78 ART. I'J. — B. HAY ATA : 



annua alterna (novella) brevissime petiolata, petiolis 4 mm. longis 

 semi-teretibus glabris, laminis basi acutis ovato-oblongis apice 

 aciitis margine glandnloso-serrnlatis utraqiie pagine glabris, stipulis 

 lanceolatis glandnloso-ciliolatis. Flores 5-0 fasciculati pecluncnlati, 

 pednncnlis 7 mm. longis teretibus glabris. Calyx liypogynus per- 

 sistens; tubus breviter campanulatus glaber, intus disco adnato 

 suffultus ; lobis 5 ovatis 3 mm. longis obtusis glanduloso-ciliatis 

 horizontaliter patentibus. Petala calycis fauci affixa, ex ungue 

 breve cuneato-obovata, apice rotundata integerrima radiatim venosa 

 tenera glabra horizontaliter patentia 6J mm. longa 4 mm. lata. 

 Stamina calycis fauci affixa longe exserta petalo vix longiora. 

 Ovarium superum, ovoideum cum stylo i) mm. longum, stigmate 

 capitato-peltato. 



Hab. Toroku : Kanoslia, leg. T. Kawakame et U. Mori, Nov. 

 1006, (No. 1904). 



DisTEiB. An allied species P. japonica Thunb. occurs in Japan 

 and China. 



Closely resembles P. japonica Thunb. ; but differs from it in 

 having peltately capitate stigmas, longer stamens and smaller petals. 



Spirwa Linn. 



Spiraea prunifolia Sieb. et Zucc. fl. simplici ; Matsum. et Hayata, 

 Eniim. PI. Formos. p. 119. 



Hab. in monte Morrison, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Mori, Oct. 

 1906, (No. 1795) ; Nanto : Hinokiyama, leg. Gr. Nakahara, Feb. 

 1907 ; Toroku : Kiireikiyaku, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Mori, Nov. 

 1906, (No. 1902). 



DiSTRiB. China throughout, Japan and Korea. 



Spiraea sp. Suffrutices nani glabri. Folia alterna subsessilia 



