S8 63.  RUBIACEXE. 
latus, 21 mm. longus, apice truneatus vel in centro late emarginatus, disco 
2—partito (partibus apice emarginatis) coronatus, versus basin aeutus, subito 
ad pedicellum abeuns, latere et facie costatus, (calycis lobis acutis persistenti- 
bus), pulveraceo-pubescens. Semina seobiformia quadrangularia complanata, 
testa rubra jJ mm. longa. 
Has. "Taitoó: Bunshiseki, leg. 'T. Kawakaur, et U. Moni, (No. 218 A), 
Dec., 1908. 
Ophiorrhiza japonica PLvwE? form. brevistigma. "The plant recorded 
under this name from Formosa and Liu-Kiu is not identieal with the named 
species; for the plant from. Liu-Kiu has very acute or subulate persistent 
calyx-lobes on the fruit, and that from Formosa is somewhat different from 
the Japanese plant by the much longer leaves and in having corolla which 
is nearly glabrous inside. "Phe following deseription is drawn up from a 
Japanese speciemen which is labelled as O. jeponiez BLUwE in the Herbarium 
nt Tokyo. 
Ophiorrhiza japoniea Brvwr form. longistignia. Caulis inferiore repens, pros- 
tratus, superiore erectus, partibus erectis 5-10 em.longis, brevissime pubescentibus. — Folia longe 
petiolata, opposita, oblonga, ovata, 2-5 em.longa, 1cm.-23 em. lata, apice obtusa, basi rotundata, 
abrupte neuta nd petiolum abeuntin, supra seabra brevissime hirsuta, subtus ad nervos hirsuta, 
rubescentia, petiolis 1-23 cm. longis, stipulis interpetiolaribus 3-4-dentiformibus, dentibus crassis 
brevissimis, Cymrie contractze, pauciflorntze, terminales, pedunculis 13 em. longis, bracteolis filiformiz 
linenribus 3mm. longis, pedicellis 1-3 mm. longis Florum alabastrum 8 mm. longum, calycis tubus 
rotundatus, pubescens plus minus suleatus, limbo 5-lobato, lobis oblongo-trinngularibus glabris ob- 
tusis, Corolla extus glabm in alabastro claivata apice dorso loborum prominente carinafa vel 
alata intus glabra nd faucem mon barbata, limbo intus cristato brevissime  hirtellato. Stamina 
prope medium tubi inserta, disco bi-partito. Stylus a medio sursum bifidus, lobis linearibus 23 
mm. longis. 
Har. Mt. Amagi, Izu. 
'This is à much smaller form, with corolla not hairy on the throut and 2-lobed linear stigma. 
