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slightly shorter than the ovary, with an erect adpressed ovato-deltoicl obtuse 

 anterior lobe ; style equal to stamens in height, filiform, glabrous, purpuras- 

 cent, but pale and somewhat curved towards the stigma, about 14 mm. 

 long including the stigma ; stigma bifid, branches equal, erect-patent, 

 subulate, acute, about 1 mm. long. Nutlets about 3 mm. long, included 

 within the persistent calyx, erect, obovate, sub-trigonous, often slightly com- 

 pressed, subtruncato-rounded at the top with obtuse edges, smooth, black ; • 

 gynophore shorter than nutlets, about li mm. long. 



Nom. Jap. Maneki-gusa, Yama-hisewaia (Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 2, XI. 

 no. 49). 



Hah. Prov. Mikawa : Mt. Ishimaki {G. Nagura\ Sept. 30, 1896, 

 Aug. 1897, Oct. 3, 1898), Kaifuku, cult, from Mt. Ishimaki {G. NaguraX 

 Sept. 15, 1898) ; Prov. Ise {H. Nakanishi !) ; Prov. Kodzdke : Osawa-mura 

 in Tano-gori {T. Arai ! June 15, 1901) ; Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, cult, 

 from Kodzuke {T. Makino ! June and August, 1905). 



Very closely allied to the Chinese Loxocalyx urticifolius Hemsl. (in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVI. p. 309, tab. 5.), from which it difiers by the 

 pubescent habit, shorter leaves, and fewer flowers. 



Lamium humile Maxim. {Ajuga humilis Miq.) may be probably 

 referred to this genus {Loxocalyx) as L. humilis. 



Rynchospora nipponica Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XVIIL (1904) 

 p. 145. 



Add. Descr. Loosely ca9spitose, attaining about 6 decim. or more in 

 height, glabrous. Khizome ascending or repent-ascending, ramose, rooting, 

 terete, smooth, ferruginous, covered with nigrescent adpressed vaginate 

 scales, attaining about 5 mm. across ; internodes attaining about 2^ cm. 

 long. Culm erect, green, but orange-coloured towards the base. Leaves 

 erect-patent, the upper ones often slightly exceeding the inflorescence, the 

 basal ones passing into the scales ; lamina smooth, green, concolorous, at- 

 taining about 3^ decim. long, 12 mm. broad. Inflorescence about 3-11 cm. 

 long ; bracts reflexed or patent-reflexed, green, the lowest one attaining 

 about 20 cm. long, the uppermost one setaceous and slightly exceeding the 

 corymb. Corymbs light leather-coloured with viridescent colour, forming a 

 terminal and 2-4-axillary heads, the upper heads closely placed. 



Hab. Prov. Mikawa : Futakawa (J. Umemura ! Sept. 1, 1905). 



For the material, my thanks are due to Mr. Jintaro Umemura of the 

 Okazaki Middle School in the province of Mikawa. 



