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(vol. V. 



in Bot. Jahrb. vi. 63 (1885), pro parte. — Ito et Matsumura in Jour. Coll. 

 Sci. Tokyo, xii. 191 (Tent. Fl. Lutch.) (1899).— Non Siebold & Zuccarini. 

 Raphiolepis umbellata Nakai in Tokyo Bot. Mag. xxvi. 95 (1912); Report 

 Veget. Isl. Quelpaert, 53 (1914); Report Veget. Isl. Wangto, 8 (1914); 

 Chosenshokubutsu i. 290, f. 343, a. (1914).— Non Makino. 



Frutex vel arbor usque 10 m. altus erectus, sed in rupibus ubi ventis 

 perpetuis expositus nanus, ramosissimus. Rami rubro-purpurascentes 

 glaberrirai, vetusti cinerei. Folia distincte petiolata; petioli rubescentes, 

 2-20 mm. longi in parte superiore saepe decurrenti-alati ; lamina lineari- 

 oblonga vel oblanceolata, 4-11 cm. longa et 1-4.7 mm. lata, margine 

 leviter crenato-serrata. aDice obtusa vel acuta vel suhacuminata. sunra 



glabra lucida, infra pallida opaca costis prominentibus sed venis in viva 



obscuris; folia juvenilia pilis fuscescentibus caducissimis obtecta, aesti- 

 vatione convoluta. Inflorescentia in apice rami annotini terminalis corym- 

 boso-racemosa primo pilis fuscescentibus caducis obtecta sed mox glabres- 

 cens; bracteae bracteolaeque lanceolatae 3-7 mm. longae, acuminatae, 

 caducae; calycis tubus glaber vel rufo-pilosus, lobi lanceolati vel lineari- 

 lanceolati vel latiores, intus pilosi, 3-5 mm. longi, apice acutissimi vel 

 aristati, petala alba, oblonga vel subrotundata, acuminata vel obtusa, 

 8-10 mm. longa; stamina calycis lobis longiora vel breviora, antherae 

 atro-purpureae; styli 2, stamina superantes. Fructus globosus vel ovoideus, 

 apice cicatrice calycis umbilicatus, 8 mm. longus, niger. 



Q 



(type), 1563, 



552; in rupibus Hioton, E. Taquet, no. 2808; in parva insula Tyi-gito, 

 E. Taquet y no. 2807; in rupibus littoris Syekeui, E. Taqnet, no. 743; in 

 rupibus insulae Saiseura, E. Taquet, no. 742. 



Korea: Mokpo, H. Ueki. 

 Formosa: Hiiranzan, R. Kanehira, no. 21. 

 Liukiu: Okinawa Isl., in silvis circa Nago, E. 

 Kyushu: Isl. Sakurajima, U. Faurie, no. 3848. 



77. Wilson 



ngto 



Chinto, Chito and Hokitsuto, in Quelpaert and Kainan peninsula of Korea. 

 Two sterile specimens from Liukiu, communicated by the Yokohama 

 Nursery Co., are in the herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum. They 

 have linear-lanceolate leaves tapering at both ends, and may represent 

 a distinct variety. 



Raphiolepis salicifolia Lindley, Collect., in nota sub tab. 3 (1821). 

 Ker in Bot. Reg. vin. t. 652 (1822).— De Candolle, Prodr. n. 630 (1825). 

 G. Don, Gen. Syst. in. 602 (1832).— Spach, Hist. Veg. n. 79 (1834). 

 Roemer, Syn. Monog. in. 114 (1847). — Decaisne in Nouv. Arch. Mus. 

 Paris, x. 133 (1874).— Wenzig in Linnaea, xxxvm, 103 (1874). 



Raphiolepis indica Lindley var. angustifolia Cardot in Lecomte, Not. Syst. 

 in. 380 (1918). 



China et Annam. 



Raphiolepis gracilis Nakai, sp. nov. 



Frutex 2-3-metralis, ramosissimus (fide lectoris) . Rami graciles, glaber- 



