244 ART. I.—B. HAYATA : 
Very near Machilus macrophylla Hemsu. in Forses et Hens. 
Ind. Fl. Sin. Il. p. 377, and Henry’s Herb. No. 5699, from which 
the present variety differs in having larger flowers and shorter and 
fewer flowered inflorescens. Also near Machilus chinensis Hemst., 
but differs from it in having a little broader perianth-segments, 
and more narrower acuminate leaves. 
Machilus Thunbergii Sries. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. If. No. 
704; Mertssn. in DC. Prodr. XV.-1, p. 42; Forses et Hemst. Ind. FI. 
Sin. II. p. 877; Marsum. et Hayara Enum. Pl. Formos. p. 351. 
Has. Kashitd, leg. G. Naxanara, Feb. 1906, (Nos. 1039 et 
1040) ; Kotosho, leg. T. Kawaxamr et U. Mort, 1907, Aprili. (No. 
2454); Liunkiu: Nago, leg. G. Naxanara, 1907, Aprili. 
Machilus (Persea) zuihensis Hayara sp. nov. Rami longi- 
tudinaliter rugosi, rubro-nigricantes. Folia alterna petiolata, ob- 
lanceolata, vel longe oblonga, 8 cm. longa, 24 cm. lata, apice 
obtusa, basi acuta, supra costis et venis planis subtus leviter 
elevatis, supra glabra, subtus sub lente minutissime lepidota, 
adpresse et tenuiter pubescentia, venis primariis utrinque latere 7-8 
rectis a costa angulo 50° egressis, venulis indistinctis, petiolis 1 em. 
longis. Flores cymoso-paniculati, paniculis ad apicem ramulorum 
alternatim approximatim dispositis, gracilibus circ. 10 cm. longis 
sursum floriferis basi perulatis, perulis obovatis, rotundatis 8 mm.) 
longis, deciduis, floribus ad apicem ramorum panicularum ter-: 
natim dispositis, ramis panicularum brevibus 7 mm. longis, pedicellis 
1-2 mm. longis pubescentibus. Perianthium extus pubescens, tubo 
brevissimo, limbo 6-partito, segmentis subeequalibus obovatis 44 mm. 
longis, 2 mm. latis apice rotundatis. Stamina 9, equilonga, 4 mm. 
longa, filamentis complanatis 24 mm. longis glabris, ordinis pri- 
