192 BOTAXrCAL MAGAZINE. ; Voi. xvii, 



the superior free portion fulvous and thinly membranaceouf^, subtruncate 

 but the inferior ones bifid. K-iceme terminal, dense -flowered, oblong- 

 cylindrical, li-2fcrn. long, 1- nearly IJcra. across, continued, pedunculate ; 

 bracts thinly membranaceous, ovate or subulato-ovate, acuminato- acute, one- 

 nerved, ferruginous. 3-4Jmm. long ; bracteoles vaginate, obliquely truncate, 

 thinly membranaceous. Flowers pedicellate, carapanulate, 5mm. across, 

 rose ; pedicel shorter than the flower. Perianth deeply 5 -parted ; segments 

 oblong to angustato-oblong, obtuse. Stamens 8, about equal to th6 perianth 

 in height, inserted to the base of the perianth ; filament subulate -filiform ; 

 anther elliptical, dorsifixed, the cells lunato-oblong, closely placed but free 

 each other. Ovary elliptical, shortly attenuated on both ends, trigonous ; 

 styles 3, exserted, much longer t'lan the ovary, erect, filiform ; stigma ter- 

 minal, punctate. Achene (immature) elliptical, acute on the both ends, 

 trigonous, smooth. 



Hab. Prov. Kikuchu : Mt. Hayachine (C. Wayawa ! no. 174, July 

 1900; G, Tohal no. 70, Aug. 8, 1903; T. Someya\ herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. 

 Univ. Tokyo, July 7, 1903). 



The reticulation of the veinlets and thickness of the leaves resemble 

 those of Polygonum viviparum Linn. 



Cypripedium guttatum Swartz var. Yatabeanum (Makino) Pfitz. 

 Orchid.-Pleon. in Engler's Pflanzenr. lY. ;30, (1903) p. 33. 



Cypripedium Yatabeanum Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XIII. (1899) 

 p. 91. 



Lower sepals, (which are connate into one) viridescent, shaded with a 

 light purpurascent- brown towards the margin ; the upper sepal pale- yellowish 

 and purpurascent-brow^n on the margin externally, yellow-purpurascent-browm 

 internally. Petals wdiitish, blotched with purpurascoit- brown colour, vil- 

 lose with pale hairs at the base internally. Labellum yellow', maculato- 

 nebulous wath purpurascent-brown, yellow on the inflexed margin, villose with 

 white hairs at the base internally. Staminode white, but yellow towards 

 the base, with a row^ of yellow^ish-green s{)ots along the upper margin. 

 Gynostemium pale-yellowish. Ovary viridescent, glanduloso-pubescent with 

 white hairs. Bract green. Leaves green, but nigrescent when dried. 

 Stem and peduncle viridescent. 



The above description is from the living specimen sent by Mr. Koichi 

 Tanaka, who collected it on Mt. Togakushi in the province of Shinano, on 

 June 1903. {To be contimied). 



