DIAPENSIACEa;. 147 



4 mm. lata apice acuta basi leviter contracta 2 mm. lata valde imbricata 

 7-nervia glabra. Corolla late campanulata 8 mm. longa leviter 5-loba, lobis 

 brevibus 3 mm. longis 5 mm. latis rectangularibus apice late trmicatis vel 

 rotundatis altiuscule crenulatis, venis lateralibus utroque latere 3, utraque 

 facie glabra. Stamina 5, lobis coroUse alterna, antheris sessilibus ad 

 medimn inter sinus et basin corollsB sitis cdrdato-reniformibus apice 

 emarginatis basi cordatis 1 mm. longis IJ mm. latis. Staminodia 0. 

 Ovarium globosum glabrum 2 mm. in diametro, stylo 4 mm. longo simplici, 

 stigmate terminali non lobato. Calyx fructifer ± accrescens, sepalis late 

 ovato-triangularibus 5 mm. longis basi latissimis 3-4 mm. latis. Capsula 

 ovoidea 5 mm. longa, sepalis inclusa, locuHcide dehiscens, valvis a columna 

 solutis, columna centrali crassa. Semina angulato-fusiformia ± obliqua 

 1 mm. longa atro-rubra minute reticulata. 



Hab. Kakuraku, leg. G. Nakahaka, Aug. 1905 ; Mt. Musha, ad 7000 

 ped. alt., leg. U. MoEi (No. 1153) ; Randaisan, leg. U. Moei, Aug. 1908. 



Differs from all the known species of the genus by the sessile anthers, 

 not divided styles of the capsules, and by the absence of the staminodes. 

 It may constitute a new genus Shortiopsis (I should propose to call it) on 

 account of the characters just mentioned. 



Shortia subcordata Hatata sp. nov. Ut plantss prsecedentis, sed folia 

 rotundata, 4 cm. in diametro, margine crenata, ad summum crenarum mucro- 

 nata, basi rotundata vel cordata. Flores minores. 



Hab. Shintiku: Kareizan, leg. U. Mori, 1906, Juni., (No. 1422.) 

 Differs from the preceding plant by the round- or cordate-based leaves. 



Shortia transalpina Hayata sp. nov. Ehizomata erecto-ascendentia 

 basi radices tenues fibrosas emittentia, apice 2-3 ramosa, ramis simplici- 

 bus folios et scapum gerentibus. Folia omnia radicalia 5-6 ad apicem 

 rhizomatum sita rotundato-spathulata vel rotundato-ovata longe petiolata; 

 laminse obovato-spatulatse vel obovatsB 2 cm. longse 1^ cm. latse apice perfecte 

 rotundatse basi subito attenuat88 gradatim ad petiolum abeuntes utraque 

 glabrae, costis et venis utraque pagine vix conspicuis vel tenuissime elevatis. 



