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SCROPHri,ARIACE.*;. 



HAn. Mt. Mon-ison, lcg. U. Mori. 



Tliis alpine plaut is tlie only representative of tlie genus Pedicularis in 

 Formosa. It is very remarkaLle to notice that tlie plant beare a close i-esem- 

 blance to Pedicularis veHicillata Lnw. wliicli spreads wiclely from Nortb Ame- 

 rica, Western Em-ope to Kamtscbatka and Japan wbero it is veiy limited to 

 tbe bigbest motmtains. Om- plant diffei-s veiy sligbtly from P. verticillata 

 LiNN. in baving a little narrower longer corolla-tubes, and iu tbe leaves wbicb 

 iu tbis new species are arranged remotely along tbe wbole lengtb of tbc stem, 

 but not cbistered under tlie flower-beads, as is tbe case witb P. veHiciUata. 

 Veronica Ldcn. 



Veronica oligosperma Hayata sp. nov. (Fig. 47, a-i). Caulis repens 

 ad nodos radicaus teres crispato-pubescens 1 mm. in diametro sectionis, inter- 

 nodiis 2-2| cm. longis. Folia opposita petiolata triaugnlari-rotundata 14 mm. 

 longa 13 mm. lata apice triangulari-obtasa basi truncata margine loljub^ta, 

 lobulis utroque latere 2, bibulo centrali b\te triangulari 4 mm. lougo 7 mm. 

 bxto aiiice triangidari-obtuso 

 basi leviter contracto margine 

 integro, lobulis lateralibus 2 

 dentiformibus ascendentibus 

 obtusissimis margine iutegris, 

 utraque pagiue pilis crispatis 

 articulatis birsuta, venis utra- 

 que pagiue baud visis, mar- 

 gine tenuissime deoreum re- 

 cm-va, costa vix vel baud 

 elevata, petiolis 8 mm. longis 

 crispato-pilosis. Racemi axil- 

 lares erecti cuui pedunculis 

 3 cm. longi crispato-birsuti 

 3-4-floriferi, bracteis spatbu- 

 lato-linearibus 5 mm. lougis 1 mm. latis apice obtasissimis margiue iutegiis 

 ciliolatis extas birsutis intas glabris basi baud dilatatis baud contractis, i>edi- 

 cellis 7 mm. longis birsutis erectis. Calyx fere 2-partitixs, partibiLS alte 2-lobatis, 



Fig. 47; a-i, Veronica oligosperma Hayata; a, a 

 leaf; b, a hair ou a leaf; c, a pra?mature fruit ; il, 

 a sepal ; e, f, stamens, seen from different sides ; g, a 

 pKBmature capsule ; h, a seed, seen from front ; i, 

 the same, seen from side ; j-k, Veronica spuria Lrsx. 

 var. angustifolia Besth.; j, a flower; k, the sanie, 

 coroUa takeu off ; all figures are more or less magnilied. 



