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fusiform, about §— \ mm. long, attached to the 2-parted 

 prominent axile placentas with a funicule. Capsule crowned by 

 the marcescent perianth, oval to ellipsoid, 2-3 mm. across, with 

 membranaceous carpels, irregularly transversely ruptured. 

 Seeds very numerous, minute, yellow but ferruginous towards 

 the top, fusiform, \-\ mm. long ; testa loose at the apex, 

 subreticulato-striate ; embryo ellipsoid to narrowly oblong. 



Nom. Jap. Shiro-shakudyo (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. YAMASHIRO : Kamigamo (T. Makino ! ; S. 

 Ago!); Prov. ISE : Yamada (T. Makino!); Prov. HIZEN : 

 Isahaya (Z. Tashiro ! Dec. 3, 1911.); Prov. KII : Mt. Nachi 

 (K. Minakata ! herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 1903). 



{To be continued.) 



