24 CAPRIFOLIACK,K. 



HAH. Toycncho : Kappansan, ad trunco.s Fici iusularis cresccns, leg. S. 

 SASAKI, Nov. 1915. 



Near Heptopleurum octophyttum HAXCE ; but distinguishable from it by 

 the much smaller, thicker, coriaceous leaves and in the very depressed rounded 

 stigmata. //. octophyttum is terrestrial, but this new spec-ics is always found 

 to be epiphytic. 



Caprifoliaeeae. 



Lonicera Lixx. 



Lonicera oiwakensis HAYATA sp. nov. (PI. V.) Frutex 1-2 m. altus, 

 ramis rcctis striatis teretibus, cortice cinerascenti minute muricato hand 

 hirsute longitudinaliter fisso et soluto, ramulis divarieatis strigoso-pilosis rectis 

 foliiferis tcretibus. Folia opposita elliptica rigide coriacea 2^ cm. longa 1| cm. 

 lata apice emarginata vel rotundata basi rotundata vel truneata margine integra 

 .setulosa, costa supra impressa subtus elevata, vcnis suj)ra impressis subtus 

 elevatis, venulis reticiilatis supra tenniter impressis subtus elevatis, pagina supra 

 scaberrima ad centrum reticulorum setula instructu, subtus ad venas venulas 

 strigoso-hirsuta, in exsiccato supra fusccntia subtus fnlvo-flavescentia, venis 

 lateralifous primariis utroque costse 4 arcuatis, j)etiolis 2-3 mm. loiigis hirsutis 

 supra sulcatis basi triangulari-dilatatis ad pulvinum abeimtibus, pulvinis folio- 

 rum cum iis oppositis fere amplexicaulibus. Flores subpcnduli subalbi apice 

 plus minus rosci a basi ramuli hornotini brevis 1-2 cm. longi oriundi, 

 jK'duneulis gracilibus nutantibus 1 cm. longis vel interdum ad nullum reductis 

 valde complaiiatis strigoso-scabris apice 2-bracteatis flores geminatim geren- 

 tibus, bracteis oppositis linearibus falcatim recurvis 8 mm. longis 1 mm. latis 

 acuminatis margine iutegris sctulosis supra tenuiter hirsutis subtus costatis, ad 

 costas sctuloso-hirsntis. Calyx viridis cum eo opposito latere intcriore toto 

 connatus, tubo obconico-cylindrico glabro 2 mm. longo 1 mm. lato apice trun- 

 cato basi ctmcato, limbo cupuli-formi campanulato extus intusque glabro 1 mm. 

 alto 2 mm. in diametro margine tenuiter et irregulariter 5-lobato, lobis apice 

 rotimdatis margine ciliolatis. Corolla alba apice rosea tubuloso-infundibuliformis, 

 tulx) 7 mm. loiigo 2 mm. lato basi obliquo valde oblique contracto latere 

 ^xnteriore prope basin gibboso extus setuloso-hirsuto intus strigoso-hirsuto, limbo 



