Dec. 1916.] r;. KOWZUMT.—PLANTAE NOVAE MTCnONESTAK 403 



Arbor parva vcl ;ii-1)tisctilus j^labcrrima ramis raimilisquc teretihus 

 pallidis. Folia coriacca opposita brevitcr (circ. 3-5 mm. long.) pctio- 

 lata,,latc cUiptica ad clongato-elliptica 10— 13-18 cm. longa, 5— 7-9 cm. 

 lata, intcgcrrima, apicc obtuse vel acute brcviangustata supura nitidiu- 

 scula intense viridia, subtus pallidiora, ncrvis utrinciuc 8 vcl 9 subtus 

 leviter elevatis. Panicula tcrminalis pyramidalis 12— 14cni. alta, basi 

 10—11 cm. lata, trichotome ramosa ramulis primariis 12-14 ; floribus 

 albis circ. 6-7 mm. in diametro, pcdiccllis nullis. Caly.x infundibuli- 

 formis circ. 4-5 mm. altus externe glaber margine obscuritcr 4-dentatus 

 subtruncatus. Petala libera fere orbicularia rotundata dccidua. 

 Stamina numerosa indefinila elongata. Stylus teres glaber stigmate 

 simplice. Fructus ellipsoidcus vcl oblongo-obovoideus circ. 15-20 mm. 

 longus. 



DisTR. The cast Caroline group : Ponape island, (leg. O. Koi- 

 DZUMlI Jan. 8, 21, 1915; Typ. in Herb. Sci. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo). 



7. Elaeccarpus carolinensis Koidz. nov. sp. 



Species El. decipicnsi affinis, scd foliis lougioril)us crebre serratis 

 utrinque multinervis, fructibus pallide purpurascentibns, racemis ax- 

 illaribusque differt. 



Arbor cortice grycco laeve ; foliis ad apices ramulonim snbvcrticil- 

 lato-congestis lanceolatis acutis versus basin angustatis obtuse serratis 

 glabris coriaceis 12-15 cm. longis circ. 3 cm. latis ; racemis axillaribus; 

 sepalis 5 lanceolatis, petalis 5 apice fimbriatis ; fructibus ellipsoideis 

 pallide purpurascentibus circ. 2 cm. longis. 



DisTR. The east Caroline group: Ponape island, (leg. G. KoidzumI! 

 Jan. 8, 21, 22, 1915; Typ. in Herb. Sci. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo; v.v.s.). 



