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equal to or shorter than the tubular portion, about 5J cm. wide i 
peduncle erect, terete, smooth, about 8 mm. across, exposed portion 
about 5-10 cm. long. Spadix entirely inclosed within the tube of 
the Bpathe excepting the appendage, erect, nearly sessile ; axis an- 
gustato-conical, white, about 3-4 cm. long ; appendage about 11-14 
cm. long, exserted above, stout-flagelliform and gradually attenuated 
above with an acuminated tip, compressed, usually purple, rarely 
green (formi viridi-appjndicidata m.), the lower portion gradually 
enlarged below and shortly acute at the base and 5-7 mm. across, 
longitudinally rugose, naked or stont-fimbriate (fimbriae erect-patent), 
white below. Male flowers numerous, rather laxly disposed sur¬ 
rounding the axis ; pedicel reflexed, white, greenish towards the top, 
with 2-4 gilvons anthers at the top ; pollen white. Female flowers 
numerous, closely placed, light green ; ovary small, sessile, globoso- 
ovoid, smooth, sinning, protrude above into a very short thick style ; 
stigma whitish, depressed, about 2 mm. across. 
Nom. Jap. Shima-tennanshö (nov. nom.). 
1101 b. Proy. IDZU : Isl. Mikura (B. Negishi ! Feb. 191 8). 
The corm is edible while that of the other common species such 
as A. ssrratum, japomcum ， ringens^ Tfmnbergn, etc. are poisonous. In 
Isl. Mikura and the adjacent islands this corm is called “ Hengodama ” 
by the native and used for food. 
Än^orphopha^lus shichitoensis Makino, nov. sp. 
This species is found wild in Island of Mikura, one of so called 
“ Shichitö of Idzu ” ， viz.，Seven Islands of the province of Idzu, where 
the native esteems for the edible corm. The corm is often naturally 
exposed 011 the surface of ground. The vernacular name is Yarna- 
konnyahu meaning “ Hill-Amorphophallus ，，， and the new common 
name is Shima-konnyaku meaning Insular Amorphophallus The 
wild species is sometimes cultivated. The description will appear 
in the forecoming number. (To be continued.) 
Extract aus ” Annales Mycologici ‘‘ Vol. XIII. (1915). 
{Fortsetzung.) 
Yoshinacjaia (P. Henti.) ch. emend. 
P. Hennings in Hedwigia XLIII, 1904, p.143. 
Yoshinagaia Quercvs R H. • 
Auf lebenden Blättern von Quercus glauca, Kochi, Tosa, Japan. 
Vgl. das oben unter YosJnnagella (Coc^oideae) gesagte. — K. Hara in MS. besch¬ 
reibt seine Gattung Monolornlia wie folgt : 
” Parasitic on living leaves of Cupuliferae. Stroma disciform, subcarbonaceous, 
attached to the substratum with a short central stalk-like process at the flattened 
base，dark coloured. Pericliecia (loculi) very' large, single to each, stroma, situated 
near the upper surface. Asci clavate or cylindrical, 8-spored. Spores elliptical, 
hyaline, then coloured, 111 any septate ? Paraphysate. — Y. Quercus Hara : Stroma 
ミ ]) iphyllous，gregarious or scattered, subcarbonaceous, disciform •••margin liberate v 
dark coloured and minutely granulous on the convex surface and brown or dark, 
brown inside, membranaceous, subcarnate,1-2 mm. Perithecia (loculi) single to each 
stroma, forming a cantinuous layer - Asci stipitate, 120-180 x 16-23 rounded at 
