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Galium tarokoense HAYATA sp. nov. (PL VII.) Herba glabra 8 cm. alta. 

 Caulis decumbens vel ascendenti-erectus aggregatim situs basi ramosus toto 

 foliatus. Folia cum stipulis quasi-4-verticillata rhomboideo-oblonga cum 

 petiolis 1 rnm. longis 6 mm. longa 2 mm. lata apice triangulari-obtusa basi 

 subito attenuata petiolum 1 mm. longum ^ mm. la turn forrnantia margine 

 iutegra teuuiter deorsum recurva cliartacea costa, supra distincte tenuiter elcvata 

 subtus hand elevata ; nodi caulis ad basin petiolorum plus minus pilis setuliformi- 

 bus instvucti ; internodiis 6 mm. longis. Cymae 3-5-floratae axillares vel 

 terminales glabrae ; pedicellis ultimis 1 mm. longis. Calycis lobi 0. Corolla 

 rotata 4-partita, partibus valvatis triangulari-oblongis 1^ mm. longis mm. 

 latis apice acutis basi liaud vel leviter contractis utraque glabris ; parte 

 corollae centrali non partita ^ mm. in diametro. Stamina 4 ad lirnburn 

 inter lobos affixa, filamentis ^ mm. longis glabris, antheris oblongis. Stylus 

 brevissimus 2-partitus. Ovarium globoso-reniforme dense setulis superiore 

 recurvis conspersum. 



HAB. inter Shinjo ct Batalom, leg. S. SASAKI ct B. HAYATA, Aprili. 

 1917. 



Larger than the preceding species from which this is distinguishable by 

 the quite glabrous, more or less petiolate leaves. 



Ebenaceae. 

 Diospyros LINN. 



Diospyros Sasakii HAYATA sp. nov. (PL VIII.). Arborescens 20 ped. 

 alt. Ramuli graciles fusco-purpurascentes teretes lenticellis minutis conspersi. 

 Folia alterna membranacea lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata 9 cm. longa 3 

 cm. lata apice acuminata basi acuta vel rotundata rnargiue subintegra, costis 

 venis venulis supra leviter impressis subtus leviter elevatis tenuibus, venis 

 lateralibus gracillimis, reticulis subtus distincte visis, toto glabra, petiolis 1 

 cm. longis glabris gracilibus intus sulcatis. Flores breve racemosi, racemis 

 4-5 floratis ad summum 1 cm. longis glabris, pedicellis 2-5 mm. longis glabris. 

 Calyx late obconicus viridis alte 4-lobatus extus glaber, lobis oblongo-trian- 

 gularibus 2| mm. longis 2 mm. latis apice obtusis basi hand contractis 

 marine interis extus labris intus hirsutis. Corolla urceolata 6 mm. longa 



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