102 SAXIFEAGEiE. 



herbacea margine ineiso-serrata obscure 5-7]obata, (lobis triangulari-acutis, 

 serris acutis), facie superiore setuloso-hirsuta (pilis 1-2 mm. longis) ad nei-vos 

 venasque glabra, facie inferiors (venis et venulis exceptis) glabra ad nerves 

 venas venulasque hirsuta 5-7-nervia, nervis rectis ad apicem lobonim 

 attingentibus, nervis supra planis subtus elevatis, venulis reticulatis, petiolis 

 4-5 cm. longis lamina seqnilongis H mm. latis dense barbatis, barbis transverse 

 patentibus 1^ mm. longis, stipulis intra-axillaribus singularibus subrotundatis 

 glabris margine ciliolatis scariosis subrubescentibus 8 mm. iia diametro. 

 Seapi aphylli 20-30 cm. longi a medio sursum florigeri patento-hirsuti basi 

 bracteis 2 suffulti, bracteis stipulo conformibus. Flores subsecundatim spicati, 

 rhachidibus dense breveque glanduloso-hirsutis, (pilis transverse patentibus), 

 floribus a se 5 mm. remotis, bracteis singulis basi pedicellorum dispositis, 

 bracteis quadrangularibus 1 mm. latis apice divaricatim 3-cuspidatis, pedicellis 

 1-2 mm. longis gradatim ad calycem abeuntibus. Calyx late campanulatus 

 2 mm. longus 3 mm. latus, limbo 5-lobato, lobis acuto-triangnlaribus 1 mm. 

 longis totiusque latis extus dense breveque glanduloso-pubescentibus. Petala 

 5, divaricato-laciniata 3 mm. longa, laciniis 5 lateralibus oppositis, a terminal 

 angulo 90° divaricatis, terminali 2 mm. longa, lateralibus 1 mm. longis, omnibus 

 filiformibus, laminis (partibus principalibus) linearibus 1^ mm. longis ^ mm. latis 

 glabris. Stamina 5, petalis opposita calycis limbo affixa 1 mm. longa, filamentis 

 subcomplanatis linearibus circ. 1 mm. longis glabris, antheris cordato-reniformi- 

 bus apice triangulari-acutis basi reniforme cordatis ^ mm. latis latioribus quam 

 longioribus. Ovarium inferius apice subplanum ± elevatum ad stylum 

 abeuns, stylis 2 columnaribus | mm. longis apice 2-furcatis, ramis ^ mm. 

 longis apice stigmatosis. Capsulse 2-valvatae, valvis membranaceis. Semina 

 eUipsoideo-fusiformia circ. 1 mm. longa Jij mm. lata latere 1-costata facie 

 longitudinaliter reticulata, testa fusco-rubra ; albumen copiosum. 



Hab. Arisan, leg. S. Sasaki et B. Hayata, Jan. 1912. Mt. Morrison, 

 8000-12000 ped. alt. 



Mitella japonica Hayata in Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 88, (non Miqtoel). 



Very near the type, but distinguishable from it in having rectangularly 

 divaricated lacines of the petals, longer stamens and smaller seeds which are 

 not covered by the minute trabecules. 



