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Burmanniaceee. 

 Burmannia LINN. 



Burmannia liukiuensis HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 77-A). Saprophytica 

 maxima 14cm. alta gracillima erecta efoliata basi densiuscule squamata deor- 

 suin sursumque remotissime squamata, squamis inferioribus prope basin caulis 

 sitis a se 1-2 mm. distantibus ovato-tri- 

 angularibus 2 mm. longis 1 J mm. latis gla- 

 bris caulem semi-amplectantibus ecoloratis 

 squamis superioribus ecoloratis oblongis 

 subplicatis 3 mm. longis in explicato 

 2 1 mm. latis caulem semi-amplectantibus 

 apice obtusis a se 3-4 cm. remotis. Caulis 

 toto glaber maximus 14 cm. altus subteres 

 vel subtetragonus a basi usque ad fere 

 apicem baud ramosus prope apicem furca- 

 tim 2-3-plo ramosus, ram is a se angulo 

 45 egressis, ad basin ramorum squamis 

 singulis sitis, ramis apice floribus singulis 

 terminatis, ramis ultirnis (vel pedicellis flo- 

 rum) 3-5 mm. longis plus minus tortuosis 

 glabris. Perianthii tubus ovoideo-cylindri- 



cus 3J mm. longus trigonus ad angulos alatus, alis medio latissimis utraque 

 extremitate gradatim angustioribus ; limbo urceolato-clauso \\ mm. longo 3- 

 lobato, lobis late triangularibus ^ mm. longis 1 mm. latis, lobulis secundariis 

 singulis inter lobos sitis. Stamina 3 sessilia, sub lobulis secundariis limbo affixa, 

 connectivis ~J~-formibus ^ mm. longis utroque latere ad medium antheriferis. 

 Stylus erectus 2 mm. longus, stigmatibus 3-lobatis, lobis leviter deorsum recurvis. 

 Capsula perianthio persistenti coronata cum alis obovoidea supra basin usque ad 

 tubum perianthii alata, medio inter alas transverse fissa, valvis tenuissimis 

 hyalinis ecoloratis. Semina cum caudis fusiformi-linearia 1mm. longa utraque 

 extremitate caudata caudis exceptis \ mm. longa ellipsoidea longitudinaliter 

 striata, striis plus minus tortuosis. 



Fig. 77-A, Burmannia, liukiu- 

 ensis HAYATA ; a, a flower ; b, apic- 

 al portion of the perianth, expanded ; 

 c, an appendage with stamens ; d, stig- 

 ma ; e, f, seeds ; g, a bract, with 

 young flower in it. 



