LILIACE^E. 



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Near /S. ylabra HOXB. ; but differs from it iu the much longer peduncles 

 and pedicels. 



Smilax tenuissima HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 50,-2.) Caulis erectus vel 

 scand ns ramosissiinus, ramis ramulisque teretibus glabris laevibus ad locum 

 ramificaiaonis vagiuis foliorum persistentibns obtectis gracilibus ascendentibus. 

 Folia alterna oblongo-ovata 3cm. longa 10-1 2 mm. lata apice obtusa ad summum 

 breve aristata basi obtusa margine Integra 3-nervia, costis venisque utraque 

 pagiiie tenuissime elevatis, petiolis 1 cm. longis hand cirrlriferis basi dilatis 

 vagim'formibus cauleni ainplectantibus. Pedunculse axillares 1| cm. longse 

 fructus 2-3 umbellatim gerentes, peclicellis 5 mm. lougis basi bracteatis, 

 bracteis ovato-linearibus 3 mm. lorigis -|- mm. latis acuminatis. Bacca late 

 globosa 5 mm. lata 4mm. longa. Semina 



HAB. Mt, Morrison, ad 7,000 ped. alt., leg. S. SASAKI, Oct. 1919. 



Fig. SO; 1, Smilax stenopelala A. GE. ; 2, Smilax tenuissima HAYATA; 3, Smilax 

 HAYATA. 



