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acutely serrate, attaining about 3 cm. long, If cm. wide, gla- 

 brous ; rachis slender, pubescent at nodes in front. Stem erect, 

 glabrous but thinly paleaceo-pubescent with rufous crispate 

 hairs towards the base, exceeding the radical leaves, sparingly 

 branched above, each branch monostachyus. Spike erect, cy- 

 lindrical, crass, about 2—5 cm. long, 1J— 1J cm. across ; rachis 

 pubescent ; bract lato-linear or spathulato-linear, attenuated 

 above with an obtuse tip, carinate, arcuato-subgeniculate, thick- 

 ly membranaceous, purplish-rufous, pubescent, shorter than the 

 flowers and about 3—5 mm. long ; bracteoles subulate, ovato_ 

 subulate, or subulato- lanceolate, shortly acuminate, pubes- 

 cent, lj— 2 mm. long. Flowers centrifugally expanded, numer- 

 ous, dense, sessile, about 5 mm. in diameter, greenish-white or 

 purplish above. Calyx-lobes patent, often reflexed at the apex, 

 4 but often 5—6, thickish towards the obtuse tip, obscurely 

 carinate dorsally, 2|-3mm. long, ovato-oblong to ovato-orbicu- 

 lar, puberulent below externally ; tube oval, puberulent above, 

 compressed, 4-angled, l|-2 mm. long, but in fruit alato-orbicu- 

 late and attaining about 3f mm. in width. Disk small, hemi- 

 spherical. Stamens 4, but abnormally 5-6, exserted, about 

 one-half longer than the calyx-lobes, 4-5 mm. long ; filament 

 gradually dilated and flattened upwards, shortly attenuated at 

 the apex, narrower than the anther ; anther rounded, dark- 

 purple, with oblong cells. Style shorter than the calyx-lobes, 

 filiform ; stigma capitato-fimbriate. Ovary included, elliptical, 

 compressed ; placenta hairy. Achene ovato-elliptical, compress- 

 ed, about 2\ mm. long. 



Nom. Jap. Chishima-waremoko (nov.). 



Hah. Prov. Chishima (Kurile) : Isl. Shimushu (K. Yendo ! 

 herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Aug. 18, 1903 ; 5. Amatsu \ 

 herb. ibid. Aug. 1904). 



This differs from 5. obtusa Maxim, by the shorter stamens 

 and dark-purple anthers, and from S. tenui folia Fisch. by the 

 form of bracts, not having truncate filaments, thicker and shorter 

 spike, and broader leaflets. 



(To be continued.) 



