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27. W-iLciniiuin bracleatuin Till). ; Mtitsnda I.e. 319. (No. 11). 

 Noni. Jap. Shasbanbo. 



28. Lysimachia Fortunei Maxim. ; Matsuda I.e. 330. (No. 1-4-). 

 Noin. Jap. Nuniatoruno-o. 



20 ? Diospyros rhombifolia Hcmsl. in Joum. T.inn. Sot. XXVI. 70. 



(No. 81). 



Small tree ? Sparingly thorny, branches terete, fuscous ; 

 branchiets hirsuto-pubescenl, leaves (not fulK' developed), dark 

 colored in dry state, subrhomboid or obovate, cuspidate, atten- 

 uated towards base, subglabrous above, hair}' underneath, es- 

 pecially on veins and nerves, 3.5 cm. long, 1.5 cm. broad; f)etiole 

 4 mm. long. Flowers extra-axillary, solitary or two, nodding ; 

 ]3edicel 5 or G ram. long, hirsute. Calyx 4-partcd, segments 

 lanceolate, hirsute. Corolla urceolate, 4- mm. high, dark brown, 

 pubescent without ; liml) 4-lobcd, lobes suborbictdar. Stamens 

 IG in 2 series, each member ot the outer series opposite to that of 

 the inner ; the latter is smaller and attached to the former by the 

 filament. Anther lanceolate, acuminate, with its tip reddish 

 and turned inwards. Ovary rudimentary (male fl. examined). 



Hemsley's specimen was collected in Ningpo, and it is a fruiting 

 one. Mine came from Ho-chow in Che-kianii, tlie same ju-ovince to 

 which Ningpo belongs. It is a flowering one, l)nt tolerably agrees with 

 Hemsley's description. 



30. SymplocCS crataegoides CiKh.-lIam. ; Matsuda in Uot. Mag. 

 Tokyo XXVI. 330. (No. 65). 



Nom. Jap. Sawafutagi. 



31. Ligustrum sinense bour. : I»C. Pn.dr. \III. 204; Benth., I'l. 

 Jlongk. 21.") ; I'orb. et llemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soe. XX\'I. 02 ; Diels in 

 Kngl. Bot. Johrb. XXIX. 533. (No. 88). 



Stamens exserted. This specimen almost well agrees with 

 the s])ecimcn sent from Ilcnry and named as <'H)()ve. L. medium 

 i'l'. et Sav. is not yet reported from China, but it seems to be 

 closely allied to Henry's plant, or identical. 



32. Perugularia odoratissima Smiili ; Decne. in I>C. I'rodr. \Tn. 

 018; Maxim, in MlI. r.i..l. IX. Silt; Hook. f. V\. Brit. l.ul. IV. .".S ; 

 Fori), et Iknisl. in Journ. Limi. Soc. XXVI. 114; /'. j>:tlli<ln Wight et 

 Am. in Wight le. PI. Ind. Or. t. 585. (No. 74). 



Nom. Ja]). Yaraiko {{k:^W) 



