LILJACEJE. 



135- 



Pig. 48 ; 1, SmUax liukiuemis HAYATA ; 2, Smilax ovato-rotunda HAYATA. 



linearia li mm. longa. Ovarium ovoideum 2 mm. longum 1A mm. latum, 

 stigmate sessili 3-partito, partibus linearibus valde deorsuni recurvis 1 } mm. 

 longis. 



HAB. Taiheizau, leg. B. HAYATA et S. SASAKI, Mai. 1917. 



Near S. sfcnopetala, but differs from it in the broad wirjgecl petioles, iu 

 the leaf-blades with much acuter base, and in the simply umbellate flowers. 

 In 8. stenopetcCa, umbels are arranged in a cyme. 



Smilax takacensis HAYATA sp. nov. Scandentissima ; caulis teres 

 scaberulus. Folia alterna elongato-oblongo-ovata chartacea 8-9 cm. louga 3- 

 3^ cm. lata apice obtusa ad summum breve acuta vel breve caudato-acuta basi 

 obtusa rotundata margine subintegra glabra 5-uervia, uervis vemsque utraque 

 paging tenuissime elevatis, petiohs 1-2 cm. longis prope basin cirrhiferis, 

 cirrhis filiformibus 5-7 cm. longis. Pedimculse axillares 5 cm. longse apice flores 



