14 CELASTR1XE.E. EHAMNEJE. 



HAB. Hogo, Musha, ad 4000 ped. alt., leg. B. HAY ATA, Aprili. 1916, 

 (S et ?). 



Compared with a Japanese specimen so named in the Herbarium at Tokyo. 

 Petals of female flowers of the Formosan are acuter and more hairy than those 

 of the Japanese. 



Celastrinese. 



Celastrus Lixx. 



Celastrus elevativena HAYATA sp. nov. Frutex scandentissimus, ramis 

 et ramulis eraeilibus interdnm volubilibus fascentibus eortice longitudmaliter 



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elevato-striatis leiitieellatis, leiiticellis rotundatis. Folia altcrna oblonga laneeo- 

 lata vcl obovato-oblonga 1^-5 cm. longa 12 23 mm. lata apice aeuta basi obtusa 

 vel aeuta margine minute serrulata coriacea, costis vcuis venulisque utroq_ue 

 pagine clevatis, utroque pagine glabra, petiolis 2-8 mm. lougis. Capsulse 

 axillares solitariie vel gamiiue, pedicellis 5-6 em. longis re;-tis divaricatis, 3- 

 valvata?, valvis viridibus erassc coriaeeis extus transverse rugulosis tenuissime 

 grosse retieulatis rotundatis (] mm. in diamctro apiee reliquis styli apiculatis. 

 Semina jnatura ignota. 



HAB. Kwarenko, leg. U. FAUIHE. 



Near C. Iciocarpa HAYATA, but differs from it in having narrower leaves 

 with elevated veinlets on the upper surfaee. 



Rhamneae. 



Khatnnus Lixx. 



Rhamnus (Eurhamnus-Osrvispina) oiwakensis HAYATA sp. nov. Frutex 

 1-2 m. alt. raniosissimus, ram is teretibus fusco-purpnraseeutibus iiitidis Inevibus 

 hand lenticellatis, ramulis setiformibus alternatim vel decussatim dispositis 

 |-2 em. longis teretibus, ramulis foliiferis brevissimis 3mm. longis apiee sub- 

 vertieillatini approxiniatim foliatis basi perulis dense obtectis, perulis coriaceis 

 castaneo-eoloratis 1 mm. longis eiliatis obtusis vel aeutis eonvexis. Folia ap- 

 proximata obovato-spathulata vel obovata 1-l^cm. longa 6mm. lata apiee 

 obtusissima vel rotundata basi enneato-attennata margine deorsum Integra 

 sursum crenata ad sinus crenarum setulis digiti-formibus rubcsecntibus -J mm. 



