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costa angulo40° egressis sursum arcuatis prope marginem evanes- 
centibus, venis secundariis oblique vel transversim reticulatis, mem- 
branacea, petiolis 2 cm. longis. Alabastrum foliorum elongatum 
eylindricum, perulis albo-sericeis ovatis vel oblongis. Flores circ. 20 
umbellati, umbellis pedunculatis, pedunculis 14 cm. longis axillaribus 
solitariis, bracteis basi umbellarum magnis  coriaceis concavis 
alabastrum floris amplectantibus, globosis extus breve pubescentibus, 
margine ciliolatis. Fl. §: pedicellis 1 cm. longis, pubescentibus ; 
perianthium extus parce pubescens 6-partitum, segmentis obovatis 
vel spathulatis 45 mm. longis, 24 mm. latis, apice rotundatis. 
Stamina 9, segmentis periathii longiora, 6 mm. longa, omnia 
introrsum 2-locellata, filamentis hirsutis, antheris late ovatis, apice 
connectivo apiculatis, ordinis primarii et secundarii eglandulosa, 
ordinis tertii glandula stipitata utrinque aucta, stipitibus filamento 
basi connatis. Rudimentum ovarii minutum apice stylo punctatum. 
Bacca oblongo-globosa perianthii tubo accrescente segmentis deci- 
duis insidens, pedicellata, 5-6 umbellata, umbellis pedunculatis, 
pedunculis 14 cm. longis, pedicellis 1 cm. longis omnibus pubes- 
centibus. 
Near Lindera megaphylla Hemsu. in Ind. Fl. Sin. Il. p. 389, and 
Henry’s herb. No. 3345, but greatly differs from it in having broader 
leaves which are widest in the middle portion. The stamens of the 
third order are neither entrorse nor extrorse, but exactly lateral, 
and it is rather questionable whether the plant should be referred 
to the tribe Litseacew or Perseacea. 
Lindera randaiensis Hayata sp. nov. Rami et ramuli validi, 
glabri, in exsiccato rubro-nigricantes, lenticellati, cicatricibus semi- 
lunatis foliorum approximate notati. Folia decidua alterna, 
petiolata, rhomboideo-ovata, 16 cm. longa, 74 cm. lata, utrinque 
