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sensim acuta apice breviter acuta nervoque meclio ultra marginem proclucto 

 mucronata, margine dentibus sursum spectantibus foliis inferioribus minoribus 

 creniformibus superioribus valde prominentibus corniculatim dentiformibua 

 sursum uncinatis insignia, + 60 mm. longa, 25 mm. lata, supra Ia3via subtus 

 prominulo-costulata, punctulis prominulis dissitis ad marginem recurvulum nee 

 crispatum haud crebrioribus prredita. Inflorescentise in ramulorum specialium, 

 foliis + 4 instructorume apice sessiles, nutautes, umbellate, + 8 florae, glabra?, 

 foliis multo breviores, pedicellis + 8 mm. longis ; flores 7-7.5 mm. longi, glabri ; 

 sepala basi breviter coalita suborbicularia, latissinie rotundata, dissite manifesto 

 punctulata ; petala basi breviter connata bene asynimetrica, subelliptica, oblique 

 breviter acuminulata, sicut sepala punctata ; atamina petalis non nisi paullo 

 breviora, antheris sensim acutis, dorso punctatis, rirnis apice poratim dilatatis 

 dehiscentibus ; ovarium ovoideum, Iteve. " 



Ardisia (subg. Crispardisia} crispa (THUNB.) A. DC.; MEZ Myrsinacere 

 in ENGLER Pfl.-reich p. 208 fig. 22, var.? 



Ardisia crispata HAYATA Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 180 (non ROXB). 



Differs from the Japanese specimens by the much narrower leaves and in 

 the simple umbelled inflorescence, or if compound, the primary radias being 

 very much shorter than the secondary ones. 



Ardisia formosana BOLFE in Journ. Bot. XX. (1881) p. 358 ; MEZ 

 Myrsinace^e in ENGLER Pfl.-reich p. 105. 



Veiy near Ardisia Sieboldii. The distinction between the two species A. 

 formosana and A. Sieboldii given by Mez is as follows. 



" Sepala triangularia ad ^connata; anthers fere sessiles A. formosana 



Sepala ovata, libera ; anthers manifesto stipitataa A. Sieboldii." 



I have examined my very rich collections of A. Sieboldii and its allies from 

 Formosa, but have never found any flower with sessile anthers. It is very 

 probable that A. formosana was described from young flowers of A. Sieboldii. 



Ardisia (subg. Crispardisia) Konishii HAYATA sp. nov. Frutex ? Kami et 

 ramuli validiusculi giabri pallido cinerascentes, cicatricibus foliorum et ramu- 

 lorum notatis ; ramulis specialibus floriferis 15-25 cm. longis gracilibus glaber- 

 rimis pallidissimis post anthesin a ramo solutis. Folia obovato-oblanceolata vel 

 lanceolata circ. 12cm. longa circ. 3cm. lata apice breve acuminata vel cuspidate- 



