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pio Lreve pectinato. Calycis tubu.s cum ovario aduatas complanatus § mm. 

 longu.s, lol)is 4 triangularilius ajjice acutis vel truncatis ; stigma sessile conicum 

 ^ mm. longum apice obtusum. 



Hab. Toroku : Yoshirj-o, leg. T. Ivawakami et Y. Shkluja, Oct. 1907, (No. 

 .5747). 



Tlie most slender form of Viscum found in Formosa. It is very likely an 

 orect jilant. 



Viscum {Aspidixia) filipendulum Hatata sp. uov. (Fig. G9-70). Parasiti- 

 ca 40-50 cm. longa pendula dichotome vel trichotome ramosissima, ramis nodosis 

 pateutissimis, internodiis mediis inferioribusq[ue teretibiis 2-2^ cm. longis 2 mm. 

 in diametro sectionis apice plus minus la- 

 tiiiribus basi angustioribus in exsiccato 

 rugulosis glabris, internodiis superioribus 

 angiLstioribus complanatis. Flores moncecii. 

 Fl. masculini ad latus nodornm opposi- 

 tim siti bi-evissime stiijitati, stijjitibus 

 \ mm. longis perfecte iminersis, bracteolis 

 minutis ; iiivolucro ad orem bitido margine 

 sub lente setuloso-pcctinato. Segmenta ca- 

 lycis 4 extus sub lente papillosa oblonga 

 apice acuta vel obtusa 1§ mm. longa § mm. 

 lata, antheris sessilibus ad segmentum ca- 

 lycis adnatis oblongis 1 mm. longis. Flores 

 •^ ad latus nodorum oppositim siti. Ova- 

 rium inferius. Fructus in exsiccato suci- 

 no-coloratus oblongus 7mm. longas 6mm. 

 latus apice obtusus lobis perianthii 4 triangularibus apice acutis | mm. longis 

 coronatus glaber ad centnim apice apiculato-punctatus. 



Hai5. Koshun : Shasensui, leg. T. Kawakami et S. Sasaki, Feb. 1911. 



Eemarkable for its having persistent calyx-lobes like those of Pscudixus 

 japonicus. 



Viscum (Euviscicm- Trifiorcc) s^. Folia elliptica 2-3 cm. longa 1 cm. lata 

 apice obtusi.ssima basi cuneata margine integra crassiuscula i^lana 3-nervia, 



Fig. 69, Vkcmn jiUpenduluin 

 H.WATA ; a, a male flower-bud on 

 a node ; b, tbe same, detached ; c, a 

 more advanced male flower on a node ; 

 d, tbe same, detacbed ; e, a jietal witb 

 a stamen ; f, a female flower ; g, a fruit ; 

 li, tbe same, seen from a little above. 



