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12 mm. longis basi latissimis 5 mm. latis extus adpresse strigoso-pilosis iiitus 

 glabris, sed sursum adpresse pilosis. Petala 4 obovato-rotundata 22 mm. 

 longa 18 mm. lata apice rotundata basi contracto-imguiculata, (unguibus 2 mm. 

 longis), margine sub lente minute ciliolata. Stamina 8, iis cum petalis alternis 

 longioribus, iis cum petalis oppositis brevioribus ; stamina longiora : filamentis 

 7 mm. longis complanatis 1 mm. latis cum connectivis angulo recto articulatis, 

 connectivis basi anthers longe productis (partibus productis 9 mm. longis 

 1 mm. latis complanatis prope basin cum filamentis articulatis) basi facie 

 2-cornuto-calcaratis, calcaribus obtusis 2-cornutis 1 mm. longis, antheris 

 linearibus complanatis 7-8 mm. longis basi 1| mm. latis apice obtusis basi 2- 

 lobatis facie undulatis dorso planis apice 1-porosis ; stamina breviora : filameutis 

 6i- mm. longis complanatis cam connective angulo recto articulatis, connectivis 

 ultra basin antherse productis, partibus productis 1 mm. longis recurvis basi 

 facie 2-cornuto-calcaratis, antheris ovato-linearibus 6 mm. longis basi li mm. 

 latis apice obtusis basi 2-lobatis facie transverse undulato-rugosis. Ovarium 

 ovato-globosum 5 mm. loiigum cum calycis tubo adiiatum sursum liberum 

 strigoso-tomentosum apice ad centrum stylurn elongatum emittens, 4- 

 loculare, loculis oo-ovulatis, stylo columnari-filiformi 18 mm. longo apice 

 truncate obtuso. 



HAB. Bonin : Chichi jima-Hatsunejima, Juli. 1905, leg. H. HATTOPJ. 



Very distinct for its tetramerous flowers and its leaves which are much 

 smaller than those of any species of the genus. 



Bredia BLUME. 

 Bredia Oldhami HOOK. f. (Fig. 20.); HAYATA!C. PI. Formos. I. p. 24. 



Bredia scandens HAYATA (Tab. XXI.), Ic. PI. Formos. I. p. 24. 

 Suffrutex scandens vel erecta circ. 1 mm. longa, caulis subteres vel subtetra- 

 gonus in vivo purpureo-rabescens, in exsiccato iiigricans, paten to -hirsutus, 

 (pih's transverse patentibus), 2-2J mm. in diametro sectionis, pauci-ramosus. 

 Folia opposita louge petiolata ovato-cordata 7^ cm. longa 4 J cm. lata apice 

 acuminata vel ad summum obtusa ad centrum minute mucronata margine 

 subintegra et mucronato-denticulata, (deiitibus mucroniformibus brevissimis 



