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perforato-reticulateJ ; petiole ^-2|cm. long, tomentose with short ferrugi- 

 nous or fulvo-ferruginons hairs ; stipules caducous, subulato - lanceolate, 

 acuminate, adpressed-pubescent externally, shorter than the petiole. Ke- 

 ceptacle large, 3^-4^cm. long, peduncled, axillary, turbinato-globose or tur- 

 binate, somewhat flattened above, umbonate at the top and in its centre 

 with close and piloso-pubescent scales, very shortly or not stipitate, adpressed- 

 pubescent then subglabrate, green then nigro-purpureous, white-spotted but 

 the spots become pale fulvous when matured, closely scaly at the mouth 

 internally ; peduncle terete, stout, tomentose or subtomentose with short 

 ferruginous hairs, straight, or curved, provided with 3 small deltoid deciduous 

 scales (adpressed-pubescent dorsally) at the top, 3-20 mm. long. Male- 

 flowers superior near the mouth, filiform-pedicellate ; sepals 4-5, spathulato- 

 oblong, or obovate, rounded-obtuse, minutely ciliolate, sometimes slightly 

 puberulent dorsally, pale; stamens 2, with very short filament; anther 

 oblong, obtuse or acutish at the top, bifid at the base. Female-flowers {Fig. 

 2, 3, mag.') very shortly pedicellate ; sepals longer than the ovary, erect, ruby ; 

 ovary orbiculato-oval ; style ascending from the top of the ventral margin, 

 nearlv as long as the ovary ; stigma dilated, {)eltate, concave, sometimes 

 oblique. Acheue {Fig. 1, mag.) filiform-pedicellate, globoso-ovoid, globoso- 

 obovoid, or globose, rounded at both ends, smooth, sessile, fen*uginous when 

 dried, about 2-2^ mm. long; style very short, usually ascending, situated 

 in the middle on a lateral side of the achene ; stigma peltato-dilated, 

 concave ; pedicel usually longer than the achene, pale ferruginous, attaining 

 about 5mm. long ; sepals usually 4-5, or 3, more or less unequal in length, 

 about equal to or slightly longer than the achene, erect, deep reddish- 

 ferruginous when dried, linear or subspathulato-linear, acute or obtuse, 

 thickish towards the centre, carinate dorsally, 3-3imm. long. 



Nom. Jap. 0-itahi. 



Hah. Prov. Hizen : Nagasaki (Herb. ! Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 

 May 1879), Hiu-mura {Y. Kanekol Sept. 23, and Nov. 1904); Prov. 

 OsuMi : Futakawa-mura in Minami-Osumi-gori {K. Watanahe ! herb. ibid. 

 March 13, 1891) ; Prov. Higo : Tomioka in Araakusa {M. Bluralcami ! Dec. 

 2, 1904); Prov. Kii {C. Talcenouchi \) ; Amami Oshima {T. UcMijamal 

 Iwrb. ibid. Dec. 3, 1900); Formosa: Daihoku {T. JJal'inol herb. ibid. 

 Nov. 1.5, 1896). 



Common in southern Japan. The achene secretes a jelly matter 

 when soaked in water. 



