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form the petiole, with a notch at the apex, entire, with delicate veins all of 

 which go towards the common intramarginal vein, denser in the sterile stem, 

 the largest one attaining about 4 cm. in length ; the superior ones smaller, 

 loosely disposed, spathulate, narrowed below, with a notch at the apex. Cyme 

 1 1-4 cm. across : branches 1-3, divaricate, short, simple or sometimes dichoto- 

 mous, laxly 1-5-floriferous ; bracts leaf-like, green, linear-spathulate, obtuso- 

 einarginate. Flower about 9-10 mm. in diameter, very shortly pedicellate 

 but sessile in the superior ones. Sepals 5, unequal in size, oblong-linear, 

 but the largest one leaf-like and linear spathulate, obtuse. Petals 5, 

 spreading, slightly connate at the base, oblong- lanceolate, acute, yellow. 

 Htamens 10, shorter than the petals, oppositipetalous ones inserted to the 

 inframedia of petals, and oppositisepalous ones adherent to basal sides of 

 petals ; filament filiform ; anther broadly ovate. Hypogynous scales 5, 

 minute, flat, rectangular-spa thulate with a round- truncate apex. Ovaries 

 5, erect, connate at the base, lanceolate, sharply attenuated into a short and 

 more or less recurved styles ; stigma punctiform ; ovules many, narrowly 

 oblong, ascending. Follicles patulous, connate at the base, compressed 

 laterally, taj^ring upwards. Fl. April. 



Nom. Jap. Yahazu-manncngusa. 



Hah. Prov. Tosa : Karatani in Tokano-mura (T. Mak ino !, Autumn 

 1884, April 1885). 



A rare species coming near Sedam subtile l\li<{.; it is distinguished by its 

 notched leaves. It grows in stony place at the foot of maintains. 



(To be continued.) 



