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autheris adnatis lineaiibas apice conneetivis leriter procTnctis obtnsis ; stylo 

 columnari-filiformi cum staminibus sequilongo apice clavato. Fl. ? uon visi. 

 Rhachis teres 3 cm. in diameti-o sectionis dense pubescens. Fructus prse- 

 matui-i insequaliter teti-agoni stipitati, stipitibas dense pubescentibus. 



Hab. Kotosho : in montibus, leg. Y. T.\shiro, Aug. 1912. 



Near M. paj-adisiaca which is distiuguishable from our plant by its 

 entire free tepal and glabrous rhachis ; also near J/. ^ava -which differs by 

 its broader bracts. This teai-s some resembrance to M. celchica -which is 

 however separable from our ijlant by the umbouate beny. Om' plant is also 

 near M. Bakeri, but diffei-s from it by the distinct stalked fruits. Fruits 

 of this new species are fuU of seeds, and thei^efore not eatable. 



Musa textilis var. Tashiroi Hayata u. v. Caulis, foHa et inflorescentia 

 nt typicfe. Bractea extas pm-pureo-fuscens iutus coccinea (fide Tashiko), 

 ovato-ellii>tica 15 cm. longa valde coucava, versus apicem inflorescentife 

 obovata apice obtusissima basi subcimeata. Fl. J : Rhachis glabra ; flores S- 

 chistati basi counati, supra ovarii radimeuta libeii. Kudimeutiun ovarii 1 cm. 

 lougum 3 gono-obconicum. Perigonium i cm. longum apice 5-lobatum, lobis 

 3 exterioribus et 2 interioribus ; exterioribus 2 lateralibus apice dorso corni- 

 culatis tiiangula,ribus apice cucuUatis, (comibas 2-3 mm. longis reflexis), lobo 

 exteriore centi-ali apice dorso comiculato, comibus brevioribus verticaliter 

 latis ; lobis interioiibus oblongis 4 mm. latis apice cucuUatis dorso breve et 

 tenuiter corniculatis. Petala lanceolato-oblonga 3 cm. longa 23 mm. lata apice 

 truucato-emarginato-cuspidata vel apice brevissime 3-cuspidata, (cuspidibus 

 lateraUbus obtusis, centi-aUbus acutis 1 nun. lougis), margine sm-sum obscm-e 

 tenuissime remotissime seniilata. Stamina 5 cum sepaUs tequilouga 3jcm. 

 longa, fiLamentis subcrispatis ± complanatis l^ cm. longis basi antheranim 

 clavatim incrassatis, antheris Unearibas, (locuUs uudulatis) apice obtuse 

 apiculatis 2 cm. longis ; stylo cum staminibus ajquilougo colmunari-fiUformi, 

 stigmate clavato densissime viUoso. Fractus tiigono-cyliudracei recmvi glabri 

 oo-spermi 7-8 cm. longi 2 cm. iu cUameti-o sectiouis apice breve rosti-ati 

 (rostris 5 mm. longis) basi stipitati, stipitibas 1 cm. longis cum TOstiis brevis- 

 sime pubescentibus. Semina oo nigi-a anguIato-rotundato-cUsciformia 5 mm. 

 in diametro, subnitida. 



