448 ITO ET MATSUMUEA : (181) 



pp. 224 et 372; Maxim, in Mél. Biol. VIII (1872) p. 377; 

 Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I, p. 123 ; Forbes et Hemsl. 

 Ind. Fl. Sin. I, p. 237. 



Insula Amami-Oshima {öarpenter e Forbes et Hemsl., 

 Tashirol Aug. 1887, steril.): ad Naze (Yamadal 1882, 

 steril.). " In insulis meridionalibus U-sima [Oshiraa] et 

 Yakuno-sima, ad eollium latera (fl. frf. Wright s. n. R. 

 bracteosi, A. Gray, n. sp.)," sec. Maxim. 



Insula ütchinI (Tashirol Majo 1887, fl.) : inter Nâfa 

 et Tchatan {T. Itö, n. 956, 21 Aug. 1894, steril.) ; ad Unna 

 [Matsumural 25 April. 1897, fl.). 



Archipelago Yêma [Tashirol Aug. 1887, steril.). 

 DiSTEiB. Japan. 



R. reflexus, Ker, ''Bot, Reg. t. 461 "; DC. Prodr. II, p. 

 5ßG; Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 184; Benth. Fl. 

 Hongk. p. 104 ; Seemann, Bot. Voy. * Herald,' p. 376 ; Maxim, 

 in Mél. Biol. VIII (1872) p. 378 ; " O. Kuntze, Methodik, p. 

 53 "; Forbes et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. I, p. 236. 

 LÛTCHÛ (ex Bentham, I.e.). 

 Insula Utchinâ : in monte Katuu-daki in Mutubu- 



madjiri {Tashirol Martio 1887, fl.), in monte Genka in 



Hanidji-madjiri {Tashirol April. 1887, fl.). 

 DiSTRiB. China, Hongkong. 



Tashiro's specimens seem to agree pretty well with Bentham's 

 descriptions (Fl. Hongk. p. 104). Young branches densely 

 clothed with brownish wool, almost concealing the minute prickles. 

 Leaves simple, ovate-cordate, 4-7 cm, long., 4-6 cm. wide, 3- or 

 5-lobed, sometimes unlobed, the middle lobe longer than the 

 others, covered on the upper side with brownish wool when 



