66 



340 ; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXIII. p. 282 ; Palib. Consp. 

 Fl. Koreie p. 93. 



Stem erect, short, simple, leafy, one-racemiferous at the top, 5-20 cm. or 

 more in height including the raceme. Leaves succulent, oblong to narrowly 

 oblong-spathulate, plane, acute at the apex, green, not ca3sious or not glaucous; 

 cauline ones sparse, spreading or erect-patent ; radical ones rosulate before 

 anthesis, witherhig in winter, leaving a closely imbricated young-leaved globose 

 bud in centre. Eosettes about 4-7 cm. across. Offsets a few to many, 

 lastly free. Eaceme erect, densely or rather laxly flowered, cylindrical ; 

 bracts ovate, oblong-ovate, or oblong-spathulate, shortly acuminato-acute, 

 longer or slightly, shorter than flowers, green. Flowers shortly pedicellate, 

 but nearly sessile above, bi-bracteolate ; bracteoles subulate-lanceolate, vires- 

 cent. Sepals lanceolate or subnlato-lanceolate, acuminate, virescent. Corolla 

 canipanulate or erect-patent, li or l^i as long as sepals ; petals oblanceolate, 

 or angustato-oblanceolate, acute, white. Stamens exserted; filament filiform; 

 anther purplish, with yellow pollen. Hypogynous scales minute, rectangular- 

 spathulate, truncate at the top. Ovaries sessile, erect, oblong-ovate, nar- 

 rowed below, gradually attenuated above to a gracile style, often rose-coloured 

 after an thesis ; ovules minute, many, cylindrical. 



Umbilicus malacophylluH DC. Prodr. III. p. 400; Bunge Enura. PI. 

 Chin. Bor. p. 104, n. 181 ; Bot. Mag. tab. 4093 ; Ledeb. Fl. Eoss. II. p. 

 174 ; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 114, et Ind. Fl. Pekin. in Ibid. p. 472, 

 et Ind. Fl. Mongol, in Ibid. p. 482; Eegel Tent. Fl. Ussur. p. 68, n. 198; 

 Fr. Schmidt Eeis. im Amnrl. u. Ins. Sachal. p. 131, n. 163 



Orostachys malacophijUa Fiscii. 



Seduni malacophyUum Franch. PI. David. I. p. 129. 



Umhilicus stamineus Ledeb. 1. c. 



Hah. Prov. Shikibeshi in Hokkaido (Ezo) : Okushiri {K. Mhjale and 

 Y. TokuhucU ! Herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, July 31, 1890) ; Prov. 

 EiKUZKN : Sendai, cult, from Daitogasaki in Shobuda {A. Yasuda\ Nov. 16, 

 1900) ; Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, Bot. Gard. Koishikawa, cult. (Herb. ! 1. c. 

 Oct. 1888; T. Mahinol Oct. 1893). 



This is littoral species of northern Japan. The Japanese plant is 

 smaller in all parts than the type, and usually not tinged with purple colour 

 towards the margin of the leaves and bracts. The radical rosulate leaves 

 perish in winter, leaving a young ' central bud as mentioned above. My 

 thanks are due to Mr. K. Koriba, who has kindly sent me the living 

 specimens, which were collected from a rocky i)romontory in Shobuda (where 

 they are wild) in the province of Eikuzen. 



