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1 cm. longo glabro sursuin hirsute ; stigrnate globuloso. 



Euplirasia petlolaris HAYATA Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 177, (non WETTST.). 



HAB. Mt. Arisan : Tozan, leg. G. NAKAHARA, Nov. 1906. 



When I was at Kew, I compared this plant with all the specimens of the 

 genus of East Asia, but found nothing like this. Very probably a species not 

 described before. 



Gesneraeeae. 

 JZhyncJioglossutn BLUME. 



Rhynchoglossum hologlossum HAYATA sp. nov. (Tab. XL). Herba an- 

 nua ? basi ascendens sursum erecta ; caulis cum racemis 40-50 cm. longus pauci- 

 ramosus subrectus vel plus minus flexuosus. Folia radicalia non visa, caulina 

 obliquissima petiolata ovato-oblonga maxima llcm. longa 6 cm. lata apice subito 

 acuminata vel cuspidato-acuminata ad summum obtusiuscula basi obliquissima, 

 latere altero rotundata vel subcordata, latere altero acuta a basi lamime usque 

 ad \\ cm. altitudinem fracta, latere medio altero 2 cm. lato, latere medio altero 

 3cm. lato, margine integerrima tenuissime membranacea supra subglabra subtus 

 minute brevissime sparsissimeque pubescentia, costis venisque utraque pagine 

 vix vel haud elevatis, venis lateralibus primariis utroque latere costee 15-17 

 subparallelis, mediis a costa angulo 45 egressis gradatim arcuatis haud ramosis 

 simplicibus sursum prope apicem secus marginem ascendentibus, venulis gra- 

 cillimis supra non visis subtus visis haud reticulatis, pagine supra viridia subtus 

 pallidissima, petiolis laminam ^-plo in longitudine tequantibus 3f cm. longis 

 subglabris, stipulis subulato-linearibus 2-3 mm. longis vel obsoletis. Racemi 

 terminales simplices cum pedunculis 10-20 cm. longi, in fractu plus elongati 

 subglabri, pedunculis 5 cm. longis subglabris ; rhachis racemorurn gracilis oblique 

 recurva flores secundim gerens latere altero glabra latere altero florigero dense 

 hirsuta, floribus alternis inferioribus a se 1cm. superioribus plus approximatim 

 sitis, pedicellis 2-3 mm. longis dense hirsutis basi bracteatis, bracteis linearibus 

 subteretibus 2-3 mm. longis -| mm. latis pedicello brevioribus hirsutis pauce setu- 

 losis cum pedicello a basi usque ad medio connatis sursum liberis ; floribus oblique 

 a rhachibus racemorum angulo recto divaricatis vel subpendulis. Calyx cylin- 

 drico-campanulatus cum lobis 4-5 mm. longus 2^ mm. latus minute hirsutus basi 



