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(316) NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN PLANTS OF JAPAN. 



open-campanulate, obscurely 5-lobed, minutely pubescent on the outside, 

 minutely ciliate at the rim, densely hairy inside towards the base, plicate in 

 bud. Stamens 5, alternate with the lobes of the corolla; filaments much 

 longer than the anthers, subulate, hairy, attached near the base of the corolla; 

 anthers versatile, oblong, extrorse, 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally, about i 

 line long. Ovary ovoid, 2-celled, about i line long; style filiform, 3 lines long; 

 stigma capitate; ovules numerous on thick axile placentae, anatropous. Berry 

 pendulous, ovoid, 5 — 6 lines long, 3 — 4 lines broad, closely but incompletely 

 invested "with the accrescent membranaceous calyx, the apex of which projects 

 beyond the berry. Seeds numerous, subreniform, compressed, | line long; 

 testa dark, concentrically favoso-rugose, albumen copious; embryo excentric, 

 somewhat curved; cotyledons short, semiterete; radicle next the^hilurn. — Fl. 

 July. Hab. Shady woods in mountains. 



Specimens of this plant were collected by Mr. Kano Watanabe on July 

 II, 1 888, in the Tsue mountain in the province of Tosa. They were again 

 collected by him and Mr. Sadahlsa Matsuda on July 30, 1 891, on Mt. Fuji. 

 Besides these I have specimens with fruit only collected at Nikko on October 

 5, 1879. 



There '>re two different forms of ChaincesaracJia in Japan; both are perennial 

 herbs. One is the present species, and the other is known as loa-hbzuki. 

 Franchet and Savatier in their Eniniieraiio Plaiitannn Japonicariiin seem to 

 have united these two forms under the name of C. jap07iica. The present 

 species has ovate-lanceolate leaves, much larger flowers, and ovoid fruit enclosed 

 in the membranaceous calyx projecting considerably beyond the berry. The 



