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coniplaiiiitis iihis qiaain Imm. latis iufra apicem dorso stigmatiferis, stigmatibus 

 globosis lateraliljus ; partibus apicalibus cai-pellorum Tiltra stigmata productis J 

 vel ^ mm. longis iuterdum 2-lobati.s. 



Hab. Sliichiseitonzan, leg. S. Sasaki, Islavt. 1907. 



Nearly tlie same as A. taitoneme Hayata in tlie iioral structure, but dis- 

 tincuishable from it by tlie aimculiformed lobes of tlie cordate leaves which 

 are iiurpurascent ou the uuder surface. 



Asarum leptophyllum Hayata sj). nov. Eliizoma repeus teres 3 mm. iu 

 diametro subliirsutum reliciuo basis petioli notatum sm-sum caidescens reraote 

 2-3 foliatum et simirl squamatum, foliis 2-3 a se circ. 1 cm. remotis, squamis 

 2-3 cum foliis intermixtis, sijuamis ovatis scssilibus apice acutis basi cauleui 

 ami)lectantibus iutus supra subglabris subtus ad nervos crispato-ciliato-hirsutis 

 margine dense hirsutis, iiilis crispatis, partibus rhizomatis caulescentibus dense 

 crispato-hirsutis 2-3 cm. hjngis apico folia (bio gerentibus ad apicem floreui 

 unum gereutibus. Folia louge petiolata, i^etiolis 9-12cm. longis dense crispato- 

 hirsutis IJmm. hxtis, kmiua cordato-oblonga circ. 10 cm. louga circ. 5 cm. lata 

 apice triangulari-acutix basi auriculato-cordata, lobis cordis (ab apice petioli 

 usque ad a]Hcem lobi cordis) 2-3^ cm. longis 2-3^ cm. hitis apice perfecte 

 rotundatis vel obtuso-rotundatis, sinibus inter lobos cordis acutis vel obtusis 

 >\-formibiLS, tenuiter membranacea margiue sirbiutegra remote minuteq^ue iu 

 exsiccato fascenti in vivo fusco-viridescenti liaud albo-variegata subtus pallida 

 utraque pagiue niteuti sparse liirsutii .^-nervia vel obscure 7-nervia, nervis 

 lateralibus tenuissimis recurvo-arcuatis, reticidis veindarum utroque vix vel haud 

 visis. Flores pallido-virides (|uasiterminales solitarii ex axilla inter folia api- 

 calia duo oriundi, pedicellis lcm. longis hirsutis, pilis longiuscidis crispatis. 

 Periantliium extus barbatum, partibus tubi cum ovario aduatis semi-rotundatis 

 G mm. longis 8 mm. latis plus barbatis, partibus tubi supra ovarium e.xsertis 

 7 mm. longis 7 mui. latis ad orem plus minus constrictis extus minus liarliatis 

 intus subglabris vel pilis puuctifonuibus notatis, lobis periauthii limbi virides- 

 ceutibus triaugulari-lanceolatis apice caudigeris cum caudis 23 mm. longis basi 

 latissimis vel plus minus contractis 5 mm. latis, caudis linearibus 10-13 mm. 

 longis, niargine integris extus barbatis intus deuse minute botryoideo-puuctatis 

 vel brevissime pubesceutibus ; lobis i^eriauthii jani anthesiu pateutibus post 



