla ignota. Stamina 4 didynamia siib- 

 inclusa: 2 longiora, antheris majoribus coherentibus, filamentis longe 

 barbatis ; 2 breviora, antheris parvioribus liberis, filamentis glabris ; 

 loculis antherarum omnibus ovatis basi muticis. Stylus apice 

 stigmatoso-incrassatus sublinguiformis obtusus. Capsulae depresso- 

 globosa3 5 mm. iu diametro a)quantes apice retusa\ loculicide dé- 

 hiscentes, valvis demum 2-fidis columnam placentiferam liberanti- 

 bus. Semina numerosa minutissima angusta 1 mm. longa truncata 

 testa laxiuscula. 



Hab. Suizan, in montibus Morrison, ad 7702 ped. alt., leg. S. 

 Nagasawa, Oct. 1905, (Nos. 6G1 et 673) ; Kagi : Ködenshö, leg. 

 T. Kawak.\mi et U. Moei, Oct. 1906, (No. 1739). 



DisTKiB. An allied species S. trifida Hajm. occurs in India and 

 Ceylon ; and is also found in Kwangtung in the opposit continent. 



Near S trifida Hau. ; but differs from it in having ovato- 

 lanceolate leaves. 



Phtlieirosjyevimiiït Bunge. 



Phtheirospermum chinense Buxge ; Benth. iu DC. Prodr. X. p. 391 

 Maxim. Prhu. Fl. Amur. p. 208 ; Haxce, " iu Jouru. Bot. (1882), p. 292 " 

 Feanchet, n. David, p. 225 ; Foebes et Hemsl. lud. Fl. Siu. U. p. 204 

 DiELS, Fl. Ceutr. Cliiu. p. 570. 



