1924] NAKAI. LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF EASTERN ASIA 83 



Kyushu: prov. Osumi, mt. Kirishima, E. H. Wilson, no. 6204; in horto 

 circa Nagasaki, prov. Hizen, C. S. Sargent. 



Hondo: Nikko, cult., J. G. Jack; Sendai, cult., J. G. Jack. 



The reason why tomentosa should not be taken up as the oldest specific 

 name has been stated by Rehder (in Sargent, PL Wilson, n. 551 [1916] )• 



Elaeagnus kiusiana Nakai y sp. nov. 



Elaeagno longipedi affinis sed foliis et floribus argenteo-lepidotis ovario 

 angustiore exquo statim dignoscenda. 



Rami biennes stellulis lepidotis atro-fuscis dense obtecti, teretes, 

 hornotini stellulis argenteis et fuscis mixte obtecti. Folia annua; petioli 

 2-3 mm. longi, argenteo- vel f usco-lepidoti ; lamina oblonga, basi obtusa 

 vel subtruncata, rarius acuta, apice subito attenuata (sed in laminis 

 minimis obtusa), supra viridia sparsissime argenteo-lepidota, infra toto 

 argenteo-lepidota sed adulta saepe sparse lepidota, 1.2-9 cm. longa et 

 7-39 mm. lata. Flores axillares solitarii in basi ramorum longiorum positi 

 vel in brevibus fere subterminales; pedicelli argenteo-lepidoti, 4-13 mm. 

 longi, graciles; ovarium elongato-fusiforme, 3-4 mm. longum, in floribus 

 masculis abortivum; tubus perigonii 7-8 mm. longus et 3-4 mm. latus, 

 basi subito contractus, lobi 4, late ovati, 5 mm. longi, extus argenteo- 

 lepidoti. Florens in mense Maio. 



Kyushu, prov. Buzen, H. Sakurai. 



Wendlandia Heyneana Wallich, Cat. no. 6274 (1822), nomen. 

 Wight et Arnott, Prodr. Fl. Ind. Or. I. 406 (1831). 



Wendlandia glabrata Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. in. 39 (1880), excl. syn. W. 

 sumatrana et W. laevigata. — Matsumura & Hayata in Jour. Coll. Sci. 

 Tokyo, xxn. 184 (Enum. PI. Formos.) (1906). — Hayata, Icon. PI. Formos. 

 ii. 89 (1912).— Matsumura, Ind. PL Jap. n. pt. 2, 596 (1912). 



Liukiu: in silvis Oshima, U. Faurie, no. 4001; Isl. Genkwa, circa 

 Okinawa, E. H. Wilson, no. 8085. 



Formosa: South Cape, A. Henry, nos. 672, 924, 931; Kelung, War- 

 burg, no. 9651; Kushaku, U. Faurie, no. 57; Horisha, E. H. Wilson, no. 

 10078. 



This species has sessile flowers and is different from Wendlandia glabrata 

 which has pedicellate ternate flowers. The leaves and inflorescence are 

 more or less minutely velvety pilose (sometimes nearly glabrous). Wend- 

 landia sumatrana Miquel is near to this species, but has rotundate stipules. 

 Wendlandia laevigata Miquel is another ally, but it has the leaves and 

 panicles yellowish pubescent. I have seen four specimens of Philippine 

 Wendlandia named Wendlandia glabrata. They are all Wendlandia 

 luzoniensis A. De. Candolle and I doubt whether Wendlandia glabrata 

 really exists in the Philippine Islands. 



Arnold Arboretum, March } 192±. 



