70 AKT. 19. — B. HAYATA : 



Hab. in inonte Morrison, 7000 ped. alt., leg. T. Kawakami et 

 U. MoKi, Oct. 1906, (No. 1791). 



This new plant resembles E. echinatiis Wall. ; but differs from 

 it in having very short and densely covering spines on the frnit. 



Celastrus Linn. 



Celastrus articulatus Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 97 ; DC. Prodr. II. p. 7 ; 

 Maxim, iu Mel. Biol. XI. p. 200 ; Feanchet, PI. David, p. 70 ; Miq. Prol. 

 n. Jap. p. 17 ; Feanch. et Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 80 ; Sieb. et Zucc. 

 Fl, Jap. Fam. Nat. I. p. 149 ; A. Gray, Bot. Jap. p. 384 ; Forbes et Hemsl. 

 Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 122 ; Henry, List PI. Eormos. p. 27 ; Diels, Fl. Centr. 

 Cliiu. p. 446 ; Palibin, Conspect. Fl. Korea?, I. p. 54 ; Matsum. et Hayata, 

 Enum. PI. Formos. p. 84. 



HXb. Taito : Iryolvukaknsha, leg. T. Kawakajnu et U. Moei, 

 Dec. 190G, (No. 2178). 



DiSTEiB. Central and northern China, and Japan northward 

 to Saghalien. 



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Rhamnese. 

 Mhmnnus Linn. 



Rhamnus arguta Maxim, var. Nakaharai Hayata, n. v. Eami 

 glaberrimi, subalterne divaricati. Folia rotundato-ovata basi rotnn- 

 data vel acnta apice acuminata vel cnspidata 7 cm. longa 3 J cm. 

 lata margine prseter basin apicemqne crennlato-serrata, serratnris 

 setaceo-acuminatis recurvatis, venis utrinqne 5-6 omnibus angulo 

 acuto emergentibus leviter arcuatis, membranacea, petiolis circ. 1 

 cm. longis. Flores J ignoti. Flores ^ in axillis foliorum inferiorum 

 circ. 5-6 fasciculati, fasciculis paulo supra-axillaribus cum ramulo 

 connatis interdiim 5-6 mm. supra axillam quasi insertis, pedicellis 

 tenuibus petiolum paulo superantibus 1 cm. longis apice incrassa- 



