136 ART. I.—B. HAYATA: 
Distris. Kiangsu ; Loo-choo islands. 
Viburnum taiteense Hayara sp. nov. Ramuli graciles, purpureo- 
rubescentes, longitudinaliter rugulosi, fusco-tomentosi, lenticellis 
rubescentibus elevatis notati, teretes, remote foliati. Folia op- 
posita, oblongo-lanceolata, vel oblongo-elliptica, 9 em. longa, 3 cm. 
lata, apice acuminata, basi acuta, margine serrulata, serrulis 
rotundato-mucronatis, pinninervia, venis lateralibus primariis 5-6, 
arcuatis, costis et venis supra impressis, venulis tenuiter reticulato- 
impressis, subtus costis et venis prominentibus, venulis tenuissimis 
chartaceo-coriacea, utrinque glaberrima subtus pallidiora, petiolis 
13 cm. longis supra late sulcatis, rubescentibus. Flores corymbosi, 
corymbis terminalibus 3 cm. longis, totiusque latis, ramosis fulvo- 
tomentosis, pilis densis brevissimisque, bracteis angustis acutis 
2-3 mm. longis, pedicellis brevibus cum calycibus articulatis, flori- 
bus ad apicem pedicellorum solitariis vel geminis, bracteolis 
2-3-congestis, basin calycis amplectantibus, elongato-angularibus 
acutis 1-2 mm. longis ciliolatis. Flores cire. 1 em. longi, tubulosi. 
Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus, extus pubescens, tubo 2 mm. longo, 
limbo campanulato, intus glabro, leviter 5-lobato, lobis brevibus, 
obtuso-triangularibus 3mm. longis obtusis, margine  ciliolatis. 
Corolla tubuliformis, superne leviter ampliata, 9 mm. longa, tubo 
5 mm. longo, limbo 5-lobato, lobis breve rotundatis, 2 mm. longis. 
Stamina 5, ad faucem corolle affixa, filamentis brevibus 1 mm. 
longis, antheris oblongis, 1 mm. longis. Ovarium  inferius 
1-loculare, stylo simplici, incrassato, circ. 2 mm. longo, basi gradatim 
leviter dilatato, apice 3-lobato. 
Has. Taito: Daishinzan, leg. T. Kawaxamr et U. Mort, Jan. 
1908, (No. 4546), 7 
Near Viburnum erubescens Watuu., but differs from it in having 
