18 DIAPENSIACE^:. 



5^ mm. longi 3 mm. lati apice acuti ad stimmum submucronati basi hand 

 vel vix contract*, 2-interiores elliptic! 5 mm. longi 2 mm. lati apice rotundati 

 vel obtusissimi ad summum retusi vel brevissime 2-lobati ad centrum sinus 

 brevissime mucronati basi contract! rotundati 1 mm. lati margine prope apicem 

 minute denticulati cseterum integri intus plani extus medio tenuiter costati 

 (costis basi triangulari-dilatatis), multinervii. Corolla (alba?) campanulata 

 7 mm. longa 5-lobata extus intusque glabra, tubo l mm. longo, lobis cuneato- 

 obovatis 6 mm. longis 4 mm. latis apice rotundatis basi late cuneatis sed vix 

 angustatis apice 3-5-lobato-dentatis, dentibus triangularibus 1 mm. latis toti- 

 usque longis apice obtusis vel acutis interdum obtusissimis latere margine 

 integris basi vix contractis pinnivenis, venis latelaribus utroque latere 2-3, 

 venis ad apicem dentium attingentibus, sinibus inter lobos obtusissimis. 

 Stamina 5 cum lobis corollse alterna, filamentis validiusculis basi ad tubum 

 corollse usque ad sinus inter lobos corollie adnatis, partibus liberis ^ mm. 

 longis mm. latis valde complanatis ad basin utroque latere appendi- 

 culatis, appendiculis mucroniformibus -j 1 ^ mm. longis, antheris cordatis 1^ mm. 

 longis l mm - l a tis apice emarginatis basi cordatim bilobatis intus i^-formibus 

 extus ^ -formibus dorsifixis, apicibus filamentorum vel conuectivis dorso 

 latioribus. Ovarium late globosum 1J mm. longum lmm. latum apice plauo- 

 depressum tenuiter 3-lobatum vel obscure vel liaud lobatum glabrum, stylo 

 columniformi tereti 2^ mm. longo apice trancato tenuiter 3-lobato. Capsula 

 ovato-globosa 3 mm. longa loculicide dehiscens, valvis a placenta solutis, stylo 

 uon partito. Semina co rubra scobiformia ellipsoidea angulata | mm. longa, 

 testa elegante reticulata. Staminodia nulla. 



HAB. Mt. Ritozan, by T. KAWAKAMI, Juli. 1913. 



Resembles Shortiopsis* exappendiculata HAYATA (=S1iortia exappendiculata 

 HAYATA Ic. PL Formos. III. p. 147) in having nearly sessile anthers, not divided 

 styles of the capsules and in the absence of the staminodes ; but differs from 

 it by the far much smaller leaves with different dentation, by the smaller flowers, 

 very short broader complanate filaments with appandicas on both sides and 

 by the differently shaped anthers. 



