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oblanceolata v. Hneari-obloiiga v. oblanceolata v. lanceolata 5-7 cm. 

 longa, Flores tertninali-corymosi. Pedicelli fusco-barbati. Calyx 

 brevissimus fusco-pubescens. Corolla pallide rosea, lobis latissimis 

 rotundatis. Stamina 10 glabra. Fructus oblongo-ellipticus fusco- 

 velutinus. 



Norn. Jap. Yakushima-shakunage. 



Hab. in insula Yakusliima. 



556) Symplocos lithocarpoides, Nakai sp. nov. 



5. spicata, (non Roxburgh) MaTvSUMURa in Tokyo Bot. Mag. 

 XV. p. 77 (1901). 



Differt a S. spicata quacum adhuc confusa foliis majoribus, 

 nervis infra prominentibus, calycis lobis non rotundatis sed late 

 ovatis, fructibus non costatis. 



Ramus juvenilis fulvo-villosus, adultus glaber. Folia biennia. 

 Petioli 12—22 mm. longi prinio fulvo-villosi demum glabrescentes. 

 Lamina foliorum late-lanceolata v. oblongo-lanceolata, basi cuneato- 

 acuminata, apice caudato-attenuata, margine praeter -basin serrata v. 

 subintegra, 12—23 cm. longa 3.5-8.5 cm. lata, supra lucida viridis- 

 sima, infra viridia primo secus venas fulvo-pilosa demum glabrescentia, 

 nervis lateralibus parallelis apice incumbente-anastamosis utrinque 

 8-11. Inflorescentia spicato-decomposita fulvo-viliosa. Bracte^ ovatae 

 fulvo-villosae deciduae. Bracteolae ovatee 2 mm. longas fulvo villosa? 

 persistentes. Calycis lobi late ovati fulvo-pilosi. Corolla 5— partita , 

 lobis ovato-oblongis 4mm. longis. Stamina glaberrima. Antherae 

 rotundatas. Infrtictescentia in omnibus partibus glaberrima. Fructus 

 ovoideus maturitate nigricans, apice constrictus, 7mm. longus. 



Nom. Jap. Aoba-no-ki (Y. Tashiro). 



Hab. in insula Okinawa (Y. Tashiro), in insula Oshima (T. 

 Uchiyama), 



557) Diospyros Kuroiwai, Nakai sp. nov. 



D. Lotus, (non Linne) Matsumura in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XIV. p. 

 101 (1900) et Ind. PI. Jap. II. p. 484 (1912). 



Foliorum forma D. Lotus var. glabra simulans, sed differt foliis 

 infra glaucis, antlieris cum filamentis pubescentibus, fructibus maturis 

 inedulibus. 



Toto glaberrima. Folia annua. Petioli 1.0-2.5 cm. longi. Lamina 

 ovata cuspidata supra viridia infra glaucina, venis lateralibus 

 utrinque 5-8, integerrima sed undulata. Flores masculi in apice pedun 

 culi brevissimi 1—3 cernui, Pedicelli 1 mm. longi rufescenti-pubescentes. 

 Calyx 4-lobus, lobis triangularibus 2.0—2 5 cm. longis extus pilosis. 



