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0BSEEVA770NS' 0?,' TTfE FLORA OF JAPAN. 121 



one, sessile. Stem erect, angulate, witli 2 membranaceous cataphylls at 

 the base. Leaves 2, remotely placed ; the lower one normal, placed in 

 the middle of the whole plant, ovato-oblong to narrowly oblong, obtnse, 

 amplexicanl and not sheathing at the base, 3i-7cm. long, l|-2cm. or 

 more wide, with 3 main nerves ; the upper one bract-like, ovato-linear to 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, sessile, green. Raceme 3-6cm. long loosely 

 8-10- flowered ; rachis angulate, green ; brg^cts subulato-linear, acuminate, 

 green, the inferior ones longer than the flowers and the superior ones 

 shorter than them. Flower viridescent, inodorous, about 9mm. in vertical 

 diameter. Outer perianth : the upper one erect, lato-ovate, obtuse, 4mm. 

 long, 3mni. broad, 3-2-nerved ; lateral ones turned downwards, lato- 

 linear, obtuse, longer than the upper one, 5mm. long, 2-nerved. Inner 

 perianth erect, nearly as long as the outer-upper perianth, obliquely narrow- 

 deltoid-ovate, acute, pale-viridescent, 1-nerved. Labellum simple, pendulous 

 slightly longer than the outer-lateral perianth, deltoid-linear, gradually 

 attenuated above, obtuse at the end, thickish, green, 6mm. long; calcar 

 extremely short, small, shortly conical, green, 1mm. long. Gynosteminm 

 broad, deeply emarginate at the apex ; anther-cells obliquely and' distantly 

 placed, pale ; gland small, discoid, yellow ; poUinia clavate, stipitate, ])ale ; 

 rostellnm very short, broad. Ovary c.ylindrico-oblong, about Gnun. long. 



Hah. Shtmotsuke : Mt. Nyoho m Nikko (Z/. Takeda ! July 20, 1902, 

 July 1903). 



This is closely allied to Flatanthera ophrydioides Fr. Schm., but the 

 alcar is very different ; or a variety of it ? 



Sedum hakonense Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, X\^. (1901) p. 35. 



Add. Stems nigro-purpurascent. Leaves semiterete, green, very 

 minutely nigro-purpurascent-punctate in the lower ones, 1-sulcate in centre 

 on the upper surface. Sepals greenish. Petals yellow internally, viride- 

 scent externally, not white ! Stamens yellow ; anther yellow-purpurascent. 

 Ovary viridescent-yellow. Flowers July. 



I have a living specimen before me, by the kindness of Viscount Y. 

 Matsudaira, who collected it on Mt, Amagi in the province of Idzn, where 

 it was found growing on the large trees. 



{To he continued.). 



