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glabro. Corolla3 tubuliformes extus primum pubescentes clcmuni giabrat;v, 

 tiibo l^cm. longo 3-4 mm. lato sursum minus lato deorsum latiore ad basin 

 suLito ad 1 mm. contracto, limbo 4-partito, partibus linearibus 6 mm. longis 

 mcdio minus quam 1 mm. latis apicc acuto-obtusis deorsum plus minus clilata- 

 tis utraque paginc glabris valvatis supra basin subito flexis deorsum exteriore 

 reflexis. Stamina 4, filamentis ad basin lobo corolla? affixis complanatis 2 rnm. 

 longis glabris \ mm. latis intus leviter canaliculatis, antheris linearibus 2^ mm. 

 longis quam parte libera filamentorum longioribus apice obtusis basi ad fila- 

 mentum abeuntibus minus quam ^ mm. latis 2-locularibus. Ovarium inferius 

 apice glabruni stylophoris (vel discis) ^ mm. longis coronatum, stylo filiformi 

 2 crn. longo acuto-tetragono apice clavato stigmafcoso. Pseudobacca obovoideo- 

 ellipsoidea 7 mm. longa 3| mm. lata verrucosa apice cum dentibus calycis et 

 reliquis stylophoris coronata. 



HAB. Kcslmn : Shijukei, leg. S. SASAKI, Feb. 1911, (typus ! fl. et fr.); ibi- 

 dem, leg. T. SOMA, Aprili. 1912, (No. 28). 



Near L. ritozcmensis HAY., but easily separable from it by the much 

 shorter anthers. 



Pseudixiese HAYATA tribus novus Loranthacearum. 



Perianthii lobi 3. Stamina 3 lobis perianthii alterna a lobis libera sed 

 se perfecte conjugata. Placenta basalis ; embryo-saccus 1 (vel 2 ?) oblongus hand 

 U-formis. 



The new tribus differs from Bifarieas VAN TIEGHEM by the stamens alter- 

 nate with the perianth-lobes, and by the basal placenta and oblong embryosac. 



Pseudixws HAYATA. 



On Pse'udixus, a new genus of Loranthacere, founded on the well- 

 known and widely distributed species, Viscum japonicum THUNB. in Tokyo 

 Bot. Mag. XXIX. pp. 3134. Bi'faria VAN TIEGHEM in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 

 XLIII (1896) p. 173, pro parte. 



Perianthii tubus in fl. $ bi^issimus solidus in fl. -9- ovario adnatus ; 

 limbus 3-partitus, partibus valvatis. Anthera) in fl. Q nulla? ; in fl. $ in 

 centro perianthii site 3 sessiles 2-loculares cum lobis perianthii alternse a lobis 

 perianthii libera; sed se undique perfecte connata synandrium formantes ; 



