468 ITÖ ET MAÏSUMUEA I (20l) 



S. hulbiferuïii, Makiiio ! 111. Fl. Jiip. I, n. 10, p. 2, t. 

 60. 



Insula Utchinâ : in tractu Nakiigaii {Tashirol April. 

 1887, H.) ; in tractu Shimadjiri circa Tumigusliiku {S. Tana- 

 ka\ n. 11, 13 Majo 1891, fl.). 



DiSTEiE. Japan and China. 

 Tashiro's specimens seem to agree exactly with Hance's 

 diagnosis of S. Alfredi. 



S. Makinoi, Maxim. (?) in Mel. Biol. XII (1888) p. 728- 

 Insula Amami-Oshima (Toshirol Sept. 1887, steril.). 

 Insula UïCiirNÂ : inter Tchatan et Unna {T. Ilö, n. 

 991, 22 Aug. 1894, steril.). 

 Stem procumbent, often rooting at the nodes. 

 In the form of leaves, our specimens agree with the Japanese 

 S. Makinoi, Maxim., but we should like to defer pronouncing as 

 to their identity until we examine more complete specimens. 



S. sp. 



Insula Amami-Oshima : inter Naze et Yamatohama 



{T. ltd, n. Ö63, 6 Julio 1894, steril.). 



Stem thick, fleshy, suberect (?j, not procumbent. Leaves 

 alternate or aggregate, glabrous, fleshy, obovate or obovate- 

 spathulate, attenuate toward the base, entire. 



S. sp. 



Insula Myaku {Tashirol Julio 1887, frf.). 

 Tashiro's specimens, with many fruits consisting of straight 

 and acuminate carpels ; and collected after defoliation and de- 



