(4) TEJ^TAMEX FLOK.E LUTCHUENSIS. 271 



25 Mnjo J895, flor.) ; insiila Iralni (T, //o, n. 1207, 17 Aug. 

 1894, flor.). 



Aechipelago Yema : insnla Kurn-sliima (ox Tashiro). 



DiSTRiB. Cliina. 

 Tlie leaves become dark brown after desiccation. 



0. Tashiroi, Maxim. in :\rel. Biol. XII (1888) p. 713. 



Archipelago Yema {Tashirol Aug. [Julio] 1887, flor. 

 et fructif). 



Insula Amami-< )shima {Tashirol Sept. 1887, flor.). 



DiSTRiB. An endemic species. 



Stem scandent, smooth, striate. Leaves pinnate, segments 

 3 (?) or r),5-10 cm. long, o-O cm. wide, smooth, 5-7-nerved, 

 ovate, subcordate, acute or obtuse, sometimes emarginate ; 

 petiole twining, slender, 8-11 cm. long. Flowers axillary, 

 single ; peduncle slender, nearly glabrous, about 7-9 cm. 

 long, with a pair of small spathulate bracts at about i 

 from the base. Sepals spreading, ovate, tomentose. Stamens 

 numerous, about half the length of the sepals, filaments 

 glabrous, anthers linear. Carpels numerous. Achenes 

 terminating in long feathery awns. 



C. Meyeniana, AValp. in " Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. XIX, 

 Suppl. 1 (1843) p. 297," et Repert. V, p. 3 ; Benth. Fl Hongk. 

 p. 6; Maxim. in Mel. Biol. IX (1887) p. 597; Forbes et IlemsL 

 Ind. Fl. Sin. I, p. 5 ; Henry, List Pl. Formos. p. 14. 

 0. oreophila, Hance, in Walp. Ann. II, p. 3. 

 Lutchu ( Wricfht ex Forbes et Hemsley, H. Nahagaiva ! 

 flor., Maiswniira, 1897, flor.). 



Insula Amami-( )shima : inter Naze et Yamatohama 



