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longis 2 mm. latis apice obtusis, sinibus interlobos acutis vel outusis, lobis 

 a se angulo 45 divaricatis basi aequilateralibus) basi cuneato-attenuatis, 

 basi l mm. latis squamis 2 instructis, squamis oblongis rectangularibus 2 mm. 

 longis 1 mm. latis basi sequilateralibus apice obtusis. Stamina 10, cum 

 miguibus petalorum sequilonga. Ovarium oblongum, (gynoplioris 1^ mm. longis) 

 3 mm. longum 2 mm. latum, styli 3. Fructus ignoti. 

 HAB. Monte Morrison, leg. S. SASAKI, Oct. 1909. 



Melandrium transalpinum HAYATA sp. nov. Perennis. Caulis 

 pitosus ascendens, simplex 10 cm. altus toto longitudine foliosus, minute 

 tuberculoso-hirsutus, ad nodos plus minus tumidus. Folia linearia internodium 

 sequantia l cm. longa 1|- mm. lata, apice acuminata, basi attenuata, cum eo 

 opposite connata vaginam 2 mm. longam formantia, utraque pagiiie minute 

 tuberculata, margine ciliolata. Calyx cylindrico-obconicus, 13 mm. longus, 

 1 cm. latus, erectus, basi interior intrudus, extus hirsutus intus subglaber, 

 5-nervatus, apice 5-lobatus, lobis triangularibus 3 mm. longis 4 mm. latis 

 apice obtusis medio sursum margine ciliatis intus integris. Petala longe 

 unguiculata, cum unguibus 16 mm. longa, (unguibus 1 cm. longis sursum gra- 

 datim ad laminam abeuntibus, apice 3j mm. latis basi attenuatis cuneiformibus), 

 lamina 7 mm. longa apice 6 mm. lata apice alte furcatim 2-lobata (lobis rec- 

 tangularibus apice truncatis 3 mm. longis 2 mm. latis), basi leviter angustiore 

 ad unguim abeuiite vel ad basin contracta squamis 2 iiistructa, squamis late 

 i-ectangularibus 2 mm. latis l mm. longis apice truncatis margine denticulatis. 

 Stamina 10. Torus validus tementosus 2| mm. longus, gynophoris 10 mm. 

 longis. Styli 4. 



HAB. In montibus centralibus, leg. U. MORI et S. KATO, Dec. 1909. 



Near M. morrisonmontanum HAYATA, but differs from it in having 

 smaller leaves, broader petals and in its smaller form. 



Melandrium vesiculiforme HAYATA sp. nov. Caulis basi prostrato- 

 scandens, solum basi ramosus, ramis ascendentibus simplicibus, 30-40 cm. 

 longis, cortice inferne minute tuberculato, sursum dense retrorse liirsutus, in 

 toto longitudine foliatus. Folia opposita, linearia cum internocliis sequilonga, 



