88 MYRSINE.E. 



mina 4 petalis opposita basin corolla adnata, filamentis cum tubo corollfe 

 connatis ^ mm. longis dilatatis complanatis triangularibus basi ^ mm. latis 

 margine ciliolatis, antheris lanceolato-linearibus mm. longis ^ mm. latis apice 

 acuminatis. Ovarium ampulliforme apice rostratum cum rostris 1 mm. longum 

 i mm. latum giabrum 1-loculare, placentis centralibus ; stylo columniformi 

 rostris ovarii articulate ad articulationem plus minus dilatato, stigmate ignoto. 

 Fructus giobosus 5 mm. in diametro siccus hand dehiscens ; semina ignota. 



Very near Myrsine africana LINN. (J\!EZ Myrsinacere in ENGLER Pfl.-reich 

 p. 340, fig. 58) in its habit, leaves and flowers, but differs from it in having 

 much smaller flowers with much narrower linear stamens and ovary with a 

 long beak which is articulated with the style. 31. africana figured in MEZ'S 

 monograph has, perhaps by an error, ciliate or denticulate sepals and petals in 

 the male flowers, but has entire sepals and petals in the female ones. 



Ardisia G^RTN. 



Ardisia citrifolia HAYATA sp. nov. Suffrutex circ. 18 cm. altus ; caules 

 simplices hand vel vix ramosi. Folia subopposita vel alterna elongato-oblonga 

 circ. 9cm. longa circ. 3cm. lata apice acuminata ad summum obtusa basi obtusa 

 margine subintegra vel plus minus undulata supra giabra subtus brevissirne 

 glanduloso-hirsuta, costa supra tenuissime impressa subtus elevata, venis late- 

 ralibus supra planis hand elevatis subtus elevatis tenuissimis, prope rnarginem 

 distincte punctata, petiolis 1cm. longis hirsutis supra profunde sulcatis. Flores 

 ignoti. Fructus umbellati, umbellis terminalibus simplicibus solitariis 8-10- 

 radiatis louge pedtmculatis, pedunculis erectis rectis nee recurvis nee cernuis 

 fusco-tomentosis gracillimis apice foliis 1-2 iustructis, pedicellis 6-7 mm. longis 

 fusco-tomentosis ; sepala fructifera basi ad i coalita triangulari-oblonga, parti- 

 bus liberis 2mni. longis Irnrn. latis apice obtusis basi hand contractis extus 

 hirsutis intus glabris margine hand ciliatis integris. Bacca globosa rubra 

 7mm. in diametro. 



HAB. Tonroku, leg. T. SOMA, Dec. 1910. 



Ardisia cornudentata MEZ Myrsinacere, in ENGLER Pfl.-reich p. 144; 

 HAYATA, Mater. Fl. Forrnos. p. 182. 



The original description of MEZ is as follows: "Rarnuli graciles, glabri. 

 Folia petiolis 4 mm. longis stipitata, obovata vel oblonga, basin veims 



