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brevissime hirsutis. Perianthii tubus obconico-inflatus 12 mm. lorigus 14 mm. 

 latus ad orem plus minus contractus vel baud contractus basi truncatus extus 

 glaber intus glaber tessellato-reticulatus, reticulis valde elevatis atropurpureis, 

 ad orem appendicibus anntiliformibus deorsum reflexis 1^ mm. longis instructus, 

 limbo patenti 3-lobato, lobis late triangularibus 8 mm. longis 12 mm. latis 

 apice triangulari-obtusis basi plus minus contractis extus glabris intus hirsutis 

 basi circum orem oo-seriatim verrucosis, verrucis annulariter dispositis 1 mm. 

 longis 2 mm. latis atro-purpureis. Stamina 12 cum ovario affixa sub basi 

 styli oriunda, antheris sessilibus oblongo-sessilibus 2 mm. longis mm. latis, 

 connectivis apice productis, partibus productis -|-J mm. longis obtusissimis. 

 Ovarium fere superius cum stylo 6 mm. longum, partibus liberis carpellorum (i. 

 e. stylis) 6 erectis 3 mm. longis glabris latere compressis 1 mm. latis, stigmati- 

 bus lateralibus oblongis ad latus apicis stylorum sitis 1mm. longis, partibus 

 styloruni supra stigmata productis linearibus -1 mm. longis circ. 2-partibis. 



HAB. Mt. Taiton, leg. U. FAURIE, Juni. 1903. 



Near Asarum macrantlmm HOOK f., but differs from it by the smaller 

 flowers with far less warts around the mouth of the perianth-tube, and in 

 the stigmata locating on the back of the styles. 



Asarum macranthum HOOK f.; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PL Formos. 

 p. 343; Bot. Mag. t. 7022. 



HAB. Sansaho, leg. Y. SHIMADA. 



Rhizoma ascendens repens. Folia in specimine nostro solitaria, petiolis ' 

 7-8 cm. longis crispato-hirsutis, lamina cordato-oblonga vel cordato-triangulari, 

 ab apice petioli usque ad apicem laminse 5-6 cm. longa 4|-7 cm. lata apice 

 triangulari-obtusa basi profunde cordata, sinibus cordis Jt-formibus, lobis cor- 

 dis 1 1-3 cm. longis 2-3 \ cm. latis se imbricatis vel baud imbricatis, margine 

 integra ad marginem minute ciliolata supra viridissima sed inter medium et 

 marginem albo-marmoreo-maculata glabra, nervis venis elevatis tenuissimis, sub- 

 tus pallidissima, nervis valde elevatis, palmato-pedatim 7-nervia, nervis pubes- 

 centibus, crassiuscula. Flores e basi petioli oriundi solitarii, pedicellis 1cm. 

 longis vel longioribus breve hirsutis. Perianthii tubi obconico-inflati 13 mm. 

 longi 15 mm. lati ad orem plus minus contract! basi obconico-truncati extus 

 glabri supra basin usque ad orem atro-purpurei intus glabri tessellato-reticulati, 



