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Sageretia randaiensis HAYATA. sp. nov. (Fig 10). Ramuli graciles fusco- 

 pubescentes glabri. Folia subalterna in exsiccato chartacea in exsiccato fulvo- 

 rubescentia oblonga vel oblongo-ovata 10-13 cm. longa 4^-6 cm. lata apicc 

 cuspidato-acuta ad apicem cuspidis obtusa ad suminum breve apiculata basi 

 rotunda rnargine minutissime vel tenuissirne semilata, serrulis a so (ab apice 

 serrularumusque ad apicem altrarum) 2 mm. distanti- 



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bus, supra glaberrima subtus glabra ad castas plus 



minus pubescentia demum glabrata, costa supra im- 



pressa subtus prominente elevata, venis lateralibus 



primariis supra tenuiter impressis subtus prominente 



elevatis utroque latere costa3 8-9, inferioribus alternis, 



superioribus oppositis, mediis a costa angido 45 eg- 



ressis a basi sursum apice gradatim arcuatis versus Fig. 1O, Sageretia, 



apicem subito arcuatis prope marginem evanescenti- randaiensis HAYATA; a, a 



bract ; b, a flower ; c, a 



bus, venulis inter venas laterales oblique transversis portion of the same, sepals 



utraquc paginc elevatis, reticulis venularum utraquc expanded; d, e, stamens, 



seen from different sides ; 

 pagine elevatis distincte visis, petiolis 1cm. longis f, a petal with a stamen. 



glabris subteretibus latere complanatis intus profunde sulcatis. Flores sessiles 

 glornerato-spicati, spicis terminalibus simplicibus vel pauce ramosis in speci- 

 mine nostro 2^ cm. longis, glomeris 2-4-floratis approximatirn spicatim dispositis 

 rhachis spicarum fulvo-villosa ; sub flore singulo bracteis unis bracteolis duabus 

 sitis, bracteis ovato-triangularibus acutis 1 mm. longis dorso triangulari-carinatis 

 paucissime pubescentibus vel subg]abratis intus concavis extus convexis margine 

 pra3sertim basi ciliolatis, bracteolis oblongis acutis 1 mm. longis basi mar- 

 gineque ciliolatis glabratis dorso convexis intus coiicavis. Alabastrum norum 

 depresso-globosum apice breve cuspidato-acutuni basi rotunclaturn vel trunca- 

 tum. Flores apertientes cum sepalis valvatis erectis 2^ mm. in diametro toto 

 glabri sed ad basin birsuti. Se[>ala 5 valvata triangulari-cuspidata 11 mm. 

 longa 1mm. lata apice cuspidato-acuta vel acuta basi latissima crassiuscula 

 toto glabra extus plana intus leviter concava vel subplana medio 1-costata, 

 costa prominenti, margine elevato-carinata. Petala 5 rninuta | rnm. longa 

 stamina involventia secus longitudine plicata explicate rotundata basi acuta 

 apice rotundata margine hyalina. Stamina 5 petalis opposita 1mm. longa 



