(14) TENTAMEN FLOKJ^ LUTCHUENSIS. 281 



T. Kohmihta, Eupr. in " Bull. Pliys. Math. Acad. 

 Petersb. XV (1857) p. 261." 



T. rufa, Sieb, et Ziicc. in Abliandl. Mueiicli. Acad. 

 Ill, pt. 2 (1843) p. 727. 



LrxcHr [Wilford iide Forbes et HemsL). 

 Insula AMAMi-UsiiniA (Wright fide Forbes et HemsL) 

 inter pagos Xisliinakaraa et Xazé [T. Itô. n. 71-3, 20 Jidio 

 1887, fructif.). 



IxsuLA Utchixà : tracta Kundjan [Jlatsumura 1807) ; 

 Unna-raadjiri monte Unna-daki {Tashiro I Majo 1887, 

 steril.). 



Archipelago Ylma : insula Ishigatchi ad paguui Kabira 

 (Ä Tanahal n. 272, 26 Julio 1891, steril.). 



DiSTEiB. Japan, Formosa, China, Mandshuiia, and 

 Himalaya. 



XoM. LuïciL : Kilgâ (Y=-=) ex T. Itô. 

 The fruits of this species are gathered and eaten by 

 the natives of Ishiçrachi : while in the island of Takidun, thev 

 are oÜ'ered to tlie deity at the Sörö-unke festival. 



As to the limitation of this species, we follow Benthani (in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. \ . p. 5.")). The specimens collected in Amami- 

 Oshima are glabrous, and the branches are furnished with rufous 

 lenticels. Leaves glabrous chartaceous, shining above, glabrous 

 below, ovate or elliptical-lanceolate, acuminate, base acute or sub- 

 cordate, setose-serrulate, 8-12 cm. long, 6-7;!: cm. broad ; petiole 

 4.-01 cm. long. Fruits edible, 1\ cm. long, oblong-globose, verrucose, 

 stigma not persistent, calyx small, reflexed ; peduncles~axillary, 

 simple or branched, li-o cm. long, rather hard, with linear 

 bracts. 



* Y.-Yêma ; M.=^3Iyàku ; 0.=AiiKimi-ÖöIniiia; U.=Utdiinà. 



