88 63. RUBIACE.E. 



latus, 2 1 mm. longus, apice truucatus vel in centre late emarginatus, disco 

 2-partito (partibus apice emarginatis) coronatus, versus basin acutus, subito 

 ad pedicellum abeuns, latere et facie costatus, (calycis lobis acutis persisteiiti- 

 bus), pulveraceo-pubescens. Semina scobiformiA, quadrangularia complanata, 

 testa rubra i mm. longa. 



HAB. Taito : Bunsliiseki, leg. T. KAWAKAMI, et U. MORI, (No. 218 A), 

 Dec., 1908. 



Ophiorrhiza japonica BLUME ? form, brevistigma. The plant recorded 

 under this name from Formosa and Liu-Kiu is not identical with the named 

 species ; for the plant from Liu-Kin lias very acute or subulate persistent 

 calyx-lobes on the fruit, and that from Formosa is somewhat different from 

 the Japanese plant by the much longer leaves and in having corolla which 

 is nearly glabrous inside. The following description is drawn up from a 

 Japanese speciemen which is labelled as 0. japonica BLUME in the Herbarium 

 at Tokyo. 



Oplliorrhiza japonica BLDME form, loilgfi Stigma. Cuulis inferiore repens, pros- 

 tratus, superiors erectus, partibus erectis 5-10 cm. longis, brevissime putescentibus. Folia longe 

 petiolata, opposite, oblonga, ovatn, 2-5 cm. longa, 1 cm.-2j cm. lata, apice obtusa, biisi rotundata. 

 abrnpte acnta ml petiolum abeuntia, supra scabra bre\'issime hirsuta, sabtits atl nervos hirsuta, 

 rubescentia, petiolis 1-2J cm. longis, stipulis interpetiolaribus 3-4-tlentiformibus, clentibus crassis 

 brevissimis. CymfB contractse, paucifloratas, terminales, pedunculis 1 \ cm. longis, bracteolis filiformi- 

 linearibus 3 mm. longis, pedicellis 1-3 mm. locgis Florum alalKistrum 8 mm. longum, calycis tubus 

 rotundutus, pubescens plus minus sulcatus, limbo 5-lobato, lobis oblongo-triangularibus glabris ob- 

 tusis. Corolla extus glabra in alabastro clavata apice dorso loborum prominente csirinata vel 

 alata intus glabm ad faucem non barbata, limbo intiis cristato brevissime hirtellato. Stamina 

 prope medium tubi inserta, disco bi-partito. Stylus a medio sursum bifidus, lobis linearibus 2J 

 mm. longis. 



HAB. Mt. Amagi, Izu. 



This is a much smaller form, with corolla not hairy on the throut and 2-lobed linear stigma. 



