222 THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. [Voi. xxvi. uo. sor. 



mm. broad ; midrib prominent beneath ; veins few (2-4) on 

 each side, erect-patent, arcuate upwards, delicate ; petiole 1-4 



mm. long. Flower Fruit small, globose, glabrous, 



about 4* mm. across, provided with a persistent rounded calyx- 

 tube at the base ; pedicel gracilc, glabrous, about 5-5^ mm. 

 long. 



Nom. Jap. Hime-kuroumemodoki (nov.). 



Hah. LiUKiu : Mansamo at the foot of Mt. Onna in Isl. 

 Okinawa {Sahuro Kanagiisuku \ July 5, 1910). 



A species having the smallest leaves among the Japanese 

 Rhamni. 



[To be continued.) 



