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tenuissimi, 7 cm. longi, iis breviores, floribus umbellatim vel racemosim ad 

 apicem pedunculorum 5 cm. longoram 5-6 dispositis, pedicellis 1 cm. longis. Fl. 

 : apertientes 1 cm. in diametro, 7 mm. lougi, sepala 5, lanceolata, 7 mm. longa, 

 21 mm. lata, a pice acuta, basi pins minus contracta, ntrinque 1-costata, post 

 anthesin accresceutia, margine pauce setnlosa, vel setnlis obsoletis. Discus 

 annulari-pulviniformis. Ovarinm depresso-ovoideum, stylis 3, basi connatis 

 2-partitis longissimis horizontaliter patentibus recurvatis. 



HAB. Hainan : Hoihon, leg. Z. KATSUMADA, Jnli., 1908. 



The type specimen I Lave never seen. It was recorded from the island 

 by various authors. It may, I think therefore, be well conjectured from the 

 same locality that the present plant may be referable to this species. 



Pachysandra axillares FBANCH. var. tricarpa HAYATA n.v. Frutes- 

 ceiis, 20-30 cm. altns, caulis simplex, teres, glaber, sub lente brevissime pubes- 

 cens, sursum foliatus. Folia longe petiolata, alterna, ovato-oblonga, vel 

 elougato-oblonga, 7-8 cm. longa, 34^ cm. lata, apice acuta, abrupte acumiuata 

 vel caudata, basi rotundata plus minus obliqua, margine sursum pauce sub- 

 dentata, deorsum Integra, deiitibus brevibus, subtrinervia, vel pinnivena, sub- 

 coriacea vel membranaceo-coriacea, utraque pagine subglabra, sub lente minute 

 pubescentia, venis ntrinque prominentibus. Flores monoecii, spicati, spicis axil- 

 laribus, 14^ cm. lougis, dense floratis, (floribus infimis uuicis ?, reliquis J) breve 

 pedunculatis, pedunculis 4 mm. longis. Fl. J : subsessiles, 1-bracteati, brac- 

 teis sul)triangu]aril)us, bi-eve pubescentibus, II mm. longis. Perianthii seg- 

 menta 4, 2-seriatim oppositimque disposita, oblonga, 31 mm. longa, 2 -3- mm. 

 lata, apice rotundata, basi contracta, crassiuscula, margine ciliata, concava, obscure 

 5-nervia, subglabra. Stamina 4, segmentis periaiithii opposita, distiucta, 6]- mm. 

 louga, validiuscula, erecto-patentia, filamentis complanatis, 4 mm. longis, 

 glabris, i mm. latis, antheris 2 mm. longis, 4- mm. latis, adnatis, obscure apicu- 

 latis. Rudimentum ovarii brevissimum quadrangulare, | mm. latum. Fl. ? : 

 subsessiles 6 mm. longi, 1-bracteati, 4-bracteolati, bracteolis valde imbricatis. 

 Perianthii segmenta 5, imbricata, 3 mm. longa, oblonga, apice obtusa, magine 

 ciliolata. Carpella 3, basi counata, extrorse recurvata, stigmatibus linearibus 

 sub lente minute pubescentibus, ovulis 2 in carpel! is singulis. Fructus 

 ignoti. 



