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acuminate, entire, ciliated, thinl}' pubescent towards the margin, 

 about 7—17 mm. long ; petiole shorter than the blade, stipulate 

 at the base. Male-flowers opposite to the bract, usually ge- 

 minate or sometimes solitary to a node, deflexo-patent, sub- 

 sessile (extremely shortly pedicellate), about 8-10 mm. long, 

 trigono-cylindrical with a truncato-obtuse and subrugose apex 

 in bud, glabrous, viridescent ; perianth-segments 3, valvate in 

 aestivation, narrowly oblong, obtuse, entire, membranaceous, 

 revolute, delicately about 9— 12-nerved. Stamens many (about 

 19—23), free, as long as the perianth, pendulous, much exposed 

 by the revolution of the perianth-segments, inserted at the base 

 of the perianth ; filaments capillary, tubercled in surface under 

 microscope ; anther linear, a little longer or shorter than 

 filament, dorsifixed near to the base, about 5 mm. long ; pollen 

 white, depressed, concave at both ends, 4-5-subsulcate longi- 

 tudinally. Female-flower minute, axillary, sessile, with a 

 minute bracteole, very oblique ; the lower portion ovary-like, 

 obovate or obovato-oval, compressed, hispidulous ; the upper 

 tubular portion continued to the lateral face, different in 

 texture, much smaller, infundibulifom-campanulate, constricted 

 at the base, unequally bilobate, traversed by the style, decidu- 

 ous. Ovary solitary, obovate, entirely inclosed ; style lateral, 

 short ; stigma exserted, corniculate, curved, minutely papilloso- 

 scabrous. Nut solitary, closely and entirely inclosed within 

 the perigone ; perigone pubescent, obovato-oblong or obovato- 

 elliptical, compressed, erect, herbaceous, thickish, and 3— 3| mm. 

 in length. Flowers in April— May. 



Nom. Jap. Yamato-gusa (T. Makino). 



Rah. Prov. Tosa: Nanokawa (T. Makinol; K. Watanabel), 

 Ikegawa (K. Watanabe I), Ishigami-ga-to in Mt. Torigata (T. 

 Makinol), Mt. Kurotaki (T. Yoshinaga I) ; Prov. Hitachi: Mt. 

 Tsukuba (T. Makino I) ; Prov. Awa [Boshu] ; Mt. Kiyosumi 

 (T. Makinol) ; Prov. Suruga : Mt. Fuji (T. Makino I) ; Prov. 

 Sagami : Mt. Oyama (J. Matsumura and 5. Matsuda I) ; Prov. 

 Higo : Mt. Azami (H. Nakagawal); Prov. Omi : Mt. Ibuki (T. 

 Makino I). 



This species has a close resemblance to Oldenlandia hirsuta 



