306 ART. I.—B. HAYATA: 
1 cm. longis supra planis basi haud incrassatis, stipulis minutis 
circ. oObsoletis triangularibus 4mm. longis. Alabastrum florum 
supra cicatrices foliorum deciduorum situm globoso-ovatum 3 cm. 
longum, perulis rubris glabris 4-5 seriatim sitis oppositis, exteri- 
oribus ovatis 7 mm. longis, interioribus foliaceis late spathulatis 
extus sericeo-pubescentibus intus glabris 7 mm. longis 5 mm, 
latis, intimis angustatis 10 mm. longis 2 mm. latis. Amenta fl. 3 
cylindracea 6-7 cm. longa secus totam longitudinem dense florifera 
(vel preter partem inferiorem), rachis pubescentibus. Fl. J 
1-bracteati, floribus distinctis, sessilibus, bracteis ovatis apice 
rotundatis 24mm. longis utraque pagine pubescentibus; discus 
squamuleformis, squamulis antice 2-3-obscureé lobulatis patentibus 
4 mm. longis, postice erectis elobulatis. Stamina 5-6, filamentis 
distinctis 3-4 mm. longis filiformibus validiusculis, antheris late 
globosis 4mm. longis utrinque emarginatis. Rudimentum ovarii 
O. Fl. 2: 1-bracteati, brevissime pedicellati, pedicellis $} mm. 
longis. Capsula longe ovata 2-valvis dehiscens basi leviter gib- 
bosa 24 mm. lata 7 mm. longa. Semina obovoidea 3 mm. longa, 
1 mm. lata, testa tenuissima hyalina, pilis come 7 mm. longis albis. 
Haz. Banchoryo, leg. S. Kusano, 1909. 
Near S. tetrasperma Roxs., but differs from it by the ovate 
leaves which are abruptly acute at the apex and cordately rounded 
at the base. 
Salix Mesnyi Hance in ‘ Journ. Bot. (1882), p. 38”; ForBrEs 
et Hemst. Ind. Fl. Sin. Il. p. 530. 
Has. Formosa, RicHarp, OLDHAM. 
Distris. Kiangsu, Chekiang, Kiangsi, Hupeh, Yunnan, and 
Kwangtung. 
I have seen the specimens at Kew. It is not yet represented 
at Tokyo. 
