114 HAMAMELIDE^E. 



longis 2 mm. latis subintegris utraque pagine subglabris margine et basi 

 leviter et paucissime pilis stellatis instructis multinerviis, nervis subparallelis. 

 Petala 5, ad faucem tubi calycis affixa, cum lobis calycis alterna, cunei- 

 formia in circumscriptione, 2 mm. longa apice trancata 2-lobata vel emarginata, 

 introrse recurvata crassiuscula extus sulcata intus costata vel deorsum 

 angustata supra basin lateraliter compressa latere complanata ad basin 

 dilatata 1 mm. lata utraque pagine glaberrima. Stamina 5, ad basin lobi 

 calycis affixa et iis opposita (episepala), antheris sessilibus vel subsessilibus 

 ovato-rotundatis apice obtusis vel trimcatis 1 mm. lougis, lougioribus quam 

 latioribus, loculis introrsum valvis 2 medio solutis dehiscentibus. Ovarium 

 inferius 2-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis, ovulis peudulis anatropis ; styli 2, in 

 longitudine inaequales, longe exserti, altro 8 mm. longo, altro 12 mm. longo, 

 erecti basi dense medio parce pilis stellatis obtecti, sursum subglabri, ad 

 apicem dilatati tuberculati stigmatosi. Capsula lignosa ovoidea 13 mm. longa 

 10 mm. lata tenuiter 7-S-costata pilis stellatis obtecta, ad apicem truncata, 

 basi ad stipitem incrassatum abeuns, sursum 2-valvatim loculicide dehiscens, 

 deorsum indehiscens, valvis sursum solutis sed deorsum connatis, endocarpio 

 apice soluto. Semina ovoideo-ellipsoidea 8-9 mm. longa 4-5 mm. lata leviter 

 compressa facie subplana dorso convexa, utraque extremitate obtusa, testa 

 glabra nigricanti subnitida lignoso-crustacea ; albumen carnosum ; radicula 

 supra brevis, cotyledonibus amplis oblongis 5 mm. longis 3 mm. latis, costis 

 elevatis. 



HAB. Nanto : Nankokei, leg. U. MORI, 1908, Aug. (No. 1193) ; Jinrin, 

 leg. U. MORI, 1910, Juli. ; Hokkokei, Shohakurin, Holisha, leg. C. OWATABI ; 

 B. KANAHIKA. 



This plant seems slightly different from the species described in 

 BENTH. Fl. Hongk. in having introrse anthers. It is widely distributed in 

 Formosa. 



