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anther introrse, the cells oblong, disconnected by the short and thick con- 

 nective. Style about 3 mm. long, included, erect, slightly swollen at the 

 top ; stigmas erectpatently 3-fid, very minutely papillose, furrowed internally. 

 Ovary inferior, 3-locular, with 3 axile placentas ; ovules copious, minute, 

 obovoid. Capsule obovoid-globose, 3-angled, membranaceous, crowned by 

 the marcescent perianth, about 3 mm. across. Seeds numerous, minute, 

 ■imm. long, obovoid or obovoid-oblong, pale yellowish^ with loosely reticulated 

 testa which is closed to the embryo. 



Nom. Jap. Hina-no-sliahudyo (T. Makino). 



Eah. Prov. Musashi : Shirako {R. Yatabe ! herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. 

 Univ. Tokyo, Sept. 19, 1880); Prov. Tosa : Sakawa (T. Mahlnol Aug. 

 1883), Mt. Imano in Hata-gori {T. 31aJdno\ Aug. 7, 1889); Prov. Ise : 

 Kusu-mura (F. Uyematsu, K, Teraoha, K. Imai\ Sept. 1902). 



This species grows in the shade of forests in the middle and southern 

 parts of Japan. It is very closely allied to Burmannia Ghamplonii 

 Thwaites of Ceylon, with which it is probably identical ; and also it has 

 a resemblance to 7i. tuherosa Becc. of Borneo. 



Burmannia nepalensis (Miers) Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. p. 666, 

 (1888); Hemsl. in Ann. of Bot. V. (1891) p. 407; Ito Mem. Work Bot. 

 a. Zool. I. (1893) p. 14, tab. 2, %. 3-5. 



Gonijanthes nepalensis Miers in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVIII. (1841) p. 

 537, tab. 38, ^g, 1. 



Cyanotis nepalensis Miers. 



Gonyanthes WallicUi Ito Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Tokio, I. 2, (1890) 

 p. 78, non Miers. 



Nom. Jap. Kirishima-so, Kirishima-shaJmdyd (T. Ito). 



Hah. Prov. Osumi : Mt. Takakuma (K. Tamura ! Sept. 29, 1900). 



In Japanese specimens the wings of the flower are lunate in shape, and 

 not round or not retuse at the top. My specimens were kindly sent by 

 Mr. Keisuke Tamura. 



Scirpus (Silvaticee) Mitsukurianus Makino, sp. nov. 



Scirpus fmrenoides herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, ex parte, non 

 Maxim. 



Rhizome very short, oblique, thick, strong, rooting below. Stem erect, 

 strict, elate, attaining 2 m. or more in height and about 8 mm. in 



