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plurimis picta a reliqua lamina tan tum 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 habitu 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. Examina vi 

 semina in omnibus ubi matura observare contigit et 

 inveni laevia in Ophelia macrosperma m. (Clarke), 

 Ghirafa Gris, et purpurascente Don, Swertia muUicauli 

 Don et Pleurogyne carinthiaca Gris., tuberculata 

 in Ophelia florida Don, nervosa Gris., zeylanica Gris., 

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

 crispulis subparallelis numerosis tectain/S'^(;er^m 

 lactea Bge et petiolata Royle, late alata in Sw. 

 perenni L., iherica Fisch, et speciosa Wall. In nulla 

 tarnen tam acute muricata observavi quam in nostra. 



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

 Benth. Fl. Hongk. 238. 



Japonia: in maritimis pro v. Idzu, ins. Hatsisjo, ins. 

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

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

 ro, jap. gun bai hirai gawo), J5owm-sma (Yatabe! 

 nom. utshiwa kadsura); China: vidi e Formosa et ins. 

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



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



Liukiu (Wright!), China: circa Pekin culta in 

 paludibus et locis siccioribus, folia sistunt olus sapidum 

 (Bretschneider!). Per tropicos usque in African. 



