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42. Swertiam novam japonicam ex affinitate Swertie tetrapterm, 
Maxim. , descripserunt Spencer Le M. Moors et I. H. Burkitt. 
Swertia Bissett. Herba verisimiter annua, ultra- spithamea, 
glabra. Caulis erectus, rariramosus, paucifoliatus, obtuse quadri- 
angulatus: ramuli ascendentes. Folia sessilia, oblongo-lanceolata, 
obtusa, basi levissime cordata, ut videtur tri-nervia, Seg are 
omnia speciminis unici solummodo obvii opposita, modice 1 
longa et 5-6 m m. lata, i in sicco olivacea subtus idiora. Flores 
(? Intei) tetramer, in corymbis brevibus sublaxis plurifloris 
ei: i gracillimi, quam flores sepissime longiores, 5-10 mm. 
ongi. Calycis “wi "lanceolati, acuti, 4mm. longi. Coroll# tubus 
1 mm. longus : i oblanceolato-oblongi, obtusissimi, 6 mm. longi., 
medium paula infra uni- — foveola glandulosa ovata, supra 
distincte marginata, infra evanescens, circa mm. longa: 
Filamenta omnino filiformia, epibetit'y versus levissime attenuata, 
3 eos longa : muthetee ovato-ob onge, 1'2 mm. Het 40 ae 
roduc Ovarium 
Shinsuenhgee silongiind mm. longum: stylus soils stigmas 
lobi lineares, ‘5 mm. longi, Capsula ignota. 
Japonta, in insula Yezo (V. E. Kinch % J, Bisset), Typus in 
Herbario Musei Britannici ‘iinet est, 
