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very minutely dark-punctate under lens when dried. Stamens 2, lateral, 

 shorter than the ovary ; filament short, filiforni ; anther broadly rounded. 

 Ovary minute, obo void-globose, green, granulato-punctate ; stigma sessile, 

 penicillate. Berries ovoid-globose, papillose- punctate, minutely nigro- punctate 

 under lens when dried, lesser than 1 mm. across ; albumen white, farinaceous. 



Hah. Ogasawara-zima [=Munin=Bonin Islands] (Herb.! Yoshio 

 Tanaka; Herb.! Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Sept. 4, 1881), Isl. Chichi- 

 zima {S. Ikeno ! Herb. Agric. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, July 17, 1899). 



It seems to come near to Pej)erom{a poHulacoides A. Dietr. 



Actinidia callosa Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot. ed. 2, 1836, p. 439 ; Walp. 

 Ann. Bot. Syst. I. p. 15 ; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. V. p. 55, excl. syn. 

 A. Kolomilda Maxim. ; Dyer in Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. I. p. 286, excl. syn. 

 A. KolomiUa Maxim. ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XII. p. 423 ; Id. in Act. 

 Hort. Petrop. XL p. 35 ; Gilg in Engl, et Prantl Die Nat. Pflauzenfam. 

 III. 6, p. 125; Diels in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. p. 470. 



var. rufa (Sieb. et Zucc.) Makino, 



A strong voluble, rufo-tomentose in young shoot. Leaves long petiolate, 

 ovate, oval, elliptical-ovate, obovato-elliptical, oblong, or subsquare-elliptical, 

 abruptly acuminate at apex, but acuminate in those of shoot, rounded, rounded- 

 obtuse, truncate, or sometimes subcordate at base, serrate or crenato-serrate 

 with mucronato-acuminate or setose-mucronate teeth, green shinino; and fjla- 

 brous above, usually more or less glaucous and usually rufo-tomentose along 

 the nerves and then glabrate beneath, coriaceo-cliartaceous ; lateral veins 

 7-8 on each side. Cyme axillary, shorter than the petiole, j)auci-floriferous 

 in those of hermaphrodite flower ; peduncle and pedicels rufo-tomentose but 

 glabrate in fruit ; bracts usually scaly, or linear. Hermaphrodite flower 

 about 22 mm. in diameter. Calyx rufo-tomentose; sepals oblong, persistent. 

 Petals patent, obovato-elliptical, cuneate towards the base, white, rose-coloured 

 Ijelow. Stamens numerous, shorter than tlie corolla ; filament filiform, 

 white, but rose below. Ovary ovoid-globose, light yellow, tomentose ; styles 

 numerous, radiant-tufted, crowned on and longer than the ovarj'. Berry 

 ovoid-oval, brown, verrucoso-punctate, attaining about 3 cm. long, 2i cm. 

 across, accompanied by reflexed persistent calyx below. Fl. June. 



Trochostigma rufa Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhandl. x\kad. Muench. III., ]). 

 727, et IV. 2, p. 164; A. Gray Bot. Jap. ]). 383 ; Walp. Ptepert. V. p. 131. 



Actinidia rufa Planch, ; Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 203 ; Franch. et Sav. 

 Enura. PI. Jap. L p. 58 ; Gilg 1. c. 



