22 CELASTRINE/K. 



triangulari-quadrangularibus If mm. longis basi latissimis 1| mm. latis apice 

 trimcatis (partibus truncatis Inim. latis) margine obscure denticulatis intus gla- 

 bris deorsum fusco-maculato-punctatis. Pctala cuneato-obovata minus 4mm. 

 longa l^mm. lata apice truncata vel rotundata basi cuneata ad insertionein 

 Jmm. lata margine eroso-deuticulata extus glabra intus deorsum minute birsuta 

 ad apicern limbi calycis inserta. Stamina ad apicem limbi calycis vel ad basin 

 lobi calycis inserta, filamentis valdo complanatis 3^ mm. longis ^ mm. latis 

 deorsum minute liirsutis versus apicem plus minus augustioribus, antheris sub- 

 cordatis minus quam 1mm. lougis totiusque latis glabris apice minute api- 

 culatis vel baud apiculatis extrorsis vel (rarissime) introrsis. Discus tenuissimus. 

 Ovarium miuutum coiiicum ^ mm. longum apice ad stylum ^ mm. longum abe- 

 uns, stylo breve columuiformi glabro ^ mm. longo apice truncate stigmatoso. 

 HAD. Mt. Arisan : inter Heishana et Jiijiro, leg. B. HAYATA, Aprili. 1914. 

 The above description is drawn up from a flowering specimen, while 

 the original one is from a fruit-bearing specimen. 



Celastrus leiocarpus HAYATA sp. nov. Frutex. Kami graciles cinereo- 

 rubesceutes subrugulosi lenticellati, leuticellis minutis elevatis cinerascentibus. 

 Folia oblonga oblongo-ovata 4-4^ cm. longa 2-2J cm. lata apice acuta ad sum- 

 mum acuta vel obtusa basi ohtusa vel breve acuta margine breve serrulata 

 versus basin Integra coriacea utraque pagine glabra, costa supra teuuissime 

 elevata subtus promiuente elevata, veuis veuulis supra reticulatis mauifeste 

 impressis, subtus venis tenuissinie elevatis venulis subtus haud vel vix elevatis, 

 reticulis venularuni hand visis, petiolis 6-8 mm. longis glabris supra (intus) 

 canaliculatis. Flores ignoti. Fructus cyrnoso-raceniosiin dispositi, racemis 12cm. 

 longis cum fructu 2^ cm. latis a ramulo angulo recto divaricatis, pediccllis 3-4- 

 congestis 1 cm. longis; calycis lobis persisteutibus triangularibus apice obtusis 

 margine erosis 1 mm. longis ; fructus facie flavesceutes Ia3\ r es 3-valvatim dehi- 

 scentes, valvis (carpellis) ovato-oblongis basi obtusis apice acutis cum stylo 

 apiculatis dorso convexis ventrali valdc concavis medio intus costatis, (costis 

 plus minus sulcatis), crustaceis intus flavescentibus. Semina in fructu siugulo 

 6 arillis membranaceis toto obtecta rubescentia oblonga 2| mm. longa minus 

 quam 2 mm. lata Lovia vel minute densissiuie longitudinaliter punctata. Al- 

 bumen copiosum ; embryo ampins. 



