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3, patent, orbicular, deeply concave internally assuming a henu^plijcrical 

 form, thickish, purph; ;• ])e(licel 2^-.")icixi. long. Fuidimentary stamens 6, 

 minute, l)roadly oblong, truiicato-ol)tuse at the top. Ovanes 3-5, ses.sile, 

 radiately erect-patent, oblong-cvlinclrical,. about ') mm. long, with a terminal 

 and discoidal stigma. Fruit oblong, about 9 cm. long, violaceous. 



Akebla lobata ,5. pentapltijUo. Makino in Jiot. Mag., Tokyo, V. (1891) 

 p. 329, efc XII. (1898) p. 195. 



Hah. ProA^ Tosa : Karatani i;i Aiuugo (7'. Makiiiul Dec. 1891), 

 Sodayania (7'. Malciiio\ Inov. 1892), Ogawa-mura (T. 3JaJcino\ Nov. 1892); 

 Prov. SioTTSU : Suma (7'. Mal-iiio\ May 1, 1893); Prov. Sauami : llakone 

 {T. MoJ:luo\ Sept. 25, 1886); Prov. Ujtaciii : Mt. Tsukuba (7'. Makino \ 

 April (), 1894); Prov. Awa (Uoshu): 3It. Kiyosumi (7'. Makino\ April 

 1898). 



This is ire([uent in tliis country. It is probably to be considered as the 

 hybrid of Akehia lobata L>ecne. and A. qiiinata Decne., as alx)ve mentioned. 



Osmanthus japonicus ^ieb. tSyi). PI. Oecon. Ja[). (1830) p. 30. —? 

 0. AqulfoUuiii. X fru<jranfi. 



Eversreen tree, attaining about 7 m. in hei'jht. manv nlnl(i^(! and 

 densfly leaved; trunk grey, dispai>ed with corky protulioraiices ; branches 

 terete, glabrous, grey-vvhite, scattered witii small lenticels. Leaves patent, 

 petiolate, decussate, loosely ap[)roximate towards the top of brnnchlets, elliptical 

 or ellii)tical-oval, shortly acuminate, obtuse or acuti.-«h at base, coarsely 

 «|)inoso-dentate with many teeth, but the superior ones ]iauci-spinos()-dcntate or 

 quite entire, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, dee}) green and shining above, jialer 

 biueath, 5-11.^ cm. long, 2.',-7 cuj. wide; midrib [)roniinent beneath ; lateral 

 veins about S-10 on e;u'h .'^ide, enct-patent. delicately ])rominent beneath, 

 straight or slightly arcuate upwards and coimected above ; veinlets incon- 

 spicuous .-ujjerlicially, loosely reticulated ; petiole s-emiterete, glabrous, 7- 

 13 mm. long. Intlorescence axillary or sometimes terminal. +: Flowers 

 white, fragrant, 8-10 mm. across ; pedicels fasciculate, k)nger tlnm the 

 llower, liliform, glabrous, 5-Jlmm. long; scales small, ovatoorbicular, 

 obtuse or nuicronate, t'Utire- margined, subglal)rous, thick, concave, often 

 carinate dorsally, Calyx minute, l.^mm. across, patelliform, 4-lobed, 

 glabrous, thin towards the edges ; ioijes (Wate or ovato-hemisph;orical, 

 obtuse or acute, ujinutely suberose. Corolla glab'rous, deepl}' 4-partite ; 

 lobes ]iatent or retlcxed, obovato-elliptical or oblong, slightly oblique, 

 rounded at the apex, entire, thickish, the tube very short and broad. 

 Stamens 2, erect, inserted to the middle part of the corolla-tube, shurter 



