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interdum inconspicuis, petiolis 4 mm. longis tenuissime liirsutis intus late 

 sulcatis. Flores axillares vel pseuclo-terminales, solitarii vel gemini, sessiles, 

 alabastro oblongo 8 mm. longo apice acuto. Sepala 5-10, decidua, extus hirsuta, 

 iiisequalia, (extimum minimum, intimum maximum) rotmidata, maxima 8 mm. 

 in diametro valde concava intus glabra. Petala 5, basi distincta, insequalia 

 exteriora latiora breviora rotundato-cuneata 12 mm. longa 10 mm. lata apice 

 emarginata, interiora longiora angustiora 2 cm. longa 7 mm. lata apice 2- 

 lobata, (lobis 3 mm. longis apice obtusis), basi augustata cuiieata, basi utraque 

 pagine glabra vel sursum extus liirsuta. Stamina numerosa circ. 1 cm. 

 longa, exteriora usque ad medium coiinata, iuteriora pauca distincta tota glabra, 

 filamentis apice liberis tenuibus, antheris rotandato-reniformibus 1 mm. latis. 

 Ovarium dense sericeo-pilosum globosum 2 mm. longum, stylis 3 usque ad 

 infra apicem connatis 3 mm. longis. 



HAB. Karapin, leg. S. SASAKI, 1910, Dec. 



Very near T. Rascmqita MIQ., but differs from it in having much smaller 

 flowers and smaller leaves. It may prove to be a variety of the latter, 

 when the habit is fully known. Here is another spicemeu from Fokien 

 resembling very much this plant, and it may probably he the same species. 



Thea parvifolia HAY ATA sp. nov. (Tab. VI.) Frutex? ramosi, ramis 

 gracilibus, cortice cinerascenti longitudinaliter soluto, ramulis apice patento- 

 pilosis. Folia coriacea rhomboideo-oblonga rhomboideo-lanceolata vel ovata, 

 3 cm. longa 11 mm. lata, apice acuminata ad summum obtusa, basi cuiieata, 

 margine ascendento-serrulata versus basin iiitegra, utraque pagine glabra, 

 costis supra liirsutis subtus glabris, petiolis 4 mm. lougis intus late sulca- 

 tis, venis et venulis 11011 conspicuis. Flores ad apicem ramuloi-um pseudo- 

 terminales solitarii brevissime racemosi 2 cm. in diametro, pedicellis 4 

 mm. longis vel multi-bracteatis pubescentibus, bracteis inberioribus late 

 triangularibus superioribus majoribus. Sepala 5-6, late rotuudata, interiora 

 majora 3 mm. lata 2 mm. longa extus pubescentia intus glabra margine 

 ciliata. Petala 5 basi in tubo 3 mm. longo conuata, valde insequalia, 

 rotuiidata vel oblonga, 10-12 mm. longa, altra crassiuscula extus liirsuta 

 intus glabra, altra tenuia utraque pagine glabra apice rotundata. Stamina 



