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Near Lasianthus fohnosensis MATSUM., but diftevs from it in having leaves 

 \vitli round base, and in the much longer hirsute stipules. 



Lasianthus microstachys HAYATA sp. nov. Frutex ; rami et ramuli 

 gracillimi subglabri. Folia opposita chartacea vel teuuiter coriacea oblonga 

 7-10 cm. longa 3 cm. lata apice cuspidato-ac-uminata basi cuneata vel acuta 

 margine integra supra giabra subtus ad costas venas dense hir&uta, costis 

 venisque supra tenuiter inipressis subtus promiuente distincteqae elevatis, 

 petiolis 3-4 mm. lougis hirsutis, stipulis subnullis ad pilos deusos reductis. 

 Cyrnse pauce-floratte breve pedunculate vel subsessiles, axillares 5 mm. longea 

 vel brevissimre. Calyx urceolato-campanulatus 3|- mm. longus 3 mm. latus, 

 tubo 1^ mm. longo totiusque Into pauce hirsute cum ovario connato, limbo 

 campanulato extus hirsuto intus glabro a medio sursum 5-lobato, lobis liueari- 

 subulatis 1|- mm. lougis basi dilatatis hirsutis. Corolla ignota. Fructus late 

 globosus 4 mm. latus 3 mm. longus 5-lobatus 5-coccus, exocarpiis caruosis, 

 endocarpiis (testis cocci) crustaceis semi-oblongis 2j mm. longis 1| mm. latis. 

 Semina ignota. 



HAB. Ochobi, leg. B. H\YATA, Mai. 191G. 



Near Lasianthus micranthus HOOK. f. (in Fl. Brit. Ind. III. p. 190) ; 

 but distinguishable from it in having much smaller leaves with cuneate base. 



Lasianthus parvifolius HAYATA sp. uov. Frutex ; rami et ramuli 

 graciles vel tenuiter hirsuti subtetragoui. Folia opposita tenuiter coiiacea 

 vel chartacea 5 cm. longa 2J- cm. lata apice caudato-acuminata basi acuta vel 

 obtusa integra supra giabra subtus tenuiter hirsuta, petiolis 8 mm. longis 

 hirsutis, stipulis iuterpetiolaribus 1-2 mm. lorigis triangularibus hirsutis acutis. 

 Flores ad axillas foliorum fasciculati subsessiles, bracteolis minutis triangu- 

 laribus hirsutis. Calyx obconicus 3 mm. longus totiusque latus hirsutus, limbo 

 5-lobato, lobis triangularibus 1 mm. longis totiusque latis acutissimis hirsutis 

 iutus giabris. Corolla tubiformis 1 cm. longa 3 mm. latas exta, hirsuta apice 

 5-lobata, lobis oblongis 3 mm. longis 2 mm. latis apice acutis basi haud con- 

 tractis extus tenuiter hirsutis intus barbatis, tulx> intus dense barbato. Stamina 

 5 subsessilia, antheris linearil^us 1|- mm. longis | mm. latis apice obtusis. 

 Discus pulviniformis supra ovarium inferum insitas. Stylus columnifaraiis 

 glaber 3 mm. longus apice incrassatus tenuiter 5-lobatus. 



