Aug.. 1921.1 NOTUL^ AD PLANTAS JAFONLE ET COREM, XXIV. 137 



Corolla 7-8 mm. longa campaintlata glabra, lobis lalissimis acutis. 

 Stamina 4-serialia 16, interioribus minoribus, connectivo interdum 

 filamentis pubescentibus. Flores faerainei ignoti. Pedunculi fructiferi 

 2 mm. longi crassi. Calycis lobi reflexi. Fructus globosus glaucinus 

 circ. 2 cm. latus apice apiculatus glaberrimus. 



Nom. Jap, Liukiu-mame-gaki. 



Hab. in Liukiu : in insula Okinawa (T. Miyagi) in insula Kume- 

 shima (H. Kuroiwa). 



The vernacular name of this tree is ' Kul-bo,' which is often also 

 employed to Diospyros Gagah, Hayata, an another poisonous 

 persimon. 



558) Diospyros nipponica, Nakai sp. nov. 



D. Morrissiana, (non Hance) Franchet et Savatier Enum. PI. 

 Jap. I. p. 307 (1875). Matsumura in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XIV. p. 102. 

 pp. (1900) et Ind. P). Jap. II. p. 485. p.p. (1912). 



E D. Morrissiana staminibus 16, staminodiis 4, ovariis 8-locuIa- 

 ribus differt. 



Frutex 5-6 metralis. Ramus minute ciliatus demum glabrescens 

 lenticellis elongatis punctatus. Folia biennia. Petioli 5-10 mm. longi. 

 Lamina late oblanceolata v. elliptica utrinque cuspidata 4-10 mm. 

 longa supra lucida infra pallida integerrima. Flores masculi axillares 

 quoque pedunculo 1-3, staminibus 16 ; faeminei axillares solitarii 

 cernui. Pedunculi 1 mm. longi minute ciliati. Calyx 5-lobus, lobis 

 late ovatis dorso minute ciliatis. Corolla elongato-campanulata tubo 

 apice leviter constricto, lobis 4 ovatis glabris. Staminodia 4 corollae 

 basi affixa. Filamenta et anthera; rufo-pilosa. Ovarium glabrum 

 depressum 8-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis. Styli ad medium 4-fidi. 

 Stigmata bifida. Fructus dcpresso-sphaericus diametro 1-2 cm. 



Nom. Sap. Tokiwa-gaki v. Yama-gaki. 



Hab. in Hondo (Prov. Kii). Shikoku, Kiusiu et Liukiu (insula 

 Kerama). 



559) Yeronica amplectens, Nakai sp. nov. 



Species Veroniae spurias et V. corcanx affinis sed a prima foliis 

 amplexicaulibus et a posteriore foliis et floribus minoribus statim 

 dignoscenda. 



Caulis cum inflorescentia 13-38 cm. altus adpressissime recurvo- 

 ciliolatus teres simplex v. apice ramosus. Folia preeter suprema 

 amplexicaulia omnia sessilia 15-60 mm. longa 5-29 mm. lata argute 

 serrala apice acutissima supra viridia adpresse pilosa infra secus 

 vcnas tantum pilosa. Inflorescentia spicato-racemosa dcnsiflora 2.5-10.0 



