10 EUTACEvE. 



HAB. Mt. Arisaii ; inter Heishana ct Nimandaira, leg. B. HAYATA, 

 Aprili. 1914, (fr.) ; inter Fankiko ct Taroyeu, leg. TAKEO ITO et B. HAYATA, 

 Mart. 1914, (fl. f et J). 



Fagara cyrtorhachia and F. leiorhachia are contrasted by the leaves 

 which are in the former 7-17 folio-late with smaller leaflets, but in the latter 

 5-foliolate with much larger leaflets. 



Fagara laxifoliolata HAYATA sp. nov. Frutex ? rami et ramnli hand 

 aculeati longitudinaliter rngulosi minute lenticcllati. Folia altcrna tenuiter 

 coriacea pari-vel imparipiimata 7-9 foliolata in ambit u oblanceolata cuni petiolis 

 2cm. longis 20 25 cm. longa 8-9 cm. lata, foliolis superioribus majoribus, 

 inferioribns minoribus, foliolo terminal! cuspidato-obovato 8cm. longo 3|-cni. 

 lato apice breve subito cuspidato-caudato ad summum tenuiter retuso basi 

 subito acuniinato margine iiitegro tenuiter desuper cxcurvato utraquc glabro 

 supra nitido, costa supra valdc impressa snbtus prominenti, vcnis primariis 

 lateralibus utraquc pagine tenuiter scd distinctc elevatis venulis supra elevatis 

 distincte reticulatis sed subtus vix visis, vcnis rcctis, petiolnlo 2 cm. longo ; 

 foliolis lateralibus basi obliquis acutis, pctiolulis 1 mm. longis sulcatis ; foliolis 

 a se 3 cm. remotis, rhachibus petiolisquc ct petiolulisquc supra sulcatis ; petiolis 

 communibus 2 cm. longis. Panicula? axillarcs 5-7 cm. longse in anibitu pyrami- 

 dales abundaiitcr floriferre, rhachibus pedicellisque hirsutis, pedicellis ultimis 

 2-3 mm. longis basi articulatim solutis, bracteis minutis triangularibus f mm. 

 longis totiusquc latis acutis margine minute ciliatis. Florcs f. Sepala 4, 

 triangularia f mm. longa f mm. lata apicc acuta vel obtusa utraque glabra 

 margine sub lente ciliolata. Petala 4 oblonga 3 mm. longa 2 mm. lata apice 

 obtusa basi plus minus contracta margine sub microscopic minute crenulata 

 utraque glabra. Staminodia nulla vel minuta squamiformia. Ovarium 4- 

 merum, carpellis subdistinctis quadraiitiformibus l^nim. lougis dorso impresso- 

 punctatis, stylis 1 mm. longis stigmatibus globosis oblique sitis. Discus (vel 

 torus ?) sub ovario insitus ^ mm. longus pulviiiiformis. 



HAB. Mt. Shichiscitoiizaii, leg. Y. SHIMADA, Aprili. 1911. 



Near F. Avicennce DC. (BEXTH. Fl. Hougk. p. 58), but differs from it by 

 the 4-carpelled flowers and obtuselv cuspidate leaflets. 



Fagara leiorhachia HAYATA sp. nov. Frutex scandentissimus. Rami 



