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RUBIACE^E. 



plus minus lougiore oblongo 2^ mm. longo 2^ mm. lato apice rotundato 

 "basi hand contracto rnargine glanduloso-ciliolato, lobis totis reticulato-nervosis. 

 Stamina 4 exserta versus basin corollae affixa, partibus liberis filanientorum 

 10 mm. longis glabris, antheris ellipsoideis 1 mm. longis ^ mm. latis utroque 

 ernarginatis glabris purpureis. Stylus inclusus 10 mm. longus glaber erectus 

 apice late carnpanulatus rnm. latus. 



HAD. Inter Busegan et Scisui, leg. B. HAY ATA et S. SASAKI, Mai. 1917. 



Near Abelia Aschersoniana and A. cliinensis ; but differs from the 

 former by the much larger leaves, and from the latter by the quite obtuse 

 and shortly npiculate, but never acuminate, leaves. 



Rubiaeese. 

 JVet'tera BANKS et SOL. 



Nertera nigricarpa HAY ATA (PL VI.) Fl. Montana Formos. p. 115. 



HAB. Bonbonsha, leg. B. HAY ATA, Mai. 1917. 



Near Nertera depressa BANKS et SOL. (Bot. Mag. t. 5799); but differs 

 from it by the entire corolla-lobes and black fruits. 



Galium, LINN. 



Galium Morii HAY ATA sp. nov. (Fig. 24) Caulis ascendens 5 cm. altus 

 toto foliatus glaber vel inferno sparce pilis retrosis conspersus, internodiis 

 superioribus longioribus 8 mm. longis, inferi- 

 oribus brevioribus 2 mm. longis. Folia inferiora 

 minora 1 mm. longa, superiora majora 3 mm. 

 longa 4-quasiverticillata, superiora majora ob- 

 longa 3imm. longa 2^ mm. lata apice apiculato- 

 acuta basi obtusa hand petiolata sessilia rnargine 

 integra 3-nervia, nervis supra elevatis ad nervos 

 pilis setuliforrnibus parce conspersa, nervis sub- 

 tus haud elevatis. Cyma pauciflorata fere termi- 

 nalis ; fructus reniformis setulis uncinatis 

 superiore interiore recurvis conspersus. 



HAB. Mt. Morrison, leg. U. Mori, Dec. 1908. Remarkable for its 

 small form with rounded leaves and stipules. 



Fig. 24, Galium Morii HAYATA. 



