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ovate, or orbicular-ovate, sharply acute, rounded or rounded-obtuse at base, 

 coriaceous, 5-13 mm. long, 4-8 mm. wide ; spine often longer than leaves. 

 Flowers 9-14 mm. long, very shortly pedicellate. Calyx-lobes lato-deltoid, 

 acuminate. Corolla-lobes elliptico-ovate, or deltoid-ovate, acutish or sub- 

 obtuse. Stigmatic lacinae oblong-linear, obtuse. 



Nom. Jap. Hime-aridoshi. 



Hob. Prov. Tosa: Hakawa (T. Makino] 1885), Ochi (T. MaJcinol 

 May 6, 1889) ; Amami Cshima : Honeha-toge {T. Uchiyama ! herb. Sc. 

 Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Dec. 11, 1900). 



/?. major (Sieb. et Zucc.) Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XL (1897) p. 

 279. 



Damnacanthus major Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhaudl. Akad. Muench. IV. 

 3, p. 177; Walp. Ann. T. p. 984; Kegel Gartenfl. (18G8) p. 35; Miq. 

 Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 274; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 211 ; Maxim, 

 in Mel. Biol. XL p. 796 ; K. Schum. in Engl, et Prantl Nat, Pfl.-Fam. 

 IV. 4, p. 137, fig. 44 C, D. 



Leaves ovate or elliptical-ovate, sharply acute, rounded or rounded-ob- 

 tuse at base, coriaceous, about lj-4cm. long, 11-21-cm. broad; veins about 

 3-5 on each side ; petiole 2-3 mm. long ; spine minute, or attaining 12 mm. 

 long, much shorter than leaves. Flower shortly pedicellate, about li cm. 

 long, 1 cm. across. Calyx-lobes deltoid, acute or acuminate. Corolla- 

 lobes ovato-deltoid, acutish. Stigmatic lacina) oblong-linear, obtuse. Berry 

 about 1 cm. across. 



Xom. Jap. Zyuzune-no-ki. 



Hab. Prov. Kn : Mt. Nachi (Herb. ! Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, July 

 19, 1883); Prov. Shima : Obama-mura (Z. TJim,mura\ May 1892); Prov. 

 Owaiu: Taketoyo (T. Makino ! Oct. 31, 1893); Prov. Suo : Ouchi-mura 

 (D. Nikai\ herb. ibid. Nov. 6. 1901). 



forma macrophyllus (Sieb.) Makino. 



Damnacanthus macrophyllus Sieb. herb, ex Mi<{. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 274 ; 

 Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 211. 



Damnacanthus major var. macrophyllus Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XL 

 p. 796. 



Damnacanthus major var. /9. submitis Maxim, ex Kegel Gartenfl. 

 (1868) p. 35, tab. 570; Bretschn. Hist. Eur. Bot, Disc. Chin. p. 607. 



Damnacanthus indicus var. major Matsum. in schetl. herb. Sc. Coll. 

 Imp. Univ. Tokyo, et in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XV. (1901) p. 15, excl. syn. 



Leaves elliptical-ovate, oblong-ovate, or oblong-lanceolate, shortly acu- 



