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Has. Okinawa, leg. Y. Tasniro, Mart. 1887. 
Smilax nervo-marginata Hayara. Rami teretes fulvo-cineras- 
centes inermes sub lente minute muricato-asperi, ramulis foliatis 
valde flexuosis. Folia coriacea lineari-lanceolata vel ovato-lanceo- 
lata vel ovato-oblonga cire. 10 em. longa 1-44 cm. lata apice 
acuminata vel acuta basi rotundata vel cordata, margine nervis 
-validissimis prominentibus marginata repandato-integra utraque 
pagine glabra distincte elevato-reticulata 3-nervia, petiolis 1} cm. 
longis subteretibus non sulcatis prope basi 2-cirrhiferis, cirrhis 
2-5 em. longis revolutis, stipulis circ. obsoletis. Flores ignoti. 
Has. Okinawa, leg. S. Tanaka, 1891, (No. 238, b.). 
_ As the leaves of the present plant are very remarkable and 
distinct from any species of the genus, I have taken this occasion 
to describe it, though the specimen is very imperfect and gives 
no complete account for the species. 
Smilax Oldhami Mia. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. IIL. p. 150; 
A. DC. Monogr. Phanerog. I. p. 58; Forpes et Hemost. Ind. Fl. Sin. 
Ilf. p. 100; Marsum. et Hayata Enum. Pl. Formos. p. 434. 
Has. Taruko, leg. G. Naxanara, Juni. 1906, (No. 722). 
Smilax plani-peduncula Hayara sp. nov. Caulis suffrutescens 
plas minus complanatus obtuse angulatus vel subteres glaber 
foliatus. Folia alterna a se 10 cm. remota, petiolata, membra- 
naceo-chartacea ovata oblongo-ovata vel rotundato-cordata 6-8 em. 
longa 4-7 cm. lata apice breve cuspidato-acuta plus minus sub- 
plicato-recurva basi late acuta rotundata vel leviter cordata 
margine subundulato-integra vel subintegra, interdum angustissime 
marginata vel non marginata, utraque pagine glabra, nervis et 
venulis distincte elevatis, subtus pallidiora 5-nervia, inter nervos 
