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STYRACE.E. 



valicliusculis. Fructus sessilis globosus pramiaturus 4 mm. longus apice grosse 

 apiculatus, apiciilis globosis 1 mm. in diametro basi calycis lobis semi-rotundatis 

 triangiilaribus mm. longis instructis, lobos calycis superantibus. 



HAB. Mt. Morrison, ad 7500 ped. alt., leg. U. MORI (No. 1729), Oct. 1906. 



Kesembles Symplocos spicata ROXB. in the spicate sessile globose fruits, 

 but differs from it by the very much smaller oblongo-lanceolate leaves with very 

 different venation. 



Symplocos eriobotrysefolia HAYATA sp. nov. (Tab. X. et Fig. 26). 

 Arborescens ? Ramuli recti validiusculi, cortice fusco-rubescenti glabro, latere 

 profuse glomerulos florum gerentes per totam longitudinem foliati teretes. Folia 

 coriacea lanceolata lineari-lanceolata vel oblanceolata apice subito aeuta vel 

 acuminata ad summum obtusa basi obtusa 12 cm. longa 28 mm. lata margine 

 Integra plus minus recurva vel obscure remotissime mucronibus instructa, costa 

 supra impressa subtus prominente elevata, venis supra impressis subtus tenuiter 

 elevatis, areolis inter venas laterales supra elevatis convexis subtus impressis 

 concavis, venis lateralibus primariis utroque latere 9-10 angulo 45 a costa 

 divaricatis, venulis supra subtusque vix vel hand visis, pagine utraque glabra 

 supra viridia subtus pallidissima, petiolis 2 cm. longis triquetris intus concavis 

 vel sulcatis dorso triangulari-convexis ad angulo acutis in exsiccato rubro- 

 purpurascentibus. Flores radiatim 20-30-glomerati, glomerulis in ramo laterali 

 defoliato lateraliter sitis per- 

 fecte sessilibus ; bractea sub 

 flore singulo unica triangulari- 

 rotundata 2J mm. longa totius- 

 que lata intus glabra margine 

 integra interdum 2-3 mucroni- 

 bus majoribus ^ mm. longis in- 

 structa extus dense ferrugineo- 

 rubro-tomentosa dorso hand 

 carinata, bracteolis sub flore 

 singulo duabus subrotundatis quam bractea minoribus 2i| mm. longis totiusque 

 latis intus glabris margine integris extus dense ferrugineo-tomentosis dorso dis- 

 tincte carinatis. Calyx late obconicus 3 mm. longus 4 mm. latus intus glaber 



Fig. 26, Symplocos eriobotrycefolia HAYATA ; a, 

 corolla, expanded X 3. 



