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tenuissimis vel non conspicuis, venis lateralibus utroque latere costse 12-13 

 subrectis vel ± recurvis prope sinus serrarura furcato-ramosis, subtus palli- 

 diora, petiolis 3 cm. longis tenuiter alatis basi ± incrassatis. Flores race- 

 mosi vel racemoso-paniculati 4-5 cm. longi 4 cm. lati dense florati, rhacludibus 

 efc pedicellis dense ferrugineo-pilosis, bracteis oblique ovatis 4 mm. longis 

 intus ^abris extus dense pilosis. Oalyx campanulatus, tubo campanulato 

 4 mm. longo fauce 4 mm. lato intus glabro extus dense piloso, limbo 5-lobato, 

 lobis oblongo-triangulavibus 3 mm. longis basi 2 mm. latis apice obtusis intus 

 glabris. Petala 5 obovata 8 mm. longa 5 mm. lata apice breve 2-lobata (lobis 

 1 mm. longis apice obtusis), basi cuneata subunguiculata alba extus glabra 

 intus parce longe et tenuiter barbata. Stamina circ. 30, ad faucem tubi 

 calycis affixa 3-4 mm. longa erecta, filamentis glabris 3^ mm. longis basi ± 

 dilatis apice fiUformibus, antheris oblongo-ovatis 1-1 J mm. longis. Ovarium basi 

 calycis tubi adnatum l|^mm. longum 3-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis, stylis basi 

 ad medium dense barbatis sursum gla,bris medio siursum 3-fidis, ramis erectis. 



Hab. Buisan, leg. S. Sasaki, Mart. 1910. 



Near B. defleom Hemsl., but differs from it by the much smaller leaves 

 and flowers. 



Osteonieles Lindl. 



Osteomeles anthyllidifolia Lkdl. ; Forbes et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. 

 I. p. 265. 



Hab. Kotosho, leg. S. Sasaki, Jimi. 1913. 



DiSTEiB. Japan, Bonin, Sandwich, Maingaia and Pitcairn Islands 

 (Hemsley.) 



Saxifrageae. 



Mitella Lkn. 



Mitella japonica Miq. var. formosana Hayata n. v. Rliizoma 

 ascendento-repens, radices numerosas emittens, squamis obtectum. Folia 

 omnia radicalia 5-10 ad apicem liiizomatis, longe petiolata, lamina ovato- 

 cordata 6 cm. longa 4 cm. lata apice triangukri- acuta basi profunde cordata 



