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5-parted, 6-10 mm, long ; lobes narrowly oblong, obtuse or acutish, entire^ 

 delicately 5-nerved ; glands 2 to each lobe and situated below, longi- 

 tudinally oblong or narrowly oblong, fimbriate all round with numerous 

 filiform weak hairs which are mach shorter than the lobes. Stamens 5, 

 inserted at the top of the short corolla-tube, shorter than the corolla-lobes; 

 filament subulate, filiform ; anther oblong-elliptical. Ovary erect, ovato- 

 oblong, compressed, glabrous, 5-6 mm. long ; stigma sessile, bifid. Capsule 

 equal to the corolla in length, oblong, glabrous, crowned with a bifid 

 stigma. Seeds numerous, small, rounded to elliptical, angulate ; testa 

 close, minutely reticulate. 



Nom. Jap. Inu-semburi. 



Hah. Prov. Tosa : Hirakushi-mura {T. Mahino ! Oct. .5, 188.5), 

 Tachibanagawa-mura (7'. 31aldno\ Oct. 21, 1885), Yotsudzi {T. Maldnol 

 Oct. 20, 1885), Kinzyono [T. Malcino ! Oct. 21, 1885), Wada near Sukumo 

 (r. 3IaJdno\ Nov. 4, 1885), Hirata [T. Maldno\ Nov. 4, 1885); Prov. 

 OwARi: Tashiro-mura (T. Maldno\ October 29, 1893), Prov. Mikawa : 

 Takashi-mura {T. 31aldno\ October 25, 1893), Atsumi-gori {T. Makino\ 

 Oct. 27, 1893) ; Prov. Musashi : Shimura {T. Blaldno ! Oct. 30, 1898), 

 Nippori {B. Yatahe and J. Maisumura ! herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 

 Nov. 5, 1884) ; Prov. Idzumi : Kusabe-mura {S. Matsuda ! herb. ibid. Oct. 

 25, 1896). 



Allied to Sioertla chinensis Hemsl. et Forbes. It grows in muddy 

 place in field, and its roots do not contain the bitter principle. 



Swertia chinensis (Bunge) Hemsl. et Forbes in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XXVI. p. 139, non Fra,nch. = Ophelia, cJimensis Bunge; Ophelia diluta 

 Ledeb. ; Sioertia diluta Benth. et Hook, fil.; Stoeoiia rotaia Thunb. non 

 Linn.; Pleurogyne rotata Sieb. et Zncc. non Griseb. 



We distinguish two forms : — 



a. vulgaris : stem slender, fastigiately ramose ; pedicels slender ; 

 corolla white with violascent lines. 



b. violacea : stem stouter, taller, attaining 5 decim. in height, ramose 

 above ; flowers paniculate, larger, beautifully violaceous, corolla-lobes broader; 

 pedicels short. 



Ajuga (Bugula) reptans Linn. var. japonica Makino in sched. herb. 



