20 AET. I. B. HAYATA : 



oblonga apico rotniiclata, 4 mm. longa. Stamina circ. 10, 1| mm. 

 longa, antheris oblongis apice rotunclatis, filamentiR complanatis 

 basL plus minus brevissime hirtellatis. Carpella circ. 10. Syn- 

 carpinm globosum. 



Hab. Kagi : Arizan, ad 7000 peel, alt., leg. T. Kawakami et 

 U. MoEi, (No. 3646). 



The present plant appears very near to R. Cymbalaria 

 PuESH and also to R. flaccidus ; bat differs from the former 

 in the shape of the flowers and especially in having very 

 few carpels, and from the latter in the hairy form of the 

 plant. 



Kanunculus taisanensis Hayata sp. nov. Perennis ; caulis 

 ascendens, hirsutus, pauci-ramosus, 14 cm. longus. Folia radicalia, 

 longe petiolata, hirsuta, petioUs 4 cm. longis basi dilatatis caulem 

 amplectantibus, laminis late orbicularibus, o-lobatis, lobis rotundato- 

 rhomboidalibus, leviter lobulatis vel irregulariter serratis basi 

 truncato-cordatis, apice subrotundatis. Folia caulina iis radicalibus 

 conformia, petiolis basi dilatatis, caulem amplectantibus. Folia 

 superiora trilobata, lobis acutis. Paniculge pauci-floratse vel ad 

 florem unicnm reductse, bracteis minutis, lanceolatis, 2 mm. longis, 

 pedunculis 1^ cm. longis, floribus apertientibus. 7-8 mm. in diametro. 

 Sepala 5, oblongo-elongata, apice obtusa, vel rotundata, 3-^- mm. 

 longa, 1 ram. lata, dorso hirsuta. Petala 5-10, obovata, cuneata 

 apice lotundata, basi cuneata, 4 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata basi 

 distincte glandulifera. Stamina circ. 20, 2 mm. longa, antheris 

 rotundatis apice emarginatis, filamentis plus minus complanatis ; 

 carpophcrium oblonge -cylindraceum. Carpella numerosa. Achsenia 

 -oblique rotundata, Ij^-mm. longa, rostrata, rostris brevissimis, facie 

 minute punctata. 



