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Fig. 2O, 



Oulium gracile 



BUNGE; a, a leaf; b, a flower; c, a 

 corolla, expanded ; d, e, f, stamens, 

 seen from different sides ; g, a prae- 

 mature fruit; h, a fruit; i, a leaf 

 of O. gracele var. rotundifolia. Fig. 

 a is much more magnified than fig. i. 



ovales-arrondies, ou a feuilles lanceolees." Our plant is different from the above 

 species by the much longer corolla-tubes. 



LitosantJies BLUME. <j 



Litosanthes gracilis HAYA- 

 TA (Fig. 19), Ic. PI. Formos. II. 

 p. 113. 



Galium LINN. 



Galium gracile BUNGE, 

 (Fig. 20, a h), HAYATA Ic. PI. 

 Formos. II. p. 102. 



HAB. Mt. Shichiseitonzan, 

 leg. T KAWAKAMI et S. SASAKI, 

 Aprili. 1911. 



Galium gracile BUNGE forma rotundifolia (Fig. 20 i.) 



HAB. Ins. Kelung, leg. S. SASAKI, Mai. 1910. 



Thysanosperrnum CHAMP. 



Thysaiiospermum diffusum 

 CHAMP. (Fig. 21) ; BENTH. Fl. Hongk. p. 

 146 ; HAYATA Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 142. 



HAB. Suisha, leg. B. HAYATA, Mai. 

 1912. 



Our plant agrees pretty well with the 

 description given in the Fl. Hongk. p. 

 146. In the description, there is men- 

 tioned " the leaves shortly stalked, ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, acutely acuminate 1 

 to IJin. long." .................. "Peduncles 



axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, 2-3 lines 

 long, with 2 minute bracts above the 

 middle." In our specimen, the leaves are 

 lanceolate and mTlc h longer, usually 2^ in. 



Fig. 21, Thysanospermum diffumm 

 ? IAM ^-' a ' a , leaf ;. b ' a flo^;c, corolla, 



expanded ; d, portion of the corolla with a 

 stamen ; e, f, g, stamens, seen from different 

 sides ; h, ovary ; i, section of the ovary ; a, 

 natural size ; others more or less magnified. 



l on g * in. wide, and peduncles are much 

 longer, Usually f in. long. 



