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petaloid, patent, oblong, obtuse at the apex, shortly cuneato- 

 attenuated at the base, entire, about 8mm. long, 4mm. wide, 

 deciduous. Petals 5, nectariform, yellow, about j as long as 

 the sepals, stipitate ; lamina obovoid-rotund, thick, concave ; 

 stipe shorter than the lamina. Stamens many, about § as long 

 as the sepals ; filament filiform ; anther minute, oblong. Pistils 

 about 8-10, longer than the stamens, about 4mm. long, erect- 

 patent, stipitate ; ovary lanceolate, attenuated into a short 

 style above ; style stigmatose on the inner side, revolute at the 

 top ; pedicel stout, straight, shorter than the ovary, puberulent ; 

 ovules several. Follicles about 8-10, stipitate, stellato-verticil- 

 late, patent, oblong- corniculate, acute at the apex, truncate at 

 the base, flat in front, about 8mm. long, membranaceous, with 

 a nerve each on the ventral and dorsal sides, and the 2 lateral 

 veins paralleling to the ventral nerve, dehiscing in the ventral 

 suture towards the top ; pedicel very minutely incumbent-de- 

 pressed-puberulent as are the nerves, finely canaliculated in 

 front, erect-patent, 4-6mm. long. Seeds oblong, smooth, 

 ferruginous, l|mm. long. 



Nom. Jap. Mitsuba-no-baikwaworen (no v.). 



Hab. Prov. Etchu : Mt. Tateyama (R. Yatabe and /. 

 Matsumura ! herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, July 24, 1884) ; 

 Prov. Echigo : Mt. Komagatakc (B. Hayata ! herb. ibid. Aug. 

 7, 1903). 



The leaves are exactly as in Coptis trifolia Salisb. (Fig. XIV. 

 3, 3', 3". mag.), but the follicles and seeds are entirely different. 



Cimicifuga japonica (Thunb.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. II. 

 (1825), p. 628. 



forma peltata Makino, nov. 



Leaflets peltate at the base. 



Nom. Jap. Kiken-shoma, Oba-shoma. 



Hab. Japan, mountains. 



Icon. Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, X. n. 15. 



Aquilegia fiabellata Sieb. et Zucc. in Abh. Akad. 

 Muench. IV. 2, (1846), p. 183. 



