orobaxche-t;. 19 



Orobanchese. 



Boschniakia C. A. Mey. 



Eoschniakia Kawakamii Hayata sp. nov. Parasitiis a.l ladices 

 Ilhodoclendrouis sp. Yolva ignota. Canlis 13-35 cm. longus teres l|-2 cm. 

 in diametro glaber basi sqnamis late trir.HguIaribus dense imljricatim obtectns, 

 squamis sm'siuu gradatim lougioribus remotioribus in racomo ad bracteas 

 abeuutibus, squamis superioribus infra partem iioriferam caulis triaugulari- 

 lauceolatis 18 mm. lougis 8 mm. latis coriaceis iu essiccato valde fragilibus 

 concavis apice obtusis vel obtusissimis Ijasi laaud coutractis ± dilatatis 

 decurreutibus utraque facie glabris a se l-li cm. remotis. Kacemi floriferi 

 ignoti. Eacemi (partes cauliimi fructiferorum) 8-16 cm. longi cylindrici cum 

 fruetibus 3-3j cm. lati, bracteis elougato-obovatis oblongo-obovatis 2 cm. 

 longis circ. 1 cm. latis apice triaugulari-obtusis basi vix angustioribus dz 

 cuneato-angustatis vel liaud angustioribus ad basin 6 mm. latis ± decmTeuti- 

 Ims, bracteolis uullis, pediceUis 3-2 mm. longis 2 mm. latis subcomplauatis 

 apice gradatim dilatatis ad calycem abeuntibus glabris. Calyx fructifer : 

 tubi subuuUi vel brevissimi, limbo subpateuti cum receptaculo 8 mm. iu 

 diametro 4mm. iu radio margine integi'o vel irregulariter 3-5 lobato, lobo 

 postico longiore late obovato-oblongo 3 mm. lougo totiusque lato apice 

 trimcato-obtuso basi vix angustiore, lobis lateralilius sub-oblongis cum lobLs 

 auterioribus 2 counatis, margine iu totmu tolis minute denticulatis miuute 

 remote brevissimeque gIanduIoso-ciIi(.)latis. Capsula ovoidea ± obliqua 

 auteriore basi plus convexa posteriore miuus couvexa, iuferior major 2 cm. longa 

 14 mm. lata apice triaugulari-pyramidalis acuto-obtusa basi obtuso-rotundata 

 sm-sum 3-goua 3-vaIvata, valvis ovato-triaugularibus apice triaugularibus ab 

 apice usque ad mediura solutis apice brevissime 2-fidis glabris. Semina 

 complanata multi-augulariformia 1 mm. iu diametro J mm. crassa radialiter 

 reticulata, reticulis valde profuudis alvum similautibus. 



Hab. Mt. Monisou, ad 10000 ped. alt., l.g. T. KAWAiciMi et S. 

 Sasaki, Oct. 1909. 



Very neiir BoscJmiaJtia Idmalaica Hic. f. et Th., but difiers from it by tlie 

 very short fruit-beariug pedicels attaining 2 mui. iu leugtli, (in Himalayau 



