96 H^EMODOUACE^G. 



Peliosanthes Tashiroi HAYATA sp. nov. Rhizoma rcpens, radicibns 

 incrassatis. Folia singularitcr sita longc petiolata clongato-obloiiga vel laiiceo- 

 lata circ. 20 cm. loiiga 37 cm. lata apice acuminata basi attcnuata gradatim 

 ad petiolum abeuntia marginc Integra scd sub microscopio minutissime scrrulata 

 chartaceo-menibranacca utraquc paginc glabra, nervis venis venulis tessellatisque 

 utraque paginc in exsiccato distiuctc visis, petiolis basi nndis hand sqnamatis 

 glabris snbteretibns 2425 cm. longis lauiinani foliornm in longitudiue super- 

 antibns. Scapi cum racemis 12-22 cm. longi erccti glabri hand foliatis hand 

 sqnamati glabri. Raecmi 15-10 cm. longi glabri laxiusculc floriferi tortu 

 subsecunde dispositis. Florcs subnutantes, bractcis ct bractcolis nt in P. 

 arisanensis, scd quam iis minoribus vcl interdum bractcolis mcdio pcdicclli 

 sitis, pediccllis 4 mm. longis desccndentibus glabris cum pcrianthio articnlatis. 

 Perianthium 5 lobatum late campanulatum 14- cm. latum extus glabrum, tnbo 

 late campanulato 2 mm. longo 4|-5 mm. lato glabro, lobis 5 triangulari- 

 oblongis 5-6 mm. longis 4 mm. latis apice obtusis basi plus minus contractis 

 margine integris sed minute ciliolatis vel hand ciliolatis extus glabris intus 

 brevissinic liirsutis. Corolla secundaria 2 mm. longa semi-globosa 5 mm. lata 

 extus brevissime densissime hirsuta apice ore scrni-clausa contracta 5-lobota, 

 (lobis brevissimis late triangularibus 1 mm. latis mm. longis late acutis) intus 

 hirsuta infra apicem loborum intus antherifera. Stamina 5, antheris scssilibus 

 rotundato-ovatis | mm. longis f mm. latis apice emarginatis basi 2 lobatis 

 interiore dehiscentibus. Ovarium sublibcbrum fere .superum basi leviter cum 

 tubo perianthii connatum conicum brevissime dense hirsutum 2 mm. longuni 

 2^ mm. latum basi latissimum sursurn attenuatum apice ad stylum brevis- 

 simum glabrum 1 mm. longum apice stiguiatiferum abcuns, ovulis a basi 

 loculi oriuiidis paucis erectis. Bacca cllipsoidca, 1-spcrma. Semina 7 mm. 

 longa 6 mm. lata ellipsoidea, testa crassissima spongiosa ? 



HAB. Taihoku cult, : leg. Y. TASHIEO, Feb. 1912. 



Near P. arisanensis HAYATA, but separable from it by the pentamerous 

 llowers. 



