(5'2 Art. 2.— T. Nakai : 



Isika, Adanson Familles des plantes II. (1763) p. 501. 



Nintooa, Sweet Hortus Britannicus éd. II. (183Ü) p. 258. 



Phenianthvs, Eafinesque Ann. Gen. Sei. pliys. VI. (1820) p. 83. 



Penclyma, Eafinesque I.e. 



Peridymenum, Tonrnefort I.e. p. 608 t. 378. Miller Gard. Diet. (1754) S. F. Gray 

 Nat. Arr. Brit. PI. II. (1821) p. 487. 



Xylosteon, Tonrnefort le. p. 609 t. 379. Miller I.e. Jussieu I.e. p. 212. Adanson 

 1.0. p. 157. Mœnch I.e. p. 502. Nnttall Gen. North American PI. I. p. 138. D. Don 

 Prodr. FI. Nepal, p. 140. 



Frutex v. arborens erectus, decumbens v. volubiliy. Folia 

 simplicia sempervirentia v. decidua, intégra v. incisa baud serrulata 

 exstipullata. Flores axillari-cymoso 1-3 v. axillari-spicati v. pani- 

 culati. Bracte&e bin^e parvie v. foliaceie. Bracteoke söepe connataö 

 V. ovarium toto clausa'. Flores pentameri zygomorpbi interdum 

 actinomorpbi. Calyx globosus v. ovoideus 5-dentatus v. obsoletus 

 V. crenatus. Corolla tubulosa v. campanulata lobis imbricatis, 

 bilabiata v. regulariter 5-lobata, tubo basi ssepe gibboso. Stamina 

 co]"olla3 affixa inserta v. exerta. Filamenta glabra v. pilosa. 

 Ovarium 2-5 (vulgo 2-3) loculare connatum v. liberum. Ovula 

 in quoque loculo pauca biserialis pendula. Styli solitarii sa^pe 

 exerti glabri V. pilosi. Bacca rubra, coccinea, flava, nigra, c?eru- 

 lescens v. alba distincta v. connata. 



Circiter 200 species per totas regiones orbis (praeter Africa 

 australis, America australis et Australia) expansae, inter eas 33 

 species et 12 varietates in regionibus Japonensibus sponte nascent. . 



Conspectus sectionum, subsectionum, specierum et varietatun formarumque. 



^Caulis volubilis saltern rami volubiles cum medulla alba lamellata v. evanida 

 perfecte fistulosa. Cyma terminali-paniculata v. racemosa simul axillaris. 

 Corolla 2-labiata, tubo elongato. Fructus et ovarium distincta. 



1\ Sect. JSfintooa, (Sweet) Fritsh. 



Corollae tubus elongatus ecalcaratus. . . Subsect. Lo7uiißone, Eelider 2. 



Caulis erectus v. procumbens nunqnam volubilis. Pedunculi axillares v. 



terminales 1-4 floribus 5. 



r ßractese oranes foliacese. Folia elliptico-oblonga interdum ovata. Bacca nigra. . 3. 

 \Bracte8e vulgo subulatse rarissime foliaceae. Folia ovata. Bacca nigra. ... 4. 



(Flores 30-40 mm. longi. . . , L.jaj)onica, Thunborg. 

 Flores quam 25 mm. breviores. Folia coriacea. 

 L. }iponic(t, Tlmnberg var. MioaijusiikiMui, Makino, 



