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antheris adnatis linearibus apice connectivis leviter productis obtusis ; stylo 

 columnari-filiformi cum staininibus sequilongo apice clavato. Fl. $ non visi. 

 Rhachis teres 3 cm. in diametro sectionis dense pubescens. Fructus prea- 

 maturi insequaliter tetragoni stipitati, stipitibus dense pubescentibus. 



HAB. Kotosho : in montibus, leg. Y. TASHIRO, Aug. 1912. 



Near M. paradisiaoa which is distinguishable from our plant by its 

 entire free tepal and glabrous rhachis ; also near M. flava which differs by 

 its broader bracts. This bears some resembrance to M. celebica which is 

 however separable from our plant by the umbonate berry. Our plant is also 

 near M. Baleen t but differs from it by the distinct stalked fruits. Fruits 

 of this new species are full of seeds, and therefore not eatable. 



Musa textilis var. Tashiroi HAY ATA n. v. Caulis, folia et infloresceutia 

 ut typicse. Bractea extus purpureo-fuscens iutus coccinea (fide TASHIEO), 

 ovato-elliptica 15 cm. longa valde concava, versus apicem inflorescenti8B 

 obovata apice obtusissima basi subcuneata. Fl. J : Rhachis glabra ; flores 8- 

 clustati basi connati, supra ovarii rudimenta liberi. Rudimentum ovarii 1 cm. 

 longum 3 gono-obconicum. Perigonium 4 cm. longum apice 5-lobatum, lobis 

 3 exterioribus et 2 interioribus ; exterioribus 2 lateralibus apice dorso comi- 

 culatis triangularibus apice cucullatis, (cornibus 2-3 mm. longis reflexis), lobo 

 exteriore centrah* apice dorso corniculato, cornibus brevioribus verticaliter 

 latis ; lobis interioribus oblongis 4 mm. latis apice cucullatis dorso breve et 

 tenuiter corniculatis. Petala lanceolato-oblonga 3 cm. longa 23 mm. lata apice 

 truncato-emarginato-cuspidata vel apice brevissime 3-cuspidata, (cuspidibus 

 lateralibus obtusis, centralibus acutis 1 mm. longis), margine sursum obscure 

 tenuissime remotissime serrulata. Stamina 5 cum sepah's sequiloiiga 3| cm. 

 longa, filamentis subcrispatis complanatis l cm. longis basi aiitherarum 

 clavatim incrassatis, antheris linearibus, (loculis undulatis) apice obtuse 

 apiculatis 2 cm. longis ; stylo cum staminibus sequilongo columnari-fiHformi, 

 stigmate clavato densissime villoso. Fructus trigono-cylindracei recurvi glabri 

 oo-spermi 7-8 cm. longi 2 cm. in diametro sectionis apice breve rostrati 

 (rostris 5 mm. longis) basi stipitati, stipitibus 1 cm. longis cum rostris brevis- 

 sime pubescentibus. Semina oo nigra angulato-rotundato-disciformia 5 mm. 

 in diametro, subnitida. 



