234 MATSüMimA AND HAYATA. 



apice basique alis membranaceis costatis instructa. Albumen 

 carnosum ; embryo rectus, radicula tereti longiuscula. 



11 AB. Sliinköchö, Kikutsukü, le»'. S. KoNLsin, Sept, auno 11)02. 

 DîSTKiB. China : Ainoy, Hainan ? 



Styrax Linn. 

 Styrax serrulatum Eoxb. FI. lud. II. p. 410; A. DC. 



Prodr. VIII. p. 2(37 ; Claeke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 



Ericaceae Sfyraceœ 



'■■.. Abriphyllaeeœ ./ 



Ancesfer 



The new order, Alniplujllaceœ, is diagnosed as follows: — 

 Flores reguläres ^hermaphroditi. Calyx pateriformis ö-partitus, segmentis 

 ovato-lanceolatis, apice acutiusculis. Corolla sympetala, lobis 5, basi eonnatis, im- 

 bricatis. Stamina numéro loborum corolke dupla, infequalia basi eorollse affixa 2- 

 seriata, exterioribus longioribus, eorollis oppositis ; filamenta in tubura eonnata, 

 apice libera, attenuata. Antherœ introrsœ, 2-loculares, loculis parallelis longi- 

 trorsum dehiscentibus. Discus 0. Ovarium omnino liberum, o-loculare. Stylus 

 filiformis, stigmate terminali eapitato, ö-lobo. Ovula in loculis 8-10, biseriatim 

 medio axis affixa, adscendentia anatropa. Fructus capsularis, oblongus, erectus, 

 epicarpio subcarnoso, delude deciduo, endocarpio leguminoso, in valvas 5 loculicide 

 déhiscente, valvis erecto-patentibus linearibus. Semina linearia parva, testa 

 Crustacea, foveolata, apice basique alis membranaceis costatis instructa. Albumen 

 carnosum ; embryo rectus, cotyledonibus parvis. Arbor omnibus partibus 

 stellato-tomentosis. Folia alterna, leviter serrata. Flores albi, in ramos 

 racemosos dispositi, pedicellis brevis apice articulatis. Bracteolœ parvre, caducîe. 

 Species 1, in Formosa et China incola. 



The natural position of the order is probably next to Erlcaceœ, but about 

 this we can not decide with exactness, as we know nothing as yet of the 

 development history of the tlowei-, which is indispensable for the determination 

 of the position of order. 



B. Hayata. 



