20 CELASTRINE/E. 



siiiique sita? sed in sensu vero ad axillas foliorum versus apicem raini 

 approximatim dispositorum solitarire glabra?, pedunculis 3-5 cm. longis com- 

 planatis, cyrnis ipsis subumbelliformibus 3-8-radiatis simplicibus 1^ cm. longis 

 (pedunculis exceptis) totiusque latis, radiis vel pedicellis 1 Jem. longis glabris, 

 bracteis caducissirnis ignotis. Calycis cupula subplana vel leviter cleorsum recurva 

 extus glabra 5 mm. in diametro, lobis 4 brevissimis latissimis late crescenti- 

 formibus 1 mm. longis 4 mm. latis apicc perfecte latissime rotundatis plus 

 minus cleorsum reflexis seel supra sursum coucavis dorso convexis glabris ad 

 marginem mucronibus nigro-coloratis remote instructis versus basin imbricatis 

 crassiusculis. Petala 4 late rotundata 6 mm. longa 7 mm. lata latiora quam 

 longiora margine erosa exteriore recurva intus convexa extus concava (in flore 

 apertiente) utraque pagine glabra multinervia basi ad insertionem 2mm. lata. 

 Stamina 4 per discum planum exserta, filarnentis glabris 1^ mm. lougis coni- 

 planatis ^ mm. latis validiusculis per totam longitudinem sequilatis, antheris 

 subbasifixis late obreniformibus 1| mm. latis | mm. longis, loculis superioribus, 

 connectivis inferioribus latiusculis ; areolis sub starnine late oblongis 2 mm. 

 longis a ovario circ. 1mm. a margine disci circ. ^mm. distantibus elevatis plus 

 minus rugulosis (in exsiccato) ; disci ampli 6 mm. in diametro plus minus 

 convexi margine leviter 4-lobati, lobis latissimis rotundatis. Ovarium semi- 

 superius apice per discum penetrato-exsertum, partibus exsertis liberis tetra- 

 gono-conicis 1 mm. altis apice acutis stylo brevissimo ^ mm. longo apiculatis in 

 sectione tetragonis ad augulos angustissime alatis, facie inter angulos subconcava 

 glabra lasvi, 4-loculare, loculis 4-ovulatis. 



HAD. Kelung, leg. S. SASAKI, Aprili. 1911. 



This is merely a form of Etionymus TanakcB MAXIM, with emarginate 

 leaves due to some injurious causes. The normal form of a leaf is cuneately 

 obovate with a short cuspidate tip. 



Celastrus LINN. 



Celastrus Kusanoi II AY ATA (Fig. 8), Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 60. Descrip- 

 tio auctata : Frutex scandentissinius ad truucurn arboris a basi usque ad 

 surnmum scandms, cortice hevi hand ruguloso fuscopurpurascenti lenticellato, 

 (lenticellis minutis longitudinal! ter oblongis limn, longis ^ mm. latis), subgla- 

 bratus vel minute hirsutr.s, ramulis hortoniis fulvo-villoso-hirsutis hand lenti- 



