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plurimis picta a reliqua lamina tantum distincta. Fo- 

 liorum paria 4 — 5, maxima fere 6 poll. longa, 3 — 3% 

 poll. lata, e quibus inferiora 3 — 4 basi caulis conferta, 

 par unum in medio caule, reliqua jam bracteiformia 

 angusta. 



Ophelia a Swertia liabitu optime, characteribus vero 

 vix ullis diversa, recte fortasse a Benthamio cum 

 Swertia juncta est, nam characteres boni constantes 

 non adesse videntur, ne in semine quidem. Examinavi 

 semina in omnibus ubi matura observare contigit et 

 inveni laevia in Oplielia macrosperma m. (Clarke), 

 Chirata Gris. et purpurascente Don, Swertia multicatdi 

 Don et Pleurogyne carinthiaca Gris., tuberculata 

 in Ophelia floridaDon, nervosa Gris., ;seylanica Gris., 

 bimacidata S. Z., Swertia Schimperi Gris., alulis 

 crispulis subparallelis numerosis tectain/S^f^er^ia 

 lactea Bge et petiolata Royle, late alata in Sw. 

 perenni L., iberica Fisch. et speciosa Wall. In nuUa 

 taraen tam acute muricata observavi quam in nostra. 



Ipomoea pes caprae Sw. DC. Prodr. IX, 349. 

 Benth. Fl. Hongk. 238. 



Japonia: in maritimis prov. Idzu, ins. Hatsisjo, ins. 

 Kiusiu prov. Hiuga et Osumi, insulis Tanega-sima, 

 Yakuno-sima, Yerabu-sima, Sitsito; LiuUu (ex Tashi- 

 ro, jap. gun bai hirai gawo), Bonin-sima (Yatabe! 

 nom. utshiwa kadsura); Ghina: vidi e Forraosa et ins. 

 Hainan (Hancock!). Tum in tropicis fere ubique. 



Ipomoea reptans Poir. DC. Prodr. IX, 349. 



LiuJciu (Wright!), Giina: circa Pekin culta in 

 pahidibus et locis siccioribus, folia sistunt olus sapidum 

 (Bretschneider!). Per tropicos usque in Africam. 



