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Thcu comes tlie corona " Coroua ajiice tuLi inserta, lobis paulo brevior, ultra 

 meilium in laciuias 6, stamiuilaus altei-nantes, lineares, acutas, conniventes, 

 genitalia omnino velantes, fissa." I have been very much ijuzzled to understand 

 wliat is meant by the " corona." As to the stamens, it is stated " stamina 6, 

 inter coronaj lobos affixa." Tlie explanation which I shall give to the "corona," 

 judging from the position of the anthers, is that it is a cylindrical tube, com- 

 posed of dilated filaments which are \inited one to another and protrude far 

 beyond the insertion of the anthers, but the points of insertion are terminated 

 by the anthers themselves. In other words, the corona is a tube formed by 

 the perfectly nnited broad filaments which are sagittately 2-lobed at the apex 

 and have anthers at the siniis between the lobes. Then follows " filamentiis 

 brevissimis ; anthers introrsis, brevibiLs, dorsifixis, seciis margines dehiscentibus. 

 Ovarium sessile, ovoideum, trigastrum, triloculare. Stylus brevis, crassiusculus ; 

 stigma pimctiforme. Oviila in quo^jue loculo 4, angulo interno affi.^a, horizon- 



talia. Bacca .' Herba rhizomatosa, caulescens, " If my explanation 



of tlie " coroua " is correct, our plant jierfectly accorils with Haxce's original 

 description in the generic cliaracters. The Formosan species has filaments with 

 sagittate apex, partly imited, but distinct nearly half way down. Tlie point 

 of difference between Hanxe's species and mine is, therefore, whether the 

 filaments are perfectly uuited one to another or connate for half their length, 

 wliicli however can scarcely warrant that the two are not congeneric. 



Disporopsis leptophylla Hayata sp. nov. (Fig. 81) Rhizoma repeus ; 

 caulis ad apicem rhizomatis terminaliter situs ascendens .37 cm. longus basi 

 squamis latissimis pluriis suffultus glaber teres medio 5 mm. in diametro sec- 

 tionis a basi usnue ad | altituiliuem efoliatus siu-sum foliatus, iiartibus foliatis 

 7 cm. lougis. Folia alterna tenuissime membranacea ovato-oblonga 8 cm. longa 

 4 cm. hxta apice caudato-acuminata ad summum obtusa basi rotuudata margino 

 integra, petiolis 1 cm. longis basi articidatis. Flores axilhires solitarii nutantes, 

 pedicellis glabris 1 cm. longis sub aj^ice articulatis, stij>itibiis perianthii 1 mm. 

 longis. Periauthium pendulum tubuloso-campanulatum 9-lOmm. longum 6mm. 

 latum apice 6-lobatum, tubo 3 mm. lougo, lobis 2-seriatim dispositis oblougis 

 6 miu. longis basi contractis 3^ mm. hitis apice obtusis vel obtusissimis apice 

 granulato-mm-icatis margine tenuissimis imbricatis contactis. Corona (i.e. tubus 



