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minimae v. nullae; pedicelli inarticulati ; calycis limbus nullus; petala 5, 

 aestivatione valvata, sub anthesin reflexa, decidua; stamina 5, erecto- 

 patentia; connectivum parvum; discus depresso-hemisphaericus; styli 

 2, basi coaliti persistentes; ovarium 2-looulare, Bacca nigra, 2-pyrena; 

 pyrenae dorso rotundatae non sulcatae ventre planae; albumen aequa- 

 bile. — Species 2 in Japonia et Cliina indigenae. 



Evodiopanax innovans Nakai, comb. nov. 



Panax innovans Sicbold & Zuccarini in Abh. Akad. Muench. iv. pt. n. 198 (Fl. 

 Jap. Fam. Nat. i. 90) (1S45). 



Kalopanax innovans Miquel in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. 17 (1863).— Mat- 

 sumura, Ind. PI. Jap. i. 2, 420 (1912). 



Acanthopanax innovans Franchet & Savaticr, Knum. PI. Jap. i. 193 (1875). 

 Harms in Nat. Pflanzenfam. in. abt.8, 49 (1894); inNotizbl. Bot. Gart.Mus. 



Berlin, vn. 65, 248 (1917); in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. (les. xxvn. 28 



(1918).— Schneider, 111. Handb. n. 427 (1909).— Rehder in Bailey, Stand. 

 Cycl. Hort. i. 193 (1914). 



Yeso: Hakodate, prov. Oshima, C. J. Maximowicz. 



Hoxdo: in monte Ontake, prov. Shinano, G. Koidzumi; Otakegawa, 



prov. Shinano, E. II. Wilson, no. 6998; Mitake, prov. Kai, C. S. Sargent, 



Chuzenji, prov. Shimotsuke, N. Mochidzuki; Nikko, prov. Shimotsuke, 

 H. Sakurai; in monte Adzuma-san, prov. Iwashiro, G. Nakahara; in monte 

 Enasan, prov. Mino, //. Sakurai; in monte Koyasan, prov. Kii, U. Faurie, 

 no. 90; Gojyo, prov. Yamato, J. Matsumura; Ikedamura, prov. Bitchu. 

 Z. Yoshino; Ishiyama, prov. Omi, /. Sono; Ouchimura, prov. Suwo, J. 

 Nikai, no. 737. 



Shikoku: Nanokawa, prov. Tosa, A'. Watanabe. 

 Kyushu: Iwatake, prov. Buzen, R. Yatabe, J. Matsumura; Shakain- 

 dake, prov. Higo, Z. Tashiro; Kirishima yama, prov. Osumi, Z. Tashiro. 

 Tsushima: in monte Sumo-shiratake, T. Nakai. 

 This is a valuable economic tree. Its wood is white and is superior to 



that of Populus for straw braid used in making hats. 

 The following Chinese species belongs to this genus: 



Evodiopanax evodiaefolium Nakai, comb. nov. 



Acanthopanax evodiaefolius Franchet in Jour, de Bot. x. 306 (1896).— Harms 

 & Rehder in Sargent, PI. Wilson, n. 563 (1916).— Harms in Mitt. Deutsch. 

 Dendr. Ges. xxvn. 29 (1918). 



_ Differt ab E. innovante quo arete affine ramulis non rubescentibus scd sordide 



C] nereis. 



China: Mo-Tao-tsin, prov. Yunnan, Simfon Ten, no. 468, 508; Yunnan, G. 

 Forrest, nos. 8887, 10235; Ruling, prov. Kiangsi, L. //. Bailey; \V. Hupeh, E. H. 

 Wilson, no. 1142; Wen-chuan-hsien, E. II. Wilson,no. 4204; in silvis prope Molien, 



piov. Szeehuan, C. Sehneider, no. 1427. 



Evodiopanax evodiaefolium var. ferrugineum Nakai, comb. nov. 



Acanthopanax evodiaefolius var. jerrugineus W. W. Smith in Notes Bot. 

 Card. Edinb. x. 6 (1917). 



Folia subtus secus costam et inflorescentiae ferrugineo-pilosa. 

 China: Shweli-Saboeen, prov. Yunnan, G. Forrest, no. 12068. 

 The Acanthopanax evodiaefolius var. gracilis W. W. Smith (1. c.) does not belong 

 to this genus for it has 5 styles and 5-celled ovaries and the leaflets are always 5. 



