DIAPENSIACE/E. 17 



plant seems to be rather rare. We could find the tree only once in the 

 Arisan ranges, during our journey through the mountains. It is a dwarf 

 shrub nearly 2-3 m. high, sending the branches downwards along the rocks 

 where it stands. 



Monescs SALISB. 



Moneses rhombifolia A. ANDRES Piroleen-Studieu, in Verh. Bot. Ver. 

 Prov. Brand. LVI. (1914), pp. 23 et 69. 



CMnwpldla rhomlf! folia HAYATA Ic. PI. Formos. IE. (1912) p. 119, t. XVI. 



Diapensiaceae. 



Shortia TORE, et GE. 



Shortia ritoensis HAYATA sp. nov. Shortiopsis ritoensis HAYATA in 

 Sclied. Herb. Mus. Taihoku. Khizoma erectum validiusculum. Folia omnia 

 radicalia coriacea longe petiolata, lamina ovato-oblonga vel oblouga 

 rectangulariformi 18 mm. longa 13 mm. lata apice obtusissima ad centrum 

 mucronata basi fere truncata ad basin subito ad petiolum attenuata utraque 

 glaberiima concolora margine partibus prope apicem basiuque exceptis serrata, 

 serris utroque latere margine 0-7 a se 2 mm. remotis transverse ascendenti- 

 bus late triangularibus apice ascendentibus 1-^2 mm. latis 41 mm. longis 

 obtusis ad summum mucrouibus brevissimis coronatis, margine crasso- 

 rnarginata basi apiceque subintegra, costis venisque supra teuuiter elevatis 

 subtus costis prominente elevatis venis plauis, venis lateralibus utroque latere 

 costse 4 subrectis apice obscuris ad apicem serrarum obscure attingeutibus a 

 costa augulo 60-70 egressis, venulis non distiuctis sub luce transversa visis 

 reticulatis, petiolis gracilibus cum lamiuis foliomm desuper arcuatis ad terrain 

 attingentibus 23-25 mm. longis subalatis supra profunde sulcatis subtus costatis 

 basi dilatatis. Scapi cum foliis sequilougi erecti termiuales, basi bracteis 

 lasilaribus (vel cataphyllis) 3-4-veiiicillatis instructi, bracteis basilaribus 

 lance olatis 8 mm. lougis 2 mm. latis concavis margine interiore recm*vo-revolutis 

 apice acuminatis multinervis, a supra basin usque ad prope apicem nudi, 

 prope apicem sub flore 1-2-bracteis superioribus instructi, bracteis superioribus 

 ovato-lanceolatis acnminatis 5 mm. lougis valde concavis margine interiore 

 revolutis. Flores ad apicem scapi solitarii ; calycis lobi 5, 3-exteriores ovati 



