(14) TENTAMEN FLOEJE LUTCHUENSIS. 281 



T. Kolomikta, Rupr. iii " Biill. Pliys. Matli. Acad. 

 Petersb. XV (1857) p. 261." 



T. rufa, Sieb. et Ziicc. in AbliaiKll. jMueiicli. Acacl. 

 III, pt. 2 (1843) p. 727. 



LuTCHu (Wilforcl fide Forhes et Henisl.). 

 IxsuLA Amami-( )siii3iA ( Wriglit fide Forhes et Ilomsl.) 

 inter pagos Xisliiuakama et Naze {T. Itd. n. 71"), 20 Julio 

 1887, fructif.). 



IxsuLA Utchina : tractu Kundjan [Matsumura 1897) ; 

 Unna-madjiii monte Unna-daki (Tashirol Majo 1887, 

 steril.). 



Akchipelago Yema : insula Isliigatclii ad pagum Kabira 

 [S. Tanahal n. 272, 26 Julio 1891, steril.). 



DiSTRiB. Japan, Formosa, China, Mandsliuria, and 

 Himalaya. 



Nom. Lutch. : Kuga (Y'-') ex T. Itd. 

 Tlie fruits of this species are gathered and eaten by 

 tlie natives of Ishigachi ; while iii tlie island of Takidun, tliey 

 are offered to the deity at the Soro-unke festival. 



As to the limitation of this species, we follow Bentham (in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. V. p. 5-3). Tlie specimens collected in Amami- 

 (Jshima are glabrous, and the branches are furnished with rufous 

 lenticels. Leaves glabrous chartaceous, shining above, glabrous 

 belovv, ovate or elliptical-lanceolate, acumiuate, base acute or sub- 

 cordate, setose-serrulate, 8-12 cm. long, 6-7i> cm. broad ; petiole 

 4-ol cm. long. Fruits edible, Vi cm.Iong, oblong-globose, verrucose, 

 stigma not persistent, calyx small, reflexed ; peduncles axillary, 

 simple or branched, li-o cm. long, rather Iiard, with linear 

 bracts. 



* Y.-Y§ma; M.=Myaku; 0.=Aiuami-Oshirna ; U.=Utchinl 



