148 ABISTOLOCHIACE.E. 



anthesin erectis semiclausis. Stamina 12 supra ovarimn sita et eo affixa, fila- 

 mentis a basi styli liberis, partibus liberis 1^ mm. longis complanatis glabris, 

 antheris linearibus 1 mm. longis, connectivis apice valcle productis, partibus 

 productis ^-|mm. longis. Ovarium viride fere inferius, partibus ovarii cum 

 tubi periantliii adnatis 5 mm. longis, partibus liberis superioribus cum stylo 

 4 mm. longis, stylo valido erecto colunaniformi 2 mm. longo 1 mm. lato pro- 

 funde 6-sulcato glabro apice 6-lobato, lobis brevissime patentibus apice ad 

 latus exterius stigmatosis. 



HAB. Arisan, Mart. 1914, leg. B. HAYATA et T. ITO. 



Near Asarum caudigerum HANCE, Bot. Mag. t. 7126; but distinguishable 

 from it by the light greenish flowers ; in S. caudigerum, the lobes of the 

 perianth are reddish inside. 



Asarum leptophyllum HAYATA var. triangulare HAYATA n. v. Folii 

 lamina triangularis 6-7 cm. longa 8cm. lata apice triangulari-acuta basi latissi- 

 me cordata (vel tenuissime hastata), lobis cordis apice rotundatis, herbaceo- 

 membranacea utraque pagine rufo-liirsuta 7-5-nervia, nervis subrectis vel 

 arcuatis. Flores apertientes non visi. Bacca depresso-globosa 13 mm. longa 

 15 mm. lata apice lobis periantliii persistentibus coronata. Semina oo nitido- 

 nigra nitida 4 mm. longa 2 \ mm. lata in ambitu ovata apice obtusa basi 

 rotundato-trancata dorso valde convexa facie valde concava utroque latere basi 

 valde interiore recurva arillos amplectantia, arillis membranaceis in*egulariter 

 multo plicatis nigricantibus, testa coriacea; albumen copiosum, embryo minutus 

 ad apicem albuminis situs. 



HAB. Arisan : Eunkiko, leg. T. Ito et B. HAYATA, Mart. 1914. 



Differs from the type by the nearly triangular leaves. 



Asarum taitonense HAYATA sp. nov. Khizoma repens. Folia solitaria, 

 petiolis 8-9 cm. longis crispato-hirsutis, lamina 4| cm. longa totiusque lata 

 profunde cordata, lobis cordis plus minus divaricatis, sinibus cordis JYV-forrnibus, 

 margine integra prope et ad marginem dense ciliolata supra viridissima inter 

 medium et marginem albo-marmoreo-rnaculata ad nervos tenuissime hirsuta 

 subtus pallidissima palmato-pedatim 7-nervia ad nervos hirsuta apice trian- 

 gulari-obtusa ad summum minute mucronata membranacea plus minus crassius- 

 cula. Flores e basi petioli oriundi solitarii, pedicellis 7mm. longis nutantibus 



