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antheris adnatis Knearibus apice connectivis leviter productis obtusis ; stylo 

 columnari-filiformi cum staminibus sequilongo apice clavato. Fl. ? non visi. 

 Khachis teres 3 cm. in diamefcro sectionis dense pubescens. Fructus prse- 

 maturi insequaliter tetragoni stipitati, stipitibus dense pubescentibus. 



Hab. Kotosho : in montibus, leg. Y. Tashibo, Aug. 1912. 



Near M. paradisiaca which is distinguishable from our plant by its 

 entire free tepal and glabrous rhachis ; also near M. flava which differs by 

 its broader bracts. This bears some resembrance to M. celebica which is 

 however separable from our plant by the umbonate berry. Our plant is also 

 near Jil. Baheri, but differs from it by the distinct stalked fruits. Fruits 

 of this new species are fuU of seeds, and therefore not eatable. 



Musa teztilis var. Tashiroi Hayata n. v. Caulis, folia et inflorescentia 

 ut typicse. Bractea extus purpureo-fuscens intus coccinea (fide Tashieo), 

 ovato-elliptica 15 cm. longa valde concava, versus apicem infl^orescentise 

 obovata apice obtusissima basi subcuneata. Fl. J : Ehachis glabra ; flores 8- 

 clustati basi connati, supra ovarii rudimenta liberi. Rudimentum ovarii 1 cm. 

 longum 3 gono-obconicum. Perigonium 4 cm. longum apice 5-lobatum, lobis 

 3 exterioribus et 2 interioribus ; exterioribus 2 lateralibus apice dorso corni- 

 culatis triangularibus apice cucuUatis, (comibus 2-3 mm. longis reflexis), lobo 

 exteriore central! apice dorso corniculato, comibus brevioribus verticaliter 

 latis ; lobis interioribus oblongis 4 mm. latis apice cucuUatis dorso breve et 

 tenuiter corniculatis. Petala lanceolato-oblonga 3 cm. longa 23 mm. lata apice 

 truncato-emarginato-cuspidata vel apice brevissime 3-cuspidata, (cuspidibus 

 lateralibus obtusis, centralibus acutis 1 mm. longis), margine sursum obscure 

 tenuissime remotissime serrulata. Stamina 5 cum sepalis sequilonga 3^ cm. 

 longa, filamentis subcrispatis ± complanatis IJ cm. longis basi antherarum 

 clavatim incrassatis, antheris linearibus, (locuHs undulatis) apice obtuse 

 apiculatis 2 cm. longis ; stylo cum staminibus sequilongo columnari-filiformi, 

 stigmate clavato densissime villoso. Fructus trigono-cylindracei recurvi glabri 

 oo-spermi 7-8 cm. longi 2 cm. in diametro sectionis apice breve rostrati 

 (rostris 5 mm. longis) basi stipitati, stipitibus 1 cm. longis cum rostris brevis- 

 sime pubescentibus. Semina oo nigra angulato-rotundato-disciformia 5 mm. 

 in diametro, subnitida. 



