204 AET. I. — B. H AY AT A : 



Near Sicertia purpiirascens Wall., but greatly differs from it 

 in having erect corolla and shorter carpels. Also near S. tetragona 

 Edgw., from which this is distinguishable by the much broader 

 lobes of the calyx. 



Swertia tozanensis Hayata sp. nov. Herba erecta, gracillima, 

 20 cm. alta, caulibus glabris tetragonis leviter alatis, vel non 

 alatis, 4-striatis. Folia opposita, petiolata, vel subsessilia, lanceo- 

 lato-oblonga cum petiolis 3 cm. longa, 7 mm. lata, apice obtusa 

 basi attenuata ad petiolum 7 mm. longum abeuntia, 3-nervia, 

 venulis reticulatis. Flores axillares solitarii vel racemosi, racemis 

 paucifloratis, pedicellis 2 cm. longis. Calyx 3-4 partitus, segmentis 

 lanceolatis obtusis IJ mm. longis, apice reflexis. Corolla rotata 

 6 mm. longa, tubo breve 1 mm. longo, limbo 4-lobato, lobis oblongis 

 5J mm. longis, 2J mm. latis apice obtusis, propo marginem medio 

 2-maculatis, fauce glabro. Stamina 4, fauce tubi affixa, filamentis 

 If mm. longis complanatis apice extrorsum reversis, antheris 

 globosis § mm. longis obtusis. Ovarium lanceolatum 4J mm. 

 longum, IJ mm. latum apice obtusum, stigmate 2-fido, sessili. 

 Capsula elongato-ovoidea, 11 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, apice attenu- 

 ata, valvis 2, apice leviter recurvatis. Semina globosa compres- 

 siuscula I mm. in diametro. 



Hab. Tözan, in montibus Morrison, leg. G. Nakahaea, Nov. 

 1906. 



JLijnnanthenium Geiseb. 



Limnanthemum cristatum Geiseb. in DC. Prodr. IX. p. 139 ; 

 Hange in Journ. Bot. (1878), p. 229 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Tnd. IV. p. 

 131 ; FoEBES et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. II. p. 142. 



