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An inconspicuous Orchid, allied to TceniophyU'm Ahoisii Lindl. of 

 Ceylon. It grows on Pieris japonica D. Don, Ilex peduncidosa Miq.,- 1. 

 crenata Thunb., Vaccinium hracteahom Thunb., Ternstroemia japonica 

 Thunb., Photinia glabra Maxim., Prunus i^seudo-CerasuslAwdA., smd Piiitcs 

 densi flora Sieb. et Zucc, and is constantly destitute of leaf. In this 

 country it is called Kumo-ran, meaning Spider Orchid, from the general 

 appearance of the plant having a resemblance to a resting spider with his 

 feet spread. 



Asperula trifida Makino Illustr. Fl. Jap. I. n. 11, (1891) p. 2, 

 tab. 68. * 



Perennial, 1-4 decim. high. Rhizome slender, long-creeping, rooting 

 at the nodes. Stems erect, slender, tetragonous, smooth and glabrous 

 even on tlie angles, pilose at the nodes. Leaves 4- rarely 5-verticillate, 

 spreading, very shortly petiolate, elliptical-oblong, niucronato-obtuse or 

 acutish, acute at the base, membranaceous, antrorsely spinuloso-ciliated, 

 thinly pilose towards the margin above, attaining 17 mm. long, 8 mm. 

 wide, the midrib antrorsely pilose beneath. Cyme corymboso-paniculate, 

 1-1-20 cm. long ; branches erect-patent ; peduncles twice tri- or dichoto- 

 mous, glabrous, erect-patent, or sometimes soon divaricate after flowering ; 

 bracts linear-oblong ; bracteoles usually shorter than the pedicel. Flowers 

 pedicellate, small, 2^ mm. across, white ; pedicels gracile, slightly longer 

 or shorter than the flowers. Corolla 3- rarely 4-fid ; lobes erect-patent, 

 ovate, obtuse, 3-nerved. Stamens 3, rarely 4, inserted on the upper 

 portion of the corolla-tube ; filament short, filiform ; anther ovato-elliptical. 

 Style erect, scarcely shorter than the corolla-tube, 2-fid at the top ; stigma 

 capitate. Fruit glabrous, mericarp elliptico-oval, 1 mm. or a little more 

 long. 



Hah. Prov. TosA : Nanokawa {T. 3Iahino\ Nov. 1884, June 1885); 

 Prov. Iyo : Oda-yama in Kami-ukena-gori {K. Ohudaira ! Aug. 1892) ; 

 Prov. Suruga: Mt. Fuji {S. Matsuda\ July 1891; S. Yano\ 1891; T. 

 3Ia'kino\ Aug. 15, 1899). 



A montigenous species. 



Galium tokyoense Makino Illustr. Fl. Jap. I. n. 11, (1891) p. 2, 

 tab. 69. 



Galium Aparine var. spurium Maxim, in litt. non Ledeb. 



Perennial, attaining 7 decim. in height, darkish in drying. Rhizome 



