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long as the calyx, 5-iid and cut down one-third ; lobes deltoid obtuse, 

 revolute. Stamens 10, included, slightly shorter than the corolla ; 

 filament subulato-linear, pilose ; anther erect, narrow, straight, dorsifixed, 

 exaristate, slightly shorter than the filament, cells produced above into 

 closely placed erect beaks, each with a pore at the top. Style erect, 

 glabrous, a little exserted ; stigma depressed-capitate. Bacca globose, about 

 1cm. each way, with the persistent calyx, purple-black. Seeds obliquely 

 elliptical, compressed, fulvous, 2n]m. long. 



Rab. Prov. Mikawa : Okubo in Atsumi-gori ( G. Nagiira ! June 1, 



1898, flowers) ; Prov. Totomi : Mikata-ga-hara ( Z. Umemura ! Oct, 28, 



1899, fruits). 



' This species is allied to Vaccinium ciliatum Thunb. 



Lychnis (Eulychnis) kiusiana Makino, sp. no v. 



Perennial, attaining 6i decim. in height. Stem very slender, rigidly 

 pubescent with retrorse hairs above, nodes slightly turged, the internodes 

 2-6 cm. long. Leaves spreading, lanceolate, or narrowly lanceolate, 

 acuminate, narrowed below, sessile, longer or shorter than the internode, 

 glabrous, entire and scabrous margined, thin, 2-5 cm. long, 3-10 mm. wide. 

 Cyme loosely 1-5-flowered ; peduncles erect-patent ; bracts linear. Flower 

 shortly pedicellate, about 2 cm. across, scarlet. Calyx clavato- cylindrical, 

 glabrous, about 2 cm. long, about 4 mm. in diameter, 10-nerved, veinlets 

 loosely anastomosing above ; lobes erect, short, deltoid or ovato-deltoid, 

 obtuse, ciliated with crisped hairs. Petals 5 ; limb patent, 10 mm. in 

 length and in width, obovato-cuneate, 4-fid, the interior lobes fimbriate 

 with about 3-4 linear lacinj^B, the exterior lobes subulato-linear, acuminate, 

 shorter than the interior lobes, 3 mm. long ; scales 2 to each petal, 

 semiorbicular-ovate or emarginate ; unguis spathula to-linear, attenuated 

 below, thin, ciliated, 3-nerved, scarcely longer than the limb. Stamens 

 glabrous, longer than the unguis ; filament filiform. Ovary oblong, about 

 7 mm. . long ; styles 5, longer than the ovary ; gynophore slender, about 

 14 mm. long. 



Nom. Jap. Ogitra-senno (linuma's Somoku-Dzusetsu, VIII. fol. 63 

 recto, no. 62). 



Hob, Prov. HiGO in Kiusiu : Senchomuda in Aso-gori (11. Nakagawa I 

 Sept. 27, 1896). 



I have a specimen of this very rare species, which is due to the 

 kindness of Mr. Hisatomo Nakagawa. 



