OROBANCHE^. 19 



Orobanchese. 



BoschniaMa C. A. MEY. 



Boschniakia Kawakamii HAYATA sp. nov. Parasitus ad radices 

 Rhododendronis sp. Volva ignota. Caulis 13-35 cm. longus teres l|-2 cm. 

 in diametro glaber basi squamis late triangiilaribus dense imbricatim obtectus, 

 squamis sursum gradatim longioribus remotioribus in racemo ad bracteas 

 abeuntibus, squamis superioribus infra parfcem floriferam caulis triangulari- 

 lanceolatis 18 mm. longis 8 mm. latis coriaceis in exsiccato valde fragilibus 

 concavis apice obtusis vel obtusissimis basi hand contractis dilatatis 

 decurrentibus utraque facie glabris a se 1-1^ cm. remotis. Kacemi floriferi 

 iguoti. Racemi (partes caulium fructiferorum) 8-16 cm. longi cylindrici cum 

 fructibus 3-3J cm. lati, bracteis elongato-obovatis oblongo-obovatis 2 cm. 

 longis circ. 1 cm. latis apice triangulari-obtusis basi vix angustioribus 

 cuneato-angustatis vel haud angustioribus ad basin 6 mm. latis decurrenti- 

 bus, bracteolis nullis, pedicellis 3-2 mm. longis 2 mm. latis subcomplanatis 

 apice gradatim dilatatis ad calycem abeuntibus glabris. Calyx fructifer : 

 tubi subnulli vel brevissimi, limbo subpatenti cum receptaculo 8 mm. in 

 diametro 4 mm. in radio margine integro vel irregular iter 3-5 lobato, lobo 

 postico longiore late obovato-oblongo 3 mm. longo totiusque lato apice 

 tmncato-obtuso basi vix angustiore, lobis lateralibus sub-oblongis cum lobis 

 anterioribus 2 connatis, margiue in totum tolis minute denticulatis minute 

 remote brevissimeque glauduloso-ciliolatis. Capsula ovoidea obliqua 

 anteriore basi plus convexa posteriore minus convexa, inferior major 2 cm. longa 

 14 mm. lata apice triangulari-pyramidalis acuto-obtusa basi obtuso-rotundata 

 sursum 3-gona 3-valvata, valvis ovato-triangularibus apice triangularibus ab 

 apice usque ad medium solutis apice brevissime 2-fidis glabris. Semina 

 complanata multi-angulariformia 1 mm. in diametro mm. crassa radialiter 

 reticulata, reticulis valde profundis alvum similantibus. 



HAB. Mt. Morrison, ad 10000 ped. alt., leg. T. KAWAKAMI et S. 

 SASAKI, Oct. 1909. 



Veiy near Bosclmialda himalaica HK. f. et TH., but differs from it by the 

 very short fruit-bearing pedicels attaining 2 mm. in length, (in Himalayan 



