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12. Leaves nervo-marginate S. nervo-marginata. 



Leaves not nerved at the margin 13. 



13. Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate 14. 



Leaves ovate or ovate-rounded 15. 



14. Peduncles very short or nearly sessile, leaves 3-nerved S. glabra. 



Peduncles long . . S. lanccccfolia, S. liukiuensis, S. takaoensis, S. arisanensis. 



15. Leaves larger 16. 



Leaves smaller 17. 



16. Petiole base longer and distinctly winged ; leaf base acute . . S. taiheiensis. 

 Petiole base shorter and nearly wingless ; leaf base rounded S. stenopdala. 



17. Quite unarmed . . . . . . T 8. planipedunculata. 



More or less armed S. China. 



Smilax arisanensis HAYATA (Fig. 42, 1-6) Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 356. 



Descriptio aucta : Fl. mnbeLati ; perianthii segineuta 6, exteriora niajora 

 oblonga 4mm. longa l^mrn. lata, interiora miuora oblongo-linearia 3| mm. 

 longa 1mm. lata apice obtusa ; stamina 6, filamentis li mm. longis, autheri.s 

 oblongo-rotuudatis ^-| mm. longis. 



HAB. Arisan. 



Smilax elongato-reticulata HAYATA (Fig. 43, 7-14) Mater. Fl. Formos. 

 p. 357. Descriptio aucta : Flores J umbellati, pedicellis 7 mm. longis ; 

 rhachis umbellarum elongata 2 mm. longa | mm. lata, bracteis minutis oblougis 

 4^ mm. lougis obtusis ; pedunculi umbellarum 1 cm. lougi solit&rii axillares. 

 Perianthii segmenta 6, exteriora oblonga 4| mm. longa 2 mm. lata apice 

 obtusa, interiora lineari-spathulata 4 mm. longa 1 mm. lata apice obtusa. 

 Stamina 6, filamentis basi usque ad 1 mm. cum segmentis perianthii connatis, 

 partibus liberis 14 mm. longis, antheris oblougo-ovatis 1 mm. longis apice 

 acutis. Ovarii rudimentum 0. Bacca late globosa nigi-icans 7 mm. louga 

 totiusque lata 2-3-sperma. Seniina purpureo-rulw^scentia Isevissima 4 mm. 

 longa 3^ mm. lata oblongo-globosa plano-convexa. 



IL\B. Tatsutaka, Oiwake, ad 7,500 ped. alt., leg. B. HAYATA, Aprili. 1916. 



NOTE : Fruits dark purple glaucous ; perianth pale green ; ovary green ; 

 anthers pale yellow. 



Smilax fonnosana HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 43, 1-6). Smilax Siebaldi 



