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Menziesia ciliicalyx (Miq.) Maxim. Rhod. As. Orient, 

 ill Mem. Acad. Imp. Sc. St.-Petersb. T Ser. XVI. n. 9 (1870), 

 }). 10, tab. 1, fig. 1-6 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PL Jap. I. 

 (1875) p. 287. 



Andromeda ? ciliicalyx Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lngd.-Bat. 

 I. p. 30, et Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 94. 



Nom. Jap. Tsurigam-tsutsuji. 



Hah. Japan. 



var. multifiora (Maxim.) Makino. 



Menziesia multiHora Maxim. 1. c. p. 11, tab. 1, fig. 7-12 ; 

 Franch. et Sav. 1. c. p. 287. 



Nom. Jap. Urajiro-yoraku . 



Hah. Japan. 



Diospyros Kaki Linn. fil. Suppl. (1781) p. -139; Hiern, 

 Monogr. Eben. (1873) p. 227. 



«. silvestris Makino. 



Trunk erect, often tall. In-uit small, globose, about 3 cm. 

 across, strongly astringent, seminiferous. 



Nom. Jap. Yama-gaki. 



Hah. Japan. 



A spontaneous form. 



/5. domestica Makino. 



Si, vulgo Kaki K^empf. Amoen. Exot. (1712) p. 805 cum fig. 



Fruit usually larger, globular, depressed-ovate, or ellipsoid- 

 ovate, etc. 



Nom. Jap. Kaki. 



Hah. Japan, cultivated. 



Diospyros liukiuensis Makino, sp. nov. 



Branches terete, adpresscd-pubescent. Leaves alternate, 

 shortly petiolate, oblong-elliptical, obovato-oblong or obovato- 

 elliptical, obtuse, acute at the base, entire and very narrowly 

 revolute on margin, glabrous on both surfaces, coriaceous ; 

 midrib prominent beneath ; veins about 5-7 on each side, deli- 

 cate, erect-patent, arcuate upwards; petiole depressed-puberulent. 



