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sessile, but op[)Osite and connate below in the inferior ones, deltoid-ovate, 

 or orbicular-ovate, or elliptical, concave, acute or obtuse, inciso-serrate with 

 serrulate teeth, manj^ or several-veined, with fine and reticulated veinlets 

 between veins, pubescent with glandular and several-cellular hairs, |-4cm. 

 lono- but the inferior ones often larger and leaf-like with bn^ad and connate 

 bases, persistent. Flowers closely disposed, erect-patent, very shortly pedi- 

 cellate or nearly sessile, subtended by the bract which much shorter than 

 the flower, 4-5 cm. long, rose-coloured. Calyx campanulate, sometimes 

 tubuloso-campanulate, 9-15 mm. long, sparingly pubescent and ciliaterl 

 with glandular and several-cellular hairs ; the tulie membranaceous, with 5 

 nerves each running to the limb-lobes accompanied by usually a weak vein 

 between them, with reticulated and delicate veinlets above ; the limb usually 

 5-lobed, with rounded sinuses between lobes, the lobes about one-thirds 

 as long as the calyx-tube, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, pluriserrate or 

 subinciso-serrate excepting its very base, thicker than the tube. Corolla 

 about 3^-times as long as the calyx, bilabiate, splitting down to the middle, 

 deciduous ; the tube more or less attenuated below, hairy partly below the 

 lower lip internally ; the upper lip erect, slightly arcuate inwards and sub- 

 galeate, with an obtuse end, pubescent with many-cellular hairs on both 

 front margins ; the lower lip ample and equalling the upper lip in length, 

 spreading, 3-lobed, the lobes entire, equalling in size and height, close- placed 

 so that their lateral edges overla[) one over another. Stamens 4, sub-didyn^i- 

 mous, inserted to the lower portion of the corolla-tube, very slightly lower than 

 the corolla in height and enclosed within its Ujjper lip ; filament long, filiform, 

 glabrous excepting the very base which is jmbescent ; anthers coherent in pair, 

 ovate, with oblong parallel celles and a thickish connective. Ovary oblong- 

 ovate, a little oblique, acute at the apex, shorter than the calyx ; style slender, 

 filiform, hamate-arcuate in the apical portion, glabrous; stigma more or less 

 capitellate. Capsule very shortly pedicellate, accompanied by the splitting 

 persistent calyx and bract, ovate, tapering above and suddenly hooked down- 

 wards with the basal remainder of the st\'le, slightly compressed, glabrous, 

 about 1| cm. long ; carpels 2, thin and coriaceous. Seeds numerous, with 

 loose and cellular coat. 



Hab. Prov. Echigo : Mt. Shimidzu-toge {T. Maldiio\ Sept, 1888). 



A very conspicuous species among the Japanese Fcdicidaris ; and much 

 more robust than the redicnlaris glorlosa Bisset et Moore, which exhibits 

 a close affinity to my species. 



