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164 PROCESSOR OLITEB ON PLANTS FROM JAPAN, ETC. 



scure 3-5-lobatis, crenatis, inolliter pubescentibus ; petalis caljcis 

 lobis subsequaDtibus. 



The stipules are smaller than is usual in G, strictum and less 

 deeply incised. 



Itea JAPONicA, sp. nov. Glabra v. glabriuscula ; foliis membrana- 

 ceis, ovato-ellipticis v, ovatls acuminatis argute serratis, racemis 

 terminalibus, folio duplo longioribus, calyce scute lliformi basi trun- 

 cato, ovario glabro disco aunulari conspicuo ciucto> stylo brevi. 



Nagasaki (in hort.). 



W 



more acuminate, membranous leaves and sballow truncate calyx. 

 The petals, stamens, and style are much shorter than in L virginica^ 

 in which species the disk is inconspicuous or obsolete. I.japo- 

 nica combines, however, some characters of both of these species. 

 /. cTiinensis^ which occurs in the Loo Choo archipelago, is not 

 yet recorded from Japan, 



Bhodotypos. Specimens in advanced fruit of this little known 

 plant were obtained in a garden at Nagasaki. 



EucHRESTA JAPONiCA, Btli.y sp. hov. Foliis trifoliolatis coriacels 

 glabris, foliolis e basi ssepius obtusa obovato-ellipticis obtusis v. apice 

 interdura late et obtusiuscule breviter productis, lateralibus oppositis 

 brevissime petiolulatis, termiDali sarpe paulo majore, racemo termi- 

 nali puberulo 10-3U-flor; bracteis minutis; pedicellis erectis. 



Woods near Nagasaki. 



A low^ unbranched shrub, erect or slightly decumbent at the 

 base,l-l| feet high, witha more or lessthickened tap-root branched 

 a little below. Stem terete, with smooth green bark, glabrescent 

 below, puberulent above. Petiole to first pair of leaflets l|-2|iii., 

 beyond 3-G lines ; obscurely articulated immediately below the 

 terminal leaflet. Terminal leaflet 2-4 in. x 1-^-25 in. Fruit ped- 

 icels ascending, 3-4 lines. Stipes of 1-seeded, shining, black, 

 ellipsoidal fruits, about 2 lines. 



E, japonica differs from E. Horsfieldii, Eenn., at sight in its 

 leaves, which in all our specimens are trifoliate, and the obovate, 

 obtuse leaflets. Specimens of a Enchresta^ scarcely specifically 

 different from E. Ilorsfieldii, are in the Hookerian Herbarium 

 from Pormosa ("Wilford), and Sikkim and Khasia (Drs. Hooker 

 and Thomson, undistributed). 



An?j)7iicarj)aa EdgeuortTiii^ Bth., var. japonica. Gathered Dear 



Nagasaki. Probably both the "West Hin alayan and Jaxa^eee 



plants may be referred to A. monoica of the United States. -^» 



Jerrugivea^ Bth., of the Himalaya is quite distinct. The leaflet* 



