EUPHORBIACE.E. 169 



truncatis. Ovarium basi corporis dense congestum minutum fusiformi-filiforme 

 cum stylo i mm. longum. 



HAB. Arisan-Tozan, leg. S. SASAKI, Mart. 1911. 



Somewhat allied to B. involucrata in the structure of the male flowers ; 

 but quite different in the absence of involucres. 



Euphorbiaceae. 



Sarcococca LINDL. 



Sarcococca pruniformis LINDL. var. dioeca HAYATA (Fig. 22) Ic. PI. 

 Formos. II. p. 130. 



OBSERV. Frutex, ramis gracilibus fuscentibus minute pubescentibus vel sub- 

 glabris teretibus. Folia alterna exsiccato fusco-rubescentia lanceolata piunivena 

 breve petiolata 8 cm. longa 2 cm. lata utrinque acuminata vel apice acumi- 

 nata basi attenuata ad petiolum brevem l- cm. longurn abeuntia coriacea 

 margine integra recurvata, costis supra impressis vel elevatis, supra glabra 

 subtus sub microscopic minute lepidota rubro-ferruginea vel pallidissima, venis 

 primariis lateralibus utrinque inconspicuis prirnum rectis prope marginem 

 abrupte flexuosis recurvis asceudentibus venam superiorem attingentibus. 

 Flores ? spicato-racemosi, (racernis brevibus 1-2 cm. longis), cum pedicellis 

 9 mm. longi, (pedicellis 6 mm. longis), 1-bracteati, (bracteis lanceolatis), 8- 

 bracteolati, bracteolis oppositis 4-seriatim imbricatimque dispositis obovatis 

 breve cuspidatis in forma sepalum sub-sequantibus gradatin ad sepalum 

 abeuntibus. Sepala 4 obovata breve obtuseque cuspidata 3 mm. longa If mm. 

 lata margine ciliolata. Ovarium 2-carpellare glabrum cum stigmatibus 

 3 mm. longum, stigma plus minus recurvatum. Fructus ignotus. 



HAB. Montibus Centralibus, leg. U. MORI, Aprili., 1910. 



Near S. pruniformis LINDL. (FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. FJ. Sin. II. p. 418 

 = S. trinervia WIGHT, Ic. t. 1877); but differs from the type by the much 

 longer pedicels of the female flowers and by the lanceolate leaves. 



