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Turpinia nepalensis Rehder & Wilson in Sargent, PI. Wilson. II. 187 (1914), 



quoad pi. ex Liukiu. — Non Wallich. 

 Arbor dioica usque 10 m. alta, trunco ambitu 7 dm.; rami glaberrimi. 



Folia opposita, ternata vel superiora simplicia, glabra; petioli 1-9 cm. longi 



incrassa>ti 



guste 



8-6 



lata, infra pallidiora, venis elevatis. Inflorescentia terminalis vel sub- 

 terminalis, fere glabra, decussato-paniculata ; bracteae et bracteolae 

 parvae, triangulares, deciduae; flores masculi sepalis 5 (4) imbricatis 

 glabris vel margine ciliatis 1-1.5 mm. longis; petalis 5 (4) oblongo-sub- 

 spathulatis ochroleucis vel albidis 2-3 mm. longis, staminibus 5 (4) , antheris 

 ovatis albis, pistillis abortivis; flores feminei sepalis 5 (4) oblongis vel 



ovato-oblongis 2-3 mm. longis, petalis ochroleucis vel albis 3-4 mm. longis, 



staminibus 5 (4), antheris ovatis; ovario globoso vel ovoideo glabro tri- 

 loculare stylo unico piloso, stigmatibus 3-4 lobatis. Fructus carnosi, 

 aurantiaci, oblongo-sphaerici vel ovoidei, fere 1 cm. longa; testa seminum 



atro-fusca, nitida. 



Kyushu: mt. Kirishima 30-300 m., prov. Osumi, Z. Tashiro (type); 



Isl. Yakushima, E. II. Wilson, no. 6107. 



Liukiu: sine loco speciali (common. Yokohama Nursery Co.); Oki- 



0-150 m., E. II. Wilson 



Wilson 



Wallich 



(3-9 



pomiji 



De Candolle, too, is distinct, for it has pinnate leaves, more vigorous 

 inflorescence and larger fruits (3-4 cm. in diameter). Turpinia pomi- 

 fera is an East Indian plant, and T. nepalensis is distributed over East 

 India, Himalaya, Nepal, China, and the Philippines. There is another new 

 species in China, and one in the Philippine Islands which are described 

 below. 



Turpinia gracilis Nakai, sp. nov. 



Planta omnibus partibus glaberrima; rami annotini fusci, hornotini 

 virides, teretes. Folia 3-4-juga, imparipinnata; foliola terminalia petiolulis 

 2-28 mm. longis, lateralia petiolulis 1-6 mm. longis, omnia oblonga vel 

 ovato-oblonga, apice attenuata, basi acuminata vel acuta, 23-90 cm. longa 

 8-39 mm. lata, minute crenato-serrata, infra pallidiora; panicula axillaris 

 vel terminalis ramis gracilibus, 11-23 cm. longa; bracteae et bracteolae 

 parvae, deciduae; pedicelli 1-1.5 mm. longi; sepala 5, exteriora 2 minora, 

 late elliptica, interiora rotundata, margine alba, omnia 1.5 mm. longi; 

 petala oblonga, sepala leviter superantia, vix 2 mm. longa; stamina 5, 

 petalis fere aequilonga; antherae rotundatae minimae, biloculares; styli 

 staminibus breviores vix 1 mm. longi; stigmata subdiscoidea; discus 

 lobulatus. Bacca purpureo-nigra, 7 mm. lata. 



