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placed ; pollen (Fig. XI. mag.) confervoid, fusiformly thicker 

 in centre, numerous, dense, close, whitish-lacteous, about Ifmm. 

 long. Female flower : ovaries 8-11 ; stigmas 2, capillaceo- 



aristate, deciduous. 

 Fruits sessile on the front 

 face of spadix, coriaceous, 

 subreniform-rounded, 

 sagittato-cordate at the 

 base, flattened, vertically 

 carinate dorsally, beaked 

 with a very short persist- 

 ent style in front above, 

 about 5mm. long ; lobes 

 obtuse, half as long as 

 the body. 



Nom. Jap. Bbi-ama- 

 mo (T. Makino). 



Hab. Prov. Sagami : 

 Enoshima (R. Yatabe and 

 /. Matsumura ! herb. Sc. 

 Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo) ; 

 Prov. Iwami : Takuno 



(M. Kawaradal comm. Y. Tanaka, July 1887) ; Prov. Idzu : 

 Shirahama (M. Kawarada ! comm. Y. Tanaka, Jan. 27, 1889 ; 

 Prov. Awa (Boshu): Amatsu (T. Makino ! April 1896, April 

 1898) ; Prov. Mikawa : Hii in Atzumi-gori (G. Nagura ! June 

 3, 1898) ; Prov. Tajima : Seto-mura {K. Miyake ! July 1899) ; 

 Prov. Tsushima: Kuro-shima in Kobunakoshi-mura (F. Yabe ! 

 Aug. 11, 1901). 



This species is closely allied to Phyllospadix Scouhri Hook., 

 from which it may be distinguished by having the nigrescent 

 old fibres, smaller and thinner leaves, marginal lateral-nerves 

 and smaller inflorescence, etc. 



{To be continued.) 



Fig. XI. 



