Xylanche. 



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angulari-obtusis basi vix angustioribus =b cuneato-angustatis vel baud angustioribus ad 

 basin 6 mm latis zb decurrentibus, bracteolis nullis, pedicellis 3 — 2 mm longis, 2 mm 

 latis subcomplanatis apice gradatim dilatatis ad calycem abeuntibus glabris. Calyx 

 fructifer: tubi subnulli vel brevissimi, limbo subpatenti cum receptaculo 8 mm in dia- 

 metro 4 mm in radio margine integre- vel irregulariter 3 — 5-lobato, lobo postico longiore 

 late obovato-oblongo 3 mm longo totiusque lato apice truneato-obtuso basi vix angustiore, 

 lobis lateralibus sub-oblongis cum lobis anterioribus 2 connatis, margine in totum tolis 

 minute denticulatis minute remote brevissimeque glanduloso-ciliolatis. Capsula ovoidea 

 zb obliqua anteriore basi plus convexa posteriore minus convexa, inferior major 2 cm 

 longa \ 4 mm lata apice triangulari-pyramidalis acuto-obtuso basi obtuso-rotundata sursum 

 3-gona 3-valvata, valvis ovato-triangularibus apice triangularibus ab apice usque ad medium 

 solutis apice brevissime 2-fidis glabris. Semina complanata multi-angulariformia i mm 

 in diametro i — 3 mm crassa radialiter reticulata, reticulis valde profundis alvum simi- 

 lantibus.< 



Fig. 24. A — E Phacellanthus tubiflorus Sieb, et Zucc. A Flos a latere, B antice visus cum 

 bractea. C Antherae. D Pistillum. E Ovarium transverse sectum (A — E+). — F, O Platypkolis 

 Boninsimae Maxim. F Flos antice visus. O Ovarium transverse sectum, sine ovulis {-{-}. — 

 H—L Xylanche himalaica (Hook. f. et Thoms.) G. Beck. H Flos antice visus. J Stamina ju- 

 niora. K Stigma. L Ovarium transverse sectum (omn. auet.). — Icon. origin. 



Planta nutriens. Rhododendron spec. sec. autores. 



Formosa: Mt. Morrison, ad J0000 ped. alt., leg. T. Kawakami et S. Sasaki, 

 Oct. 1909. 



"Very near Boschniakia himalaica Hk. f. et Th. (= Xylanche himalaica G. Beck), 

 but differs from it by the very short fruit-bearing pedicels attaining 2 mm in length, 

 (in Himalayan species it is x /i in long), and by the irregularly lobate and minutely glan- 

 dularly ciliolate calyx-limb. Gapsule in this species is always regularly 3-valved, while 

 in Himalayan species it is irregularly 2 — 3-valved." 



Nota. Plantam non vidi. Meo sensu ad genus Xylanche pertinet et a X. himalaica 

 (Hook. f. et Thoms.) Beck, quamquam ab auetoribus fruetifera modo cognita, notis autorum sat 

 diversa, imprimis autem calyce 3 — 5-lobato, limbo minute denticulato et brevissime glanduloso- 

 ciliato, eius lobo postico obovato-oblongo ceteris longiore, lateralibus suboblongis, duobus anticis 

 connatis sat diversa. 



