332 ITO ET MATgUMURA : (65) 



C. lutchuensis, T. Itu. 



ArbuscLila ramosa, ramulis alternis gracillimis flexuosis 

 primum pilosis cinereis tum glabris. Folia alternn, brevissime 

 petiolala, chartacen, ellipticy, utrinque attenuatu, obtiuscula 

 luinute creuato-serrata, concoloria, nitida, gbiberrima, petiolis 

 pilosis. Flores pseudoterminales vel axilhires, subsessiles, par- 

 vuli, erecta (?), solitarii rarius in paribus ; sepahi circa o, im- 

 bricata glabra rotnndata vel ovata, acuta, obtusa vel mucronata ; 

 j^etala imiequalia, glabra, ovata vel rotundata, apice emarginato 

 vel obcordato s«jpe rotundato ; stamina nuraerosa petalis breviora, 

 filamentis j^hmis, ghibris linearibus, antheris globosis vel ob- 

 longo-globosis ; styhjs filiformis subglaber, trifidus, exertus. Cap- 

 sula globosa apiculata lcevis, 1-3-spermia. Semina globosa vel 

 ovoidea ssepe semiovoidea, glabra, brunnea. 



Insula. Utchina {3Ialsumura ! 1897, deflor.) : iu mon- 



tanis ad Kundjan-madjiri {Tashirol Majo 1887, flor.) ; ad 



montem Nagu-daki in Nagu-madjiri (•S'. Tanakal n. IGl, 20 



Majo 1891, T Itd, n. 1110, 24 Aug. 1894, fruct. mat.). 

 Archipelago Yema in montanis {Tashirol Julio 1887, 



flor.). 



Folia 20-2'j mm. h:)nga, 10-15 mm. lata, pctiolo 1-2 mni. 

 longo. Flores vix 25 mm. diametro. Hepahi 2-3 mm. longa. 

 Petala exteriora 5 mm. longa et hata, interiora circa 7-10 mm. 

 longa, G-8 mm. hita. Fihimentum staminis circa 5 mm. Btylus 

 10 mm. Capsuhi 10-13 mm. longa. >Semina 8-9 mm. longa, 

 5-8 mm. hita. 



Closely allied to C\ assiinllis, Champ. and to (\ fjracilis, 

 Hemsh, l)ut, it dilTcrs from botli by its naked fihiments and slyle, 

 as well as by the smaller leaves. 

 DiSTrtiB. Kndeniic. 



