180 ART. I.—B. HAYATA: 
Ardisia Sw. 
Ardisia chinensis Bentru. Fl. Hongk. p. 207. 
Has. Shinko: Shirakku, leg. T. Kawaxamr et U. Mori Juni. 
1906, (No. 1396). 
Near A. japonica BLUME. 
Distris. Hongkong. 
Ardisia cornudentata Mrz Myrsinacez, in Encu. Pfl.-reich IV. 
236, p. 144. 
Has. Taito: Shinsuiye, (No. 2908) ; Shinko ; Urai, (No. 5071) ; 
Kwashoto, (No. 4822); Garanbi, (No. 854). 
Distris. An endemic plant. 
Ardisia crenata Roxs. ‘“ Fl. Ind. ed.-Carzy et Wun. II. p. 
oro.  Cisene, in Hoon. 1. El. Bri. Ind; (i. p."524: 
Has. in Montibus Centralibus, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Mort, 
Noy. 1906, (No. 1933); Tdzan, in montibus Morrison, leg. G. NaKa- 
HARA, Oct. 1906. , 
Distris. Malaya, India, China, Japan. 
Ardisia kotensis Hayata sp. nov. Rami et ramuli validius- 
euli, fusco-tomentosi, cortice fusco-rubescente glabrato vel fusco- 
tomentoso, lenticellis longitudinaliter dispersis, et cicatricibus semi- 
globosis notati. Folia alterna subsessilia crassiuscula longe obovata, 
10 cm. longa, 45 cm. lata, apice obtusa vel rotundata vel obtuso- 
acuta, basi attenuata, margine leviter recurvata, costis et venis 
utraque leviter elevatis vel inconspicuis, venis primariis utrinque 
latere 12, a costa angulo 60° egressis, prope marginem curvatis an- 
astomosantibus, exsiccato pallidiora. Cyme axillares pedunculate, 
