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pctiolis 2-3 ciii. longis cris2iato-liirsutis. Flores i[uasitorminalcs vel e Lasi 

 foliorum oiiuudi, pedicellis l^ cm. longis crisiiato-hirsutis. Periantbii tubas 

 plus miuiLs obKquus 12 mm. longas 8-9 mm. latas obcoiiico-cylindricus apice 

 ad orem liaud vcl vix contractus basi olxjonicus ad pedicellum abeuus extas 

 crisimto-hirsutus, pilis ecoloratis, iutus supra ovariuni exsertas 5 mm. longas 

 intus partibas inferioribas 2mm. longis exceptis nigro-pilosas, partibus inferiori- 

 biis glalierrimis ; limbo patenti 3-partito, lobis late triaugulari-reniformibus 

 vel triangulari-rotuudatis 8 mm. longis 11-12 mm. latis latioribus quam longi- 

 oribus margiue iutegris apice triangulari-obtasissimis basi plas minus contractis 

 cxtus subtiis pilosis, pilis ecoloratis, intus supra nigro-pilosis, pilis crispatis 

 longioriljas. Stamina 12 perfecte epigyna vel plas minas perigrua ad basiii 

 partis liberaj perianthii aiHxa, tilamentis 1 mm. longis complanatis § inm. 

 latis, antheris linearibas IJmm. longis § mm. latis, connectivis apice productis, 

 partibus productis oblongis J mm. longis ^ mm. latis obtusis. Ovarium per- 

 fecte inferum 6-7 mm. longum apice leviter convexum glabrum, stylo glabro 

 2 mm. longo validissimo totiusque lato glabro apice 6-lobato, lobis rotundatis 

 latere valde compressissimis apice rotundatis dorso apice latere exterioreque 

 stigmatosis. 



Hab. Formosa, loco uon indicato, leg. T. Sojia. 



Kemarkable for the perfectly epigynons perianth and the leaves with 

 lateral nerves runniug nearly parallel to the central one. Resembles very much 

 Asarum geopldlum Hemsl. (Bot. Mag. t. 7168) in liaving quite connate styles 

 which are 6-lobed at the apex with decm-rent stigmas, in the stamens with 

 connectives producing to au obtiise cone, and in the quite inferior ovary ; but 

 distinguishable from it by the lanceolately ovately cordate leaves. 



Asarum grandiflorum Hatata sp. nov. (Fig. 52). Ehizoma repens teres, 

 cicatricibus foliorimi et cicatiicibus squamanim approximatim notatum, cicatrici- 

 bus folionira pulviniformibus, cicatricibas squamarum transverse ^-formibas, 

 repens vel ascendens infra dense radicans, i-adicibus teretibus, apice caulescens 

 Caulis 1-3 cm. longus glaber validas 4 mm. in diametro 3-4^foliatus, foliolis 

 cura squarais intermixtis. Folia chartacea vel chartaceo-membranacea longe 

 petiolata, petiolis circ. 20 cm. longis glabris in e.xsiccato fusco-nigi-icantibus, la- 

 mina elongato-cordato-triangulari 15 cm. longa 12-13 cm. lata apice triangulari- 



