368 ART. I. B. H AY ATA : 



petiolata oblonga vel ovato-oblonga 28 cm. longa 11 cm. lata 

 apico subito acuminata basi acuta brovissime attenuata margine 

 niarginata berbaceo-membranacoa plus minus crassiuscula utrinque 

 glabra subtus pallidiora supra basin distincte 3-nervia, etiamque 

 plus 2 -nervis inconspicuis, nervis margine subparallelis ad 

 apiceni convergentibus, venis inter nervös obliquis, inter venas 

 reticulato-venulosis, reticulis elongato-obliquis, nervis basi gradatim 

 attenuato-convergentibus, nervis venisque utraque pagine sub- 

 planis conspicuis, petiolis 5 cm. longis ut videntur complanatis. 

 Pedunculi ad centrum verticilli foliorum solitarii recti validiusculi 

 circ. 40 cm. longi glabri 5 mm. in sectione teretes. Perianthium 

 2-seriatim partitum, basi plus minus campanulatum cum ovario 

 adnatum, segmentis exterioribus 6 herbaceo-membranaceis maju- 

 sculis oblongo-lanceolatis 9 cm. longis 2 mm. latis apice obtuso- 

 acuminatis basi supra basin subito attenuatis ad stipitem 7 mm. 

 longum 3 mm. latum abeuntibus, nervis et venis ut foliis, segmentis 

 interioribus linearibus 2 J cm. longis 1 mm. latis obtusis. Stamina 

 12, cum segmentis opposita 23 mm. longa, filamentis complanatis 

 G mm. longis, antheris linearibus quam filamento 2-plo longioribus, 

 locellis undulatis, connectivis apice 1 J ram. in longitudine produc- 

 tis. Ovarium ovatum sub lente muricatum IJcm. longum 11 mm. 

 latum basi cum periantliio adnatum apice depresso-marginatum ad 

 centrum etiamque conico-productum in stylum abeuns, rubro- 

 purpurascens ;^ styli 6 basi connati 7 mm. longi recurvato-patentes 

 apice revolati. 



Hab. Arizan, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moki, 1908, Mart. (No. 

 3573). 



Very distinct species wliicli com.es near Paris polyphylla Smtth. 

 The leaves of the present plant have a quite peculiar venation. 

 Although Smith's species shows no small varieties and some of 



