Two New Genera Matsumurella Makino 

 and Ajtigoides Makino. 



By 

 Tomitaro Makino. 



Lecturer of Botany in the Science College, 

 Imperial University of Tokyo. 



MATSUMURELLA Makino, gen. nov. 



LBONURUS SP. Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XIX. (1905), 

 p. 146. 



Labiatas, Stachydeae. 



Intermediate between Leonurus Linn, and Ajugoides (Ma- 

 tsum. et Kudo) Makino. Calyx subbilabiate, 5-costate and 

 with accessor}' veins between costas ; teeth snbunequal, erect- 

 patent, subspinescent at the apex. Corolla-tube with a dense- 

 ly pubescent complete or subcomplete annulus within; posterior 

 lip rounded retuse or emarginate at the apex ; anterior lip hori- 

 zontal and patent, midlobe obcordate. Anthers transverse, 

 divaricate (not parallel and not straight). Nutlets triquetrous, 

 truncate with angular margin at the top, smooth, glabrous ; 

 g\ r nophore slightly thicker towards the anterior. 



Small erect perennial herb, ramose, stoloniferous under- 

 ground, tuberiferous. Leaves opposite, loose, petiolate, cre- 

 nato-dentate, undivided, subtriplinerved at the base. Verticil- 

 lasters axillary, loosely placed, 1— 3-flowered. Flowers small, 

 very shortly pedicellate ; bracteoles minute, setaceiform. 



This new genus has been named in dedication to Professor 

 Jinzo Matsumura. 



Matsumurella tuberifera Makino, nom. nov. 



Leonurus tuberiferus Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XIX. 

 (1905), p. 146, repr. p. 64. 



