RHAMNE2E. 



tione oblonga 27-foliolata, foliolis suboppositis, jugis 3|-4 cm. remotis, iu- 

 ferioribus majoribus obliqiiis ovato-oblongis 13 cm. longis 5| cm. latis apice 

 subito acuminatis, (acuminibis linearibis) basi obliquis latere interiore latioribus 

 3 cm. latis latere exteriore 2 cm. latis, basi in latere interiore truncatis, ad 

 aiigulum partis truncates glaudulis 1-2 instructis, basi in latere exteriore acutis 

 vel cuneato-acutis ad angulum partis acutce glandulis 1 instructis, cliartaceis, 

 utraque pagine glaberrimis supra ad costas impresso-sulcatis, costis versus 

 sulcos distiucte graciliter elevatis, venis lateralibus utroque latere costee 

 10-11, mediis a costa angulo 50 egressis supra tenuiter impressis vel 

 plauis, costis veuisque subtus distiucte sed graciliter elevatis, venulis minute 

 reticulatis, subtus subglaucis vel pallidis, margine iutegris ; glandulis utroque 

 latere margine 1-2 complanato-glolx)sis 1 mm. in diametro supra planis subtus 

 promineute elevatis ad centrum depressis, petiolulis 2 -2 1- cm. longis subtereti- 

 bus basi subito dilatatis, petiolis 12 cm. longis subteretibus basi dilatatis. 

 Flores iguoti. Pauiculse fructifeme cymosae 25 cm. lougse 30 cm. latse, pedicellis 

 ultimis gracilibus 2-1 cm. lougis. Samera generaliter una in receptaculo 

 singulo sed interdum 2 liueari-oblonga obliqua apice obtusissima sursum 

 tortuosa basi oblique obtusa latere raphre acuta, latere opposito obtusissima 

 vel rotundata, veuoso-reticulata 1-sperma, serniue ad centrum sito. 



HAB. Toyencho : Shibutsuke, in montibus 3000 ped. alt., leg. I. TANAKA, 

 Nov. 1913. 



Very near the type ; but differs from it in tlie quite glabrous leaves and 

 in the samara? which in this new variety are broader and usually convexed 

 at the margin on both sides at the base, while in the type they are 

 convex on one side, but concave on the other. 



Rhamnese. 



llhamnus LINN. 



Rhamnus acuminatifolia HAYATA Ic. PL Forrnos. HE. p. 62. Descriptio 

 auctata : Flores subumbellati 9-10-florati, peduuculis semper solitariis 

 axillaribus 1-| cm. longis hirsutis apice cicatricibus pediceUorum 5-6 notatis, 

 cicatricibus rotundatis cupulneformibus ad centrum depressis, pedicellis cum 

 pedunculo articulatis ad apicem pedunculi radiatim dispositis 4 mm. longis 



