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corneo; embryo parvus, cotylidonibus subplanis crassis, radicula 

 brevi infra. 



Hab. in Suizan, in montibiis Morrison, ad 7703 ped. alt., leg. 

 S. Nagasawa, Oct. 1905, (No. 784) ; Tozan et Arizan, in isdem 

 montibus, leg. G. Nakahaea, Dec. 1906 ; in monte Morrison, ad 6500 

 ped. alt., (No. 1794), ad 7500 ped. alt., (No. 2055), et ad 9000 ped. 

 alt., (No. 1926), leg. T. Kawakami et U. Mori, Oct. 1906. 



This new species is very remarkable for very small flowers 

 and very narrow leaves. 



Damnacanthus indicus G.ertn. f. "Fruct. III. p. 18, t. 182 " ; DC. 

 Proclr. IV. p. 473 ; S. Moore, iu Journ. Bot. (1875) i^ 231 ; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. lud. III. p. 158 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XI. p. 795 ; Forbes et Hemsl. 

 Incl. Fl. Sin. I. p. 386. 



Hab. Saizan, in montibns Morrison, leg. S. Nagasawa, Oct. 

 1905, (No. 658); in monte Morrison, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, 

 Oct. 1906, (No. 1704) ; Nanto : Hinokiyama, leg. 0. Nakahaea, 

 Feb. 1907. 



DisTEiB. Eastern India, central China, the Loo-choo islands, 

 and Japan, 



It is stated by Mr. W. B. Hemsley that D. macroplujllus Sieb, is 

 a form of D. incUcus G.ektn. f., as he has very many transitional 

 stages between the two species. Mr. T. Makino refers also to this 

 interesting species in the Tokyo Botanical Magazine, XVIII. pp. 12- 

 14, where he mentions that the above two species and D. major 

 Sieb, et Zucc. do not show any specifical distinction and they should 

 be regarded as one and the same species accordingly. He also 

 proposes to make many varieties, «, ß, y, and J, including various 

 forms. To my opinion, however, the plants do not seem to vary 

 from one to another. At present, I am much inclined to regard the 



