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2, orbiculate, mucronate, concave, light purple ; posterior sepal 

 large, funnel-shaped, gradually contracted into a slender incurved 

 spur with a bifid (the lobes ovato-deltoid) white apex, white 

 but purple-maculate within posteriorly, the mouth truncate, the 

 end acuminate with an obtuse tip. Anterior petal depressed- 

 orbiculate, subemarginate, with a mucronate tip, wntli an obtuse 

 viridescent ridge in the back longitudinally, light purple, purple- 

 maculate; lateral sepals 2, large, bilobed, the small lobe orbicular, 

 white and purple-maculate, the large lobe obliquely ovato-or- 

 blculate, subacute at the apex, contracted and shaded with fulvous 

 colour at the base, light purple, purple-maculate below. Stamens 

 5, about 6mm. long, glabrous; filament obovato-spathulate, 

 angustato-linear below, membranaceous, strongly 1-ncrved, 

 adherent under the apex each other; anthers transversely elliptical, 

 2-celled, introrse ; cells rounded ; pollen white. Ovary linear- 

 fusiform, glabrous, about 4mm. long ; style none ; stigmas not 

 thick, tapering, 5-fasciculato-laciniate. Fruit cylindrical-fusiform, 

 sharply acuminate at the apex, attenuated at the base, 3-5-seeded, 

 about 10-20mm. long, torulose elastlcally dehiscing ; valves 

 linear. Seeds oval-ellipsoid, compressed, fulvous, rugulose, 



about 4mm. long, 3mm. broad. 



Nom. Jap. Hagakure-tsurifune. 



Hah. ProY. Tosa : Okunanokawa (C. Oda ! Ang. 30, 1905) ; 

 Prov. HiGo: Mt. Fukaba (M. Kodzumal vSept. 23, 1906 ; T. 

 Makino ! Aug. 1907), Nagamldzu-mura in Aso-gori (M. Kodzu- 

 ma ! Sept. 30, 1906) Prov. Awa in Shikoku (D. Nikai ! herb. 

 Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Aug. 23, 1908 ; T. Makino ! Aug. 

 1909) ; Prov. Yamato : Tonomine (B. Nikai ! herb. ibid. Oct. 

 9, 1908). 



This species has an affinity to Iwpatiens Textori Miq., from 

 which it differs by having the hypophyllous spreading peduncles 

 and light-coloured flowers. 



Aster dimorphophyllus Franch. et Sav. Enum. PL Jap. 

 p. 224, et II. p. 395. 

 a. i n d i V i S u s Makino. 

 Leaves merely grossly dentate. 



