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petiolis 2-3 cm. longis crispato-hirsutis. Flores quasiterminales vel e basi 

 foliorum oriundi, pedicellis 1^ cm. longis crispato-hirsutis. Perianthii tubus 

 plus minus obliquus 12 mm. longus 8-9 mm. latus oljconico-cylindricus apice 

 ad orem baud vel vix contractus basi obconicus ad pedicellum abeuns extus 

 crispato-hirsutus, pilis ecoloratis, intus supra ovarium exsertus 5 mm. longus 

 intus partibus inferioribus 2mm. longis exceptis nigro-pilosus, partibus inferiori- 

 bus glaberrimis ; limbo patenti 3-partito, lobis late triangulari-reniformibus 

 vel triangulari-rotundatis 8 mm. longis 11-12 mm. latis latioribus quam longi- 

 oribus margine integris apice triangulari-obtusissimis basi plus minus contractis 

 extus subtus pilosis, pilis ecoloratis, intus supra nigro-pilosis, pilis crispatis 

 longioribus. Stamina 12 perfecte epigyna vel plus minus perigyna ad basin 

 partis liberal perianthii affixa, filamentis 1 mm. longis complanatis mm. 

 latis, antlieris linearibus 1^ mm. longis mm. latis, connectivis apice productis, 

 partibus productis oblongis ^ mm. longis ^ mm. latis obtusis. Ovarium per- 

 fecte inferum 6-7 mm. longum apice leviter convexum glabrum, stylo glabro 

 2 mm. longo validissimo totiusque lato glabro apice 6-lobato, lobis rotundatis 

 latere valde compressissimis apice rotundatis dorso apice latere exterioreque 

 stigmatosis. 



HAB. Formosa, loco non indicate, leg. T. SOMA. 



Remarkable for the perfectly epigynous perianth and the leaves with 

 lateral nerves running nearly parallel to the central one. Resembles very much 

 Asarum geopliilum HEMSL. (Bot. Mag. t. 7168) in having quite connate styles 

 which are 6-lobed at the apex with decurrent stigmas, in the stamens with 

 connectives producing to an obtuse cone, and in the quite inferior ovaiy ; but 

 distinguishable from it by the lanceolately ovately cordate leaves. 



Asarum grandiflorum HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 52). Rhizoma repens teres, 

 cicatricibus foliorum et cicatricibus squamarum approximatim notatum, cicatrici- 

 bus foliorum pulviniformibus, cicatricibus squamarum transverse ^-formibus, 

 repens vel ascendens infra dense radicans, radicibus teretibus, apice caulescens 

 Caulis 1-3 cm. longus glaber validus 4 mm. in diametro 3-4-foliatus, foliolis 

 cum squamis intermixtis. Folia chartacea vel chartaceo-membranacea longe 

 petiolata, petiolis circ. 20 cm. longis glabris in exsiccato fusco-nigricantibus, la- 

 mina elongato-cordato-triangulari 15cm. longa 12-1 3 cm. lata apice triangulari- 



