1904.] 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE FOLRA OT JAPAN. 73 



rounding the stigma, oblong-elliptical or narrowly oblong, obtuse, concave, 

 about 3-4 mm. long, slightly exceeding the stigma; pollinia small, about 

 f mm. long, obovato-oblong, rounded at the top, erect, very shortly pedicel- 

 late ; corpuscle shorter than pollinia, ovato-deltoid, acute. Style crowned 

 on the ovaries, short, thick, close to the column ; stigma thicker than 

 the style, clavato-obovate, semisph;erical one-half above, shortly bilobed at 

 the top. Ovaries 2, collectively ovato-oval or conico-oval and obtuse* 

 glabrous, small, about 2 mm. long, many-ovuled, each slightly compressed 

 dorsally (semiorbicular in cross section) ; ovules minute, several-seriate, 

 pendulous, obovato-elliptical or elliptical, with a short funicle ; placenta 

 thickish. Follicles 2, strongly divaricate, often with persistent calyx, 

 elongatedly horn-shaped, gradually attenuated above, straight, glabrous, 

 viridescent, about 10-16 cm. long, l§-2 cm. across, many-seeded, with 

 coriaceous carpel ; pedicel 2-4 cm. long. Seeds pendulous, numerous, im- 

 bricated, compressed, ovate, narrowly winged on margin, umber, comose 

 with many and long sericeous hairs, glabrous, 12-14 mm. long; albumen 

 ovate ; embryo straight, cotyledons flat, elliptical, rounded at the apex and 

 base, veined, caulicle much shorter than the cotyledon. Flowers in May- 

 June. 



Hab. Prov. Tosa : Godaisan in Kochi (T. Makino\ May- June 1893), 

 Sakawa (T. Makino \ Nov. 1892), Mt. Yokogura (T. Makino \ 1892), 

 Urado (T. Makino ! Nov. 1895) ; Prov. Ise : Mt, Onigazyo in Wataraye- 

 gori (Z. Umemura ! March 31, 1894) ; Prov. AwA [Boshu] (Herb. ! Sc. 

 Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo), Mt. Kiyosumi (T. Makino !). 



Distrib. Hongkong, Kwantung. 



I could not obtain the typical specimen itself from Chine, so the 

 Japanese plant was identified according to its description. In Japan, this 

 species is found in the southern part and warmer districts of the middle 

 part. My thanks are due to Mr. Torama Yoshinaga, who kindly sent 

 me the fruit and its figure. 



Styrax Shiraiana Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XII. (1898) p. 50. 



A deciduous small tree ; branches terete, flexuous, glabrous, but tomen- 

 tose with fasciculated hairs (which are often caducous) in the shoot of this 

 year, provided with erect-patent branchlets, drab-castaneous, fulvo-castaneous, 

 or castaneous, the outer bark thin and often peeling off. Leaves alter- 

 nate, petiolate, mostly 3 or 4 on branchlets (often more on the terminal 

 branchlets), the terminal one largest, rhombeo-orbicular, but elliptical or 



