118 STYRACE.E. 



Near S. arisanensis HAYATA, but easily distinguishable from it by the much 

 smaller flowers and by the more minutely serrulate ovate leaves with an ovate 

 base. S. arisanensis HAYATA has much larger flowers and remotely serrate 

 oblong leaves with a cuucate base. 



Symplocos trichoclada HAYATA. sp. nov. (25-f). Frutex rarnosissimus, 

 rarnis teretibus fusco-nigricantibus longitudinaliter rugulosis, ramulis gracilibus 

 ferrugineo-tomentosis, pilis patentibus, teretibus ramosis remote foliosis 1 mm. in 

 diametro sectiouis. Folia alteriia l^-cm. remota tenuiter coriacea ovato-lauceo- 

 lata vel ovato-oblonga 3-5 cm. longa l^cm. lata apice acuta vel acuminata ad 

 summum obtusa ad centrum summorum aristato-mucronata basi acuta vel obtusa 

 uiargine tenuiter serrulata, serrulis interdum ad puucta reductis, punctis a se 

 1-1^ mm. remotis, basi et acumine integra, costa supra tenuiter impressa subtus 

 elevata, venis lateralibus primariis utroque latere costa? 9-10 a costa 40-45' a 

 costa egressis tenuissimis supra non visis subtus tenuissime elevatis, pagina supra 

 tenuiter hirsuta subtus molle villosa ad costam pilis fuscentibus densis patentibus 

 dispersa, pilis ad paginam adpressis, petiolis 2J mni. longis dense ferruginet >- 

 hirsutis. Spicas floris breves axillares pauciflorata? ferrugineo-hirsuta?, pedicellis 

 brevissimis 1 mm. longis hirsutis ; bracteas sub flore singulo unic;\3 brevissima) 

 late rotunclatre extus hirsuta? apice rotundatae ciliolata? 1 mm. Iata3 f mm. longre ; 

 bracteis sub flore singulo duabus ovato-rotundatis 1 mm. longis toti usque latis 

 ad longitudiiiem subplicatis intus glabris cxtus hirsutis. Calyx obconico-cam- 

 panulatus 2 mm. longus 2^ mm. latus, tubo glabro obconico 1 mm. lougo, limbo 

 basi + hirsuto alte 5-lobato vel 5-partito, partibus vel lobis oblongo-rotundatis 

 1 mm. longis plus quam 1 mm. latis uiargine iutegris hand ciliolatis extas basi 

 tenuissime hirsutis intus glabris. Corolla in exsiccato flavescens campanulata 

 alte 5-lobata vel fere 5-partita, lobis oblongis concavis 3i-4mm. longis 2mm. 

 latis apice obtusis basi contractis margine integris utraque glabris. Stamina 

 indistincte pentadelpha, fllameutis glabris. Ovarium 3-loculare apice hirsutum, 

 stylo 4 mm. longo basi plus minus dilatato apice stigmatoso glabro. 



HAB. In montibus ceutralil)us, ad 5000 ped. alt., leg. S. SASAKI, Jan. 1907, 

 (No. 1). 



Near Symplocos Fordii HAKCE, (BRAND Symplocacea? in ENGL. Pfl.-reich 

 p. 66), but differs from it by the leaves which are not cordate like S. Fordii ; 



