filiform ; anther ovato-orbiciilar. Hypogynoiis scales 5, minute, oljovato- 

 spathulate, truncate at the top. Ovaries 5, erect, elliptical, shortly con- 

 tracted at the base ; style erect, shorter than the ovary ; ovules minute, 

 oblong. Follicles 5, erect, a little longer than the persistent petals, oblong- 

 elliptical, gradually attenuated towards the base, acute towarts the short 

 and persistent style above ; carpel thin. Seeds cylindrical-oblong, more or 

 less enlarged above ; coat membranaceous, loose, shortly beak-like at the apex. 



Nom. Jap. Ao-henlri. 



Hah. Prov. Tosa : Kamibun-mura in Takaoka-gori {T. 3IaMno\ 1884, 

 1885). 



It grows in grassy places at the foot of mountains, and it comes 

 between Scdmii verticiUatum Linn., and S. sordidmn Maxim. 



Gymnadenia Chidori Maldno in sched. herb. 1894. 



Hahenaria {Chjmnadenia) Chidori Makino in Notes on Jap. PI. XV. in 

 Bot. Mag., Tokyo, VI. 1892, p. 48, et Id. XVIII. I.e. VII. p. 134; Yatabe 

 Iconogr. il. Jap. I. 3, p. 22.5, tab. LV. 



Nom. Jap. Hina-chidori. 



Hab. Prov. Tosa : Nanokawa (K. Watanahe ! 1890). 



Swertia Swertopsis Makino Bot. Notes from the Authoi-'s Priv. Cabin. 

 II. p. 33. 



Sicertopsis umhellala Makino Illustr. fl. Jap. I. No. 11, p. 1, tab. 

 LXVI ; in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, VIII. p. 43.3. 



Siveriia umhellaia Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, VIII. 1894, p. 436; 

 E. Gilg in Engl, et Prantl Nathr. Pflanzenfam., Suppl. 1897, p. 283. 



Nom. Jap. Shinonomeso. 



Hah. Tosa: Nanokawa {T. Makino \ June 10, 1885; K. Watanahe \ 

 1886, Oct. 18, 1889), Mt. Dogamori {K. Watanahe \ herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. 

 Univ. Tokyo, Oct. 14, 1891) ; Prov. Idzu : Mt. Amagi {K. Nemoto ! Aug. 

 27, 1894). 



Rubus pseudo-Acer Makino Notes on Jap. PI. XV. in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, VI. 1892, p. 53. 



Under-shrub. Rhizome obliquely erect, narrow, mainly rooting towards 

 the neck. Stems erect or ascending, slenderly terete, glabrous, smooth, or 



