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deorsum tenuissiine recurva et temussime angustissime subcartilagiueo-marginata 



supra glabra viridissima nitida suljtus pallidissima ad nervos hirsuta 5-7-nervia, 



nervis palmatim dispositis. Flores quasiterminales solitarii, pedicellis 1-2 cm. 



lono-is glabris. Perianthii tubus intus atro-purpm-eus l^ cm. longus subrotundato- 



conicus 13 mm. latus supra basiu usque ad iufra medium latissimus sursum gra- 



datim minus latus ad orem phis miuus 



constiictus 7 mm. latus extus glaber sul> 



Irevas intus glaber sed grosse reticulatus, 



reticulis valde elevatis, ad orem auuulis 



infundibuliformibus deorsum reflexis iu- 



structus, infundibulis 4ram. longis extre- 



mitate inferiore angustioiibus ; limbo basi 



circum orem viridi-flavo caeterum atro- 



puqnu-eo sed ad marginem viridescenti 



fere patenti sed basi plus minus tubiformi 



basi intus circum orem verrucis irregulari- 



bus annulariter disposito leviter 3 lobato, 



lobis semi-rotundatis apice rotundatis 



lcm. longis circ. 2cm. latis deorsiun re- 



ciuvis supra minute et adpresse liirsutis, 



pilis toto adpressis, subtus glabris. Sta- 



mina 12 ad medium ovarii affixa sessilia, 



antberis oblongis cum connectivo 3 mm. 



longis 2 mm. latis, loculis 2 linearibus 



angustissimis, conuectivis latiusculis apice 



vix productis, partibus productis obtusis- 



simis ^-J mm. longis. Ovarium fere su- 



perius basi vix cum perianthio connatum, 



partibus liberis conicis 8 mm. longis 1 cm. latis apice 6-lobatis, lobis erectis 



validis apice ad latus exterius stigmatiferis, stigmatibus globosis. 



Hab. Mt. Arisan, leg. B. Hayata, 1912, Jan. 



Remarkable for its ncarly superior ovary and in its comparatively short 

 lobes of tbe perianth. 



Fig. B3, Asai-um hyponyniun Ha- 

 yata; a, a flower ; d, the same, in sectlon; 

 c, perianth iu vertical section, sliowiiig the 

 tessellate reticulation on the inner siu-face 

 of the perianth-tube ; h, ovary and sta- 

 mens ; e, stamen. 



