18 DLU>EXSL\CE.E. 



5^ mm. Itjngi 3|^ inm. lati apice acuti acl summura submucrouati basi liaud 

 vel vis contracti, '2-iutei'iores elliptici 5 mm. lougi 2i mm. lati apice rotuuJati 

 vel obtusissimi acl summum retusi vel brevissime 2-lobati acl centi'um siuus 

 brevissime mucronati basi contracti rotundati 1 mm. lati margine prope apicem 

 ]ninute denticulati cajterum iutegri iutus plaui extus medio tenuiter costati 

 (costis basi triangi-Qari-dilatatis), mul^tiuervii. Corolla (alba?) campanulata 

 7 mm. longa 5-lobata extus intusque glabra, tubo l^ mm. longo, lobis cuueato- 

 obovatis 6 mm. longis 4 mm. latis apice rotundatis basi late cuueatis sed vix 

 augustatis apice 3-5-lobato-dentatis, dentibus triangularibus 1 mm. latis toti- 

 usque longis apice obtusis vel acutis intsrdum obtasissimis latere margiue 

 integi-is basi vix coutractis pinnivenis, venis latelaribus utroque latere 2-3, 

 venis ad apicem dentium attiugentibus, sinibus inter lobos obtusissimis. 

 Stamiua 5 cum lobis corollfe alterna, iilaraeutis validiusculis basi ad tubum 

 corollne usque ad sinus iuter lobos corollie adnatis, partibas liberis 4 raiu. 

 longis i mra. latis valde coraplauatis ad basin utroque latsre appeudi- 

 culatis, appendiculis mucrouiformibus ^V '^™- lc>ugis, antiieris cordatis l^ mm. 

 lougis l.V mra. latis apice eraargiuatis basi cordatim bilobatis iutus i^-formibus 

 extus (f^ -formibus dorsifixis, apicibus filameutorum vel couuectivis dor.so 

 latioribus. Ovarium late globosum 1 1 mra. lougum 1 J mra. latura apice plauo- 

 depressum tenuiter 3-lobatum vel obscm-e vel haud lobatum glabrum, stylo 

 colmnuiformi tereti 21 mm. longo apice truncato tenuiter 3-lobato. Capsula 

 ovato-globosa 3 mm. louga loculicide deliisceus, valvis a placenta solutis, stylo 

 uon partito. Semiua x rubra scobiformia ellipsoidea angulata j mm. loug;i, 

 testa elegante reticulata. Staniiuodia uulla. 



Hab. Mt. Kitozan, by T. Ka.wak.uii, Juli. 1913. 



Resembles Shortiopsis* exappendiculata Hayata {=Shortia exappendiculaia 

 Hayata Ic. Pl. Formos. IH. p. 147) in baviug uearly sessile autliers, uot divided 

 styles of tlie capsules and in the absence of tlie staminodes ; but differs from 

 it by tbe far mucli smaller leaves witb differeut dentation, by the smaller flowers, 

 very sliort broader complanate filaraeuts with appsudices ou both sides aud 

 by the diiferently shaped authers. 



