46 ART. I.—B. HAYATA: 
apice subacuta, vel acuminata, ad summum extremitatem obtusa, 
margine a medio sursum serrata, deorsum integra, basi cuneata, 
supra venulis reticulatis elevatis, minute elevato-punctata, coriacea, 
petiolis brevibus 6 mm. longis. Flores ad axillas foliorum apicaliuam 
solitarii, breve pedunculati, pedunculis 3-4 mm. longis, pilosius- 
culis. Alabastrum floris late ovatum. Flores apertientes 3-35 cm. 
in diametro. Sepala 5 valde imbricata, caducissima, ineequalia, 
margine ciliolata, coriaceo-crassiuscula sericeo-pubescentia, extimis 
minoribus late orbicularibus vel late lunularibus 4 mm. latis, 
3 mm. longis, intimis majoribus alabastrum floris involucratis, 
latissimis, apice obtuse acutiusculis, medio crassiusculis prope 
marginem tenuibus, 2 cm. latis. Petala 5-6, inzequalia, basi connata 
obovato-oblonga, 3-exteriora majora, obovato-oblonga, 14 cm. longa, 
12 mm. lata, apice truncato-emarginata, basi angustata, margine 
crispata, 2-interiora minora angustiora. Stamina numerosa, ad 
basin connata quam petalis breviora, 8 mm. longa. Ovarium dense 
breveque sericeo-hirsutum, 35-loculare (placentis incrassatis), cum 
stylo 7 mm. longum, ovoideum apice gradatim ad_ stylum 
abeuns, stylis 3 ad medium connatis, vel ad totam longitudinem 
connatis, stigmatibus ad apicem ramorum stylorum 2-lamellatis. 
Hap. Shinko.; Remogansha, leg. T. Kawaxamrt et U. Mort 
1906, Juni. (No. 1324). 
This comes very near 7. reticulata; but differs from it by 
the leaves and flowers. 
Thea tenuiflora Hayara sp. nov. Rami graciles  cinereo- 
rubescentes, superne foliati, ramulis novellis exsiccatis nigri- 
cantibus hirsutis basi perulatis, perulis rotundatis ciliolatis, 
2-3-seriatim dispositis, cataphyllis spathulatis integris 1 em. longis. 
Folia petiolata, coriacea, obovato-oblonga, vel oblonga, 4 cm. longa, 
