102 SAXIFEAGE.T:. 



lierbacea margine inciso-serrata obscure 5-7 lobata, (lobis triangulari-acutis, 

 serris acutis), facie superiore setuloso-hirsuta (pilis 1-2 mm. longis) ad nervos 

 venasque glabra, facie inferiore (venis et venulis exceptis) glabra ad nervos 

 venas venulasque hirsuta 5-7-nervia, nervis rectis ad apicem loborum 

 attingeiitibus, nervis supra planis subtus elevatis, venulis reticulatis, petiolis 

 4-5 cm. longis lamina sequiloiigis 1 mm. latis dense barbatis, barbis transverse 

 patentibus l mm. longis, stipulis intra-axillaribus singularibus subrotundatis 

 glabris margine ciliolatis scariosis subrubesceiitibus 8 mm. in diametro. 

 Scapi aphylli 20-30 cm. longi a medio sursum florigeri patento-hirsuti basi 

 bracteis 2 suffulti, bracteis stipulo conformibus. Flores subsecundatim spicati, 

 rhachidibus dense breveque glanduloso-hirsutis, (pilis transverse patentibus), 

 floribus a se 5 mm. remotis, bracteis singulis basi pedicellorum dispositis, 

 bracteis quadrangularibus 1 mm. latis apice divaricatim 3-cuspidatis, pedicellis 

 1-2 mm. loiigis gradatim ad calycem abeuntibus. Calyx late campanulatus 

 2 mm. longus 3 mm. latus, limbo 5-lobato, lobis acuto-triangularibus 1 mm. 

 longis totiusque latis extus dense breveque glanduloso-pubescentibus. Petala 

 5, divaricato-laciniata 3 mm. longa, laciniis 5 lateralibus oppositis, a terminali 

 angulo 90 divaricatis, terminali 2 mm. longa, lateralibus 1 mm. longis, omnibus 

 filiformibus, laminis (partibus principalibus) linearibus 1 mm. longis mm. latis 

 glabris. Stamina 5, petalis opposita calycis limbo affixa 1 mm. longa, filamentis 

 subcomplaiiatis linearibus circ. 1 mm. longis glabris, antheris cordato-reniformi- 

 bus apice triangulari-acutis basi reniforme cordatis J mm. latis latioribus quam 

 longioribus. Ovarium inferius apice subplanum elevatum ad stylum 

 abeuns, stylis 2 columnaribus | mm. longis apice 2-furcatis, ramis -J mm. 

 longis apice stigmatosis. Capsulas 2-valvatse, valvis membranaceis. Semina 

 ellipsoideo-fusiformia circ. 1 mm. longa T 5 r mm. lata latere 1-costata facie 

 longitudinaliter reticulata, testa fusco-rubra ; albumen copiosum. 



HAB. Arisan, leg. S. SASAKI et B. HAYATA, Jan. 1912. Mt. Morrison, 

 8000-12000 ped. alt. 



Mitella japonica HAYATA in Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 88, (non MIQUEL). 



Yery near the type, but distinguishable from it in having rectangularly 

 divaricated lacines of the petals, longer stamens and smaller seeds which are 

 not covered by the minute trabecules. 



