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tantnm radicibus aereis instructus, cortice cinerascente spinescente- 

 tuberculoso. Folia 5 poll, longa, l-i poll, lata, supra viridia, subtus 

 glanseentia, longe triquotro-aeuminata, margiue costaque subtus spinu- 

 losa, spin ul is incurvis. Spadix masculus 11 poll, longus pedun- 

 culatus, pendulus; spicis 2 poll, longis, spathis albis ovato-lanceolatis 

 vel lanceolatis acutis carinatis, margine carinaque spinulosis, odorem 

 gratum spergentibus. Antheras irregulariter spicatim dispositse, longe 

 apiculatae, filamentis crassis longiores. Cepbalium subspbaericum dia- 

 metro 4 poll. 



Carpidia plerumque 4-5, coalita. Drupaa 10 lin. longoe, oblongae 

 subangulatre yertice obtusissima3. 



Habitat in maritimis per totam insulam Liu-kiu. 



Secundum cl. Makino et Owatari etiara in Formosa. 

 Obs. Ha3c species indeterminata certe ad sectionem Artlirodactylis 



Forst., Keura Kurz 1) pertinet. 



Salvia pygmsea Matsumura n. sp. 



Herba pal maris. Folia copiosa omnia radicalia longe petiolata 



lata, piunis 3-4 jugis Buboppositis petiolulatis, foliolis segmentisque 



glabris dorso ad nervos pilosiuseulis, u-nuiualibus majoribus; rachis 

 inftme dense puberula superne pilis longis patentibus parce vestita. 

 Caulis simplex gracilis leviter puberulus usque 5 poll, longus, 

 plerumque aphyllus. Racemi simplex, verticillis 2-4 floris, bracteis 

 oblongo-linearibus vel ovato-oblongis pedieellis puberulis arcuatisque 

 brevioribus. Calyx costis exceptia glabriuscnlus, labio postico late 

 ovato apice tridentato-mucronulato, antico bifido segmontis ovato-lanceo- 

 latis acutis, fauce glabro. Corolla parva alba bilabiata, labio postico 

 bifido, antico trifulo, lobo iutermedio lateralibus longiore, apice retuso, 

 tubo incluso intus annulato. Stamina antice fertilia 2 exerta, stami- 



obtusissLo. 



Stylus apice inasqualiter bifidus stamina longitudine aaquans. 

 Nucube trigono-oblongre glabra}. 



Habitat inter saxa ad flumen prope Ogimi, insula Liu-kiu. 



