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kunth. conjungi haud posse videtur. Eolia 3 — 4 poll. longa. — 

 In sylvis ins. Nippon detexit keiske. 



6. Smilax higoënsis n. sp, Rhizoma horizontale tenue teres 

 nodosum fibrillis longis; cauiis subherbaceus inermis inferne 

 squamis paucis dissitis instructus, caeterum foliosus; folia al- 

 tema distantia (petiolis 1 — | poll. longis supra basin breviter 

 vaginatam cirrhiferis) e basi auriculato-subhastato-truncata longe 

 lanceata vel pleraqae lanceato-linearia mucronato-acuta tola tri- 

 nervia subtus trans verse et reticulato-venosa, chartacea, glabra, 

 elineolata, pellucido-puncticulata, 3 — 5-pollicaria. — In m. Kiu- 

 boo prov. Higo detexit keiske. 



Sugerokia nov, gen. Perigonii corollini persistentis phylla 6 

 aequalia spathulato-oblonga, exteriora basi paullo angustiora. 

 Stamina 6, imae eorum basi inserta, filamentis persistentibus, 

 antheris lineari-oblongis bilocularibus baseos sinu profundo af- 

 fixis, apice leviter emarginatis , loculis postice dehiscentibus. 

 Ovarium profunde trilobum triloculare, loculis ex angulo cen- 

 trali pluriserialiter multiovulatis, ovulis adscendentibus anatropis. 

 Stylus ex ovarii sinu profundo centrali progressus gracilis, stigmate 

 peltato-capitato conniventi-trilobulo, totus persistens. Capsula e 

 tribus folliculis basi antice unitis, canali centrali interiecto, fol- 

 liculis dorso et ventre dehiscentibus detnurn bivalvibus. Semina 

 nunierosa adscendenti-imbricata linearia subplana, testa laxe 

 membranacea utraque extreniitate in alam excurrente, albumine 

 carnoso, embryo basilari exilissiino? — Herba e tubere solitarie 

 egressa, inia basi foliosa apice subunibellato- vel racemoso-florida, 

 Helionopside a. gray affinis, sed characteribus essen tialiter di- 

 versa. — 8. japonica, a mizutani sugerok, celebri inter Japo- 

 nenses naturae scrutatore, probabiliter in Japonia boreali detecta, 

 vernali tempore florens. 



ZYGADE^tTS Michx. 



Zygadenus (Synadeiii §) iaponicm n. sp. Cauiis tereti- 

 usculus foliosus praesertim inter flores pilis fasciculatis pubes- 

 cens; folia inf. vaginaritia, superiora multo minora linearia ner- 

 vosa plana; racemus simplex vel basi compositus ; pedicelli 

 bracteam ovatam acutam vel superiorum sublanceolatam supe- 



