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Boragineae. 



Ehretia LINN. 



Ehretia glaucescens HAYATA sp. nov. Arbor : truncus erectus, versus 

 apicem ramosus. Kami teretes, cicatricibus foliorum elevatis. Folia obovato- 

 oblonga vel obovato-lanceolata apice abrupte acuminata vel breve caudata 

 basi cuneata attenuata supra medium latissima 11 cm. louga 4 cm. lata in 

 vivo supra viridissima nitida subtus glauca chartaceo-membranacea, in ex- 

 siccato opaca, iutegerrima, venis lateralibus primariis utroque latere costoa 

 4-5 tenuissimis in vivo non visis, in exsiccato utraque pagine tenuissime 

 elevatis, petiolis 1-|- cm. longis supra sulcatis. Flores paniculato-cymosi albi. 

 CymaB terminales paucifloratse, (exceptis pedunculis) 2-3 cm. longae totiusque 

 latse, pedicellis ultimis 5-3 mm. longis interdum brevissimis subnullis apice 

 peltato-dilatatis cum floribus articulatis, bracteis et bracteolis iiullis. 

 Calyx subglobosus vel obovatus 1 J mm. longus vel longior utrinque glaber 

 5-lobatus, lobis rotundatis vel oblongis apice obtusis vel rotundatis ^ f mm. 

 longis. Corolla campanulato-hypocratheriformis utriuque glabra, tubo 4-5 mm. 

 longo basi 1 mm. lato, apice gradatim dilatato, apice 3 mm. lato, limbo- 

 5-lobato, lobis obovatis vel oblongis apice rotundatis 2-3 mm. longis integris 

 reflexis. Stamina 5 ad medium tubi affixa longe exserta cum lobis corollas 

 alterna, filamentis vel partibus liberis filamentorum 5 mm. longis reflexis 

 filiformibus, antlieris late globosis a dorso compressis didymis, loculis fere 

 distinctis a dorso medio leviter coniiatis f mm. latis. Ovarium ovoideum 

 1 mm. longum glabrum, stylo 7-8 mm. longo filiformi apice 2-lobato glabro, 

 lobis 1-2 mm. longis apice dilatatis truucatis stigmatosis. Fructus globosus 

 1 cm. in diametro 4-pyrenus, pyi'enis late oblongis 6-7 mm. longis 5 mm. 

 latis complanatis leviter recurvis dorso irregulariter alte reticulate foveolatis 

 facie planis vel alte foveolatis. Semina non visa. 



HAB. Kizan prope Mai, leg. B. HAYATA et S. SASAKI, Juli., 1912. 



Near E. longifolia CHAMP ; but differs from it by the much smaller 

 -corolla and rounded calyx-lobes. Nothing like this in the Indian, Chinese, 

 Honkong and Japanese flora. 



