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portion of the corolla-tube ; filament short, filiform ; anther ovato-elhptical. 

 Style erect, scarcely shorter than the corolla-tube, 2-fid at the top ; stigma 

 capitate. Fruit glabrous, mericarp elliptico-oval, 1 mm. or a little more 

 long. 



Hah. Prov. Tosa : Nanokawa {T. Maldno ! Nov. 1884, June 1885) ; 

 Prov. Iyo : Oda-yama in Kami-ukena-gori {K. Olaiclaira ! Aug. 1892) ; 

 Prov. Suruga: Mt. Fuji {S. Matsuda\ July 1891; S. Yano\ 1891; T. 

 3IaJcmo\ Aug. 15, 1899). 



A montigenous species. 



Galium tokyoense Makino Illustr. Fl. Jap. I. n. 11, (1891) p. 2, 

 tab. 69. 



Galium Aparine var. spuriuvi Maxim, in litt. non Ledeb. 



Perennial, attaining 7 decim. in height, darkish in drying. Pthizome 

 slender, branched, rooting at the nodes. Stems erect, slender, erect- 

 patently ramose above, quadrangular, retrorsely muricate on the angles ; 

 Leaves 6-verticillate, patulose, linear-oblanceolate or narrowly oblong, 

 rounded-retuse and minutely apiculate, gradually attenuated below, retrorsely 

 spinuloso-strigose on the margin, attaining 3^ cm. long, 9 mm. wide, the 

 midrib prominent and retrorsely pilose beneath. Cymes corymbose, 

 terminal and lateral ; trichotomously pedancled ; peduncles erect-patent, but 

 divaricate in fruit ; bracts and bracteoles spathulato-li near-oblong. Flowers 

 numerous, small, 3 mm. across, pure white ; pedicels gracile, slightly shorter 

 than the flower. Corolla patent, 4-parted ; lobes ovato-elliptical, acute or 

 acutish. Stamens 4, short ; filament filiform, longer than the oval 

 anther. Styles 2, stigma capitate. Fruits glabrous, mericarp oval-elliptical, 

 about 2 mm. long. Flowers May-June. 



Hab. Prov. Musashi : Koiwa-mura (T. Malcino\ May 25, 1884, June 

 23, 1895), Omiya in Wada-mura {T. 2Mdno\ June 3, 1888), Toda-hara 

 {T. Maldno \ June 10, 1888). 



Common in fields of the environs of Tokyo. 



Galium japonicum Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, IX. (1895) p. 311. 



Perennial, flaccid, blackish in drying in flower, 1t^-3 decim. high. 

 Roots finely fibrous. Stems csespitose, many, erect; but procumbent-ascend- 

 ing and often rooting at the base, usually simple, usually smooth or some- 



