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40 egressis, petiolis 13 mm. longis pubescentibus basi plus minus dilatatis. 

 Racemi terminales vel axillares cum pedunculis 2-5 cm. longi hand ramosi, 

 pedunculis 1-3 cm. longis hirsutis, pedicellis 1-3 mm. longis post anthesin pro- 

 longatis, fructiferis 1cm. longis, bracteis minutis, pedicellis basi cum rhachibus 

 articulatis subglabris vel tenuissime hirsutis apice ad calycis tubum abeuntibus. 

 Calycis tubus obovoideus f mm. longus ^ mm. latus glaber apice constrictus basi 

 gradatim ad pedicellum attenuatus, limbo basi campanulato, partibus basilaribus 

 indivisis J mm. longis campanulatis sursum 2-lobis, lobis oblongis deorsum 

 reflexis extus valde concavis intus convexis 1^ mm. longis f mm. latis apice 

 acutis glabris. Petala 2 obtriangularia l^mm. longa totiusque lata apice ob- 

 cordata 2-lobata, lobis apice rotundatis -J-J mm. longis latisque, glabra basi 

 valde cuspidato-cuneata ad insertionem ^ mm. lata 3-nervia, nervis a basi paullo 

 sursum connatis ibique divaricatis. Stamina 2, filamentis glabris filiformibus 

 erectis rectis 1 mm. longis, antheris globoso-reniformibus ^ mm. longis latisque ; 

 stylo columniformi 1mm. longo glabro apice stigmatifero, stigmate globoso 

 inaequaliter 2-lobato. Fructus obovoideo-ellipticus 2 mm. longus 1^ mm. latus 

 apice obtusissimus basi attenuatus valde complanatus pilis unciformibus dense 

 obtectus 1-spermus. Semina obovato-lanceolata vel oblanceolata valde compla- 

 nata 2 mm. longa mm. lata apice obtusissima basi acuta, testa laevi coriacea 

 membranacea fulvescenti ; albumen paucum ; embryo elongato-oblongus, radi- 

 cula infra cotyledones -|-plo in longitudine requanti, cotyledon ibus amplis 

 1 mm. longis mm. latis oblongis complanatis albis. Ovarium 1-loculare 1- 

 ovulatum, ovulis e pariete ovarii a basi ad altitudinem oriundis subpendulis 

 amphitropis ; micropyle ad extremitatem inferiorem sita. 



HAB. Horisha : Taltaka, ad 6000 ped. alt., leg. W. R. PRICE. 



Near Circcea alpina LINN., but differs from it by the ovate, but not 

 cordate, leaves ; from C. Kaioalcamii HAYATA, in having nearly globose ovary, 

 when it is yet young. Remarkable for its having uni-celocular ovary with a 

 solitary ovule. 



Passifloreae. 

 Modecca LAM. 

 Modecca formosana HAYATA Ic. PL Formos. IV. p. 8. 



