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Hab. Loo-Clioo : Tanekosbima, leg. K. Tekuya, Aug. 1910. 



The jilant was foriuerly referred to B. nepalcnsis whicli is hut ohscurely 

 described iu Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. Y. p. 666, aud ec[ually faintly illustrated 

 by MiERs iu Tiaus. Linu. Soc. XVIII. p. 537, t. XXXVIII. f.-l, under the 

 iianie of Gonyantlies nepalensis Miees. Though I have uot seen tlie tjfie, I 

 strongly doubt its being tlie same as oiu- plaut. Aa far as the illustratiou 

 of Miers is concerned, our plaut differs from that sjiecies by the much obtuse 

 perianth-lobes and l.iy tlie f[uite obtase or ratlier bluutcd scales on tlie stems. 

 Species of Burmannia on the whole seem to be very local, each region having 

 the pecidiar species of its own. Thus, Burmannia japonica which was formerly 

 regardcd as the same as the ludian B. Championi TinvAiTES is proved to be 

 different from the latter. Our Loo-Choo plaut is very likely to be also different 

 from the ludiau B. nepalensis. The description above giveu is drawn from a 

 sj)ecimen with natiire capsules cro^wned witli a jiersistcnt perianth. 



Burmannia Takeoi Hayata sp. uov. (Fig. 78). Saprophytica maxima 

 10 cm. longa efoliata basi aiiproximatim squamata siu'sum remotissime squamata, 

 squamis prope basiu caulis a se 5mm. 

 remotis late oblongis 3 mm. longis totiiLs- 

 que latis ai^ice obtivsissimis iilicatis basi 

 caulein semi-amplectantibiLS, superioribus 

 a se 2-3 cm. remotis. Caulis 10 cm. longus 

 ecoloratus vel pliis miniLS coeruleo-purpii- 

 rascens ad medium 1-2 plo ramosiis vel 

 eramosus, ramis erectis longiiisculis apice 

 flore singulo terminatis. ilores pm-pm-eo- 

 coerulei basi bracteis singulis vel diiabus 

 iustructi pliis minus obliqui lOmm. longi. 

 Perianthii tubus cylindricii,s (a siipra ova- 

 rium usq[ue ad siib limbo) 4 mm. lougiis 

 plus miuiis oblic[ue reciu-vus siib-trigoniLs 

 inPBqualiter alatus, alis a siipra o^-ariiim 

 usq^ue ad sub limbo cxteusis in;eqiialibiLs, 

 altra 2 mm. lata, altra 1 mm. lata, medio 



Fig. 78, Bunnannia TcJieoi Ha- 

 YATA ; a, a flowcr ; b, limb of the permntli, 

 seen from above ; c, an ap]x;ndage witli 

 stamens ; d, a stamen, seen from front ; 

 c, tlie same, secn from back ; f, g, stig- 

 mata ; h, cross section of tbe ovary. 



