SAXIFRAGES. 101 



tenuissimis vel non conspicuis, venis lateralibus utroque latere costse 12-13 

 subrectis vel recurvis prope sinus serrarum furcato-ramosis, subtus palli- 

 diora, petiolis 3 cm. longis teniiiter alatis basi incrassatis. Flores race- 

 inosi vel racemose -paniculati 4-5 cm. longi 4 cm. lati dense florati, rhachidibus 

 et pedicellis dense ferrugineo-pilosis, bracteis oblique ovatis 4 mm. longis 

 intus glabris extus dense pilosis. Calyx campauulatus, tubo campanulato 

 4 mm. longo fauce 4 mm. lato intus glabro extus dense piloso, limbo 5-lobato, 

 lobis oblongo-triangularibus 3 mm. longis basi 2 mm. latis apice obtusis intus 

 glabris. Petala 5 obovata 8 mm. longa 5 mm. lata apice breve 2-lobata (lobis 

 1 mm. longis apice obtusis), basi cuneata subunguiculata alba extus glabra 

 intus parce longe et tenuiter barbata. Stamina circ. 30, ad faucem tubi 

 calycis affixa 3-4 mm. longa erecta, filameiitis glabris 3| mm. longis basi 

 dilatis apice filiformibus, antheris oblongo-ovatis l-lo mm. longis. Ovarium basi 

 calycis tubi adnatum 1 ^ mm. longum 3-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis, stylis basi 

 ad medium dense barbatis sursum glabris medio sursum 3-fidis, ramis erectis. 



HAB. Buisan, leg. S. SASAKI, Mart. 1910. 



Near R. deflexa HEMSL., but differs from it by the much smaller leaves 

 and flowers. 



Osteomeles LIXDL. 



Osteomeles anthyllidifolia LIXDL. ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. 

 I. p. 265. 



HAB. Kotosho, leg. S. SASAKI, Juni. 1913. 



DISTBIB. Japan, Bonin, Sandwich, Maingaia and Pitcairn Islands 

 (HEMSLEY.) 



Saxifrageee. 



Mitella LINN. 



Mitella japonica MIQ. var. formosana HAYATA n. v. Rlrizoma 

 ascenden.to-repens, radices numerosas emittens, squamis obtectum. Folia 

 omnia radicalia 5-10 ad apicem rhizomatis, longe petiolata, lamina ovato- 

 cordata 6 cm. longa 4cm. lata apice triangulari-acuta basi profunde cordata 



