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MUsiophyllum reptans Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Petersb. XVI. p. 223 

 (1871), et in 4 Mel. Biol. VIII. p. 18 (1871) ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PL 

 Jap. I. p. 329 (1875) ; Savatier in Iinuma's Somoku-Dzusetsu, eel. 2, III. 

 n. 35; Matsum. Cat. Herb. ■ Coll. Sc. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, p. 135 (1886). 



Plate V. 



Flower white. Corolla : tube shorter than the lobes, yellowish-fulvous 

 internally. Anther yellow. Disk shorter than or equal to the ovary in 

 length. 



Nom. Jap. Kiku-garakiisa, Horo-gikic. 



Icon. Iinuma's Somoku-Dzusetsu, III. m 35 (incorrectly described as 

 "stamens 5" by the author). 



Hob. Japan, spontaneous and cultivated. 



Distrib. China and Iudia. 



Explanation of Plate V. — Fig. 1, 2, 3, plants. 4, part of plant • a base of the petiole ; 

 I) base of the peduncle ; c bract ; d bud ; e stem; and f root. 5, a cross section of the stem. 6, 

 a cross section of the superior portion of the petiole. 7, a cross section of the middle portion of ditto. 

 8, a cross section of the inferior portion of ditto. 9, a portion of the leaf. 10, spinules of margin 

 of the leaf. 11, hairs from the leaf. 12, fiowei . 13, flower deprived of its corolla. 14, a hair 

 from the calyx. ■ 15, part of the calyx. 16, a vertical section of the flov:er. 17, a corolla laid open. 

 18, ditto showing the veins, dorsal view. 19, hairs from the corolla. 20, stamen, front view. 21, 

 ditto, slightly lateral view. 22, ditto, dorsal view. 23, pistil with disk and. part of the peduncle. 

 24, pistil and disk. 25, a vertical section through ovary, disk, receptacle, and part of the style. 

 26, a cross section of the ovary. 27, a cross section of the young fruit. 28, fruit with calyx and 

 part of the peduncle. 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, seeds. 34, a vertical section of the seed. 35, hairs from 

 surface of the seed. 36, embryo. Figures 1-3 natural size; 4-36 magnified. 



Trigonotis Icumse (Maxim.) Makino. 



Omphalodes? Icumce Maxim, in Mel. Biol. VIII. p. 558 (1872); 

 Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 337. 



Perennial, loosely csespitOse, attaining 9decim. in length after anthesis. 

 Rhizome narrow, ascending or erect, covered with the bases of old petioles, 

 rooting, black, attaining about 3cm. long; roots long, branched, browmish- 

 black. Stem weak, at first erect then arcuato-decumbent, slenderly 

 elongate, diffuse, loosely branched, at length rooting and proliferous at the 

 end, thinly adpressed-pubescent. Leaves membranaceous, entire, thinly 

 adpressed-pubescent on both surfaces, ciliated; radical ones long-petiolate 

 (attaining 20 cm. long), ovato-cordate, rounded-obtuse with a mucronate 

 tip, attaning about 7|cm. long, 5 cm. wide ; cauline ones alternate, laxly 

 placed, petiolate, ovate, acuminate, rounded and decurrent to the petiole 

 at the base, attaining about 5 A cm. long, 3 cm. broad ; lateral veins about 



