80 AET. 19. —B. HAYATA: 



As the original description is drawn from an imperfect speci- 

 men, I liave taken the hberty of repeating the description of this 

 plant, basing the above account upon the most perfect materials. 



Rubus fraxinifolius Pom. ; Miq. F1. Ind. Bat. I. p. 376 ; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. II. p. 342 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. VIH. p. 391 ; Matsum. in Tokyo 

 Bot. Mag. XVI. p. 4 ; Matsum. et Hayata, Enum. PI. Formes, p. 121. 



Hab. Tohosha, ad 2930 ped. alt., leg. S. Nagasawa, Nov. 1905, 

 (No. G05). 



DisTKiB. Java and the Pliilippine islands. The occurrence of 

 this Rubus in India is a little doubtful. 



Rubus pectinellus Maxim, in Mel. Biol. VIII. p. 374 ; Feanch. et 

 Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 122 ; Hayata, in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XX. p. 55. 



Hab. Tozan, in montibus Morrison, leg. G. Nakahaka, Oct. 

 lOOG ; in monte Morrison, ad 7500 ped. alt., leg. T. Kawakamt et 

 U. Mori, Oct. 1906, (No. 1799). 



DiSTEiB. Southern part of Japan, and also recently found in 

 Luzon. 



Rubus pentalobus Hayata, sp. nov. Suffrutex scandens in totum 

 villoso-tomentosus. Folia longe petiolata tomentoso-villosa, petiolis 

 5-10 cm. longis, laminis ambitu cordato-rotundatis 5-7 cm. in diame- 

 tro sequantibus Iseviter 5-lobis apice rotundatis basi cordatis, lobis 

 rotundatis irregulariter denticulatis palmatim 5-7 nerviis supra 

 pilosiusculis subtus villoso-tomentosis palhdioribus, venis subtus 

 prominentibus, stipulis laciniatis 13 mm. longis. Flores axillares 

 solitarii vel gemini pedunculati, pedunculis 1 cm. longis, 2-3 bracteo- 

 latis, bracteolis minutis laciniatis. Calycis lobi ovati apice laciniati 

 tomentosi 1 cm. longi. Achsenia drupacea. 



Hab. in monte Morrison, ad 10000 ped. alt., leg. T. Kawakami 



