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Ophiorrhiza liu-kiuensis Hayata sp. uov. Caulis tereto-tefragonus, 

 brevissime pubescens. Polia opposita Iqnge petiolata, oblongo-ovata, 15 

 em. longa' 5 cm. lata, apice acuta ad extremitatem obtusa, basi cuneato- 

 attenuata, membranacea, supra sensim scabra, subtu^ ad iiervum pilosa, subtus 

 rubescentia vel palKda, margins Integra, (primum ciliolata) stipulis inter- 

 petiplaribus 2-partitis, segmentis cuspidatis, 3 mm. longis, breve pubescenti- 

 bus, petiolis 3 cm. longis. Cymee terminales, pedunbttlis 5 cm. longis, floribus 

 ad raraum cymarum cincinno-secundis. Floras 5 mm. longi., tubo calycis 

 1-1|^ mm. longo, urceolato, limbo 5-dentato, dentibus triangularibus dorso 

 carinatis. Corolla 4J mm. longa, extus brevissime pubescens, tubo intus 

 basi glabro ad faucem longe albo-barbato, lobis 5 ovato-triangularibus intus 

 minute tuberculatis. Stamina 5, prope basin corollse affixa, filamentorum partibus 

 liberis 1|^ mm. longis, antheris oblongis 1} mm. longis utrinque emarginatis. 

 Stylus d^ rnm. longus, stigma 2-lobatum, lobis rotundatis complanatis. Fructus 

 latissimus, 9 mm. latus 3-3 J mm. longus, a latere carinatus, et a facie 5- 

 carinatus, basi obtusissimus apice truncatus, vel emarginatiis, apice diseis latis- 

 simis persistentibus coronatus, brevissime pubescens. Semina scobiformia 

 angulata, ad angulos valde carinata, facie concava, minute reticulata. 



Hab. Liu-kiu, leg. Nakagawa, (No. 172), et S. Tanaka, (No. 403). 



Near 0. parviflora Hayata, but diffei-s from that in having somewhat 

 hairy leaves. 



Ophiorrhiza monticola Hayata form, brevistigma. Caulis basi 

 procumbens, superne erectus, gracilis, partibus erectis 25 cin. longis, 

 pubescentibus, tetragonis, atro-rubescentibus, , v&ca,o\B foliatis, pubes- 

 centibus. Folia longe petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata, utrinque acuminata, 

 7 cm. longa 2 cm. lata, supra fuscentia scabrida brevissime pilosa, subtus 

 rubescentia, subglabrata, petiolis 1-J cm. longis, stipulis brevissimis truncatis 

 ciliolatis. Cymae terminales, pedunculis 3 cm. longis, ramis cymse rubo-pubes- 

 centibus, bracteolis linearibus 4 mm. longis pubescentibus. Calycis tubus 1 

 mm. longus, 2 mm. latus, non carinatus, extus brevissime pubescens, lobis 

 dentiformibus, dentibus f mm. longis. Corollse aJabastrum apice clavatum, 

 lobis a dorso prominente carinatum, vel alatum, extus parce et brevissime 

 hirsutum. Corolla apertiens 1cm. longa, intus basi glabra, ad faucem albo- 



