G9 



lunate. Ovary narrowly cylindrical, shorter than the outer perianth, gla- 

 brous, 16-25 mm. long including the short pedicel. FI. April. 



Hab. Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, cult. (T. Blaldno ! April 1902). 



Native of China ; it was recently introduced, and cultivated in Tokyo, 

 under the name of Ikhei-hyulcioa (— ^A^). The leaves resemble very 

 closely those of Cymhidium virescens Lindl. (Jap. Bolairo). 



Elseagnus Yoshinoi Makino sp. nov. 



Shrub, attaining about 3m. in height; the trunk and main branches 

 armed with many thorns ; branches and branchlets darldsh-grey, darkish 

 brownish-grey, darkish brown, or castaneous, appressed-leprous ; branchlets 

 alternate, those of this year tomentose with gilvous or rufous peltate scurfs 

 which are provided with stellato-fasciculate hairs in its centre. Bud ovate, 

 covered with bay-ferruginous scurfs. Leaves deciduous, alternate, shortly 

 l)etiolate, oblong-lanceolate, elliptical, ovate, or broadly ovate, from acumi- 

 nate to abruptly very shortly acuminate with an obtuse tip, rounded or obtuse 

 or acute at the base, entire, 3-8 cm. long, l|-5 cm. broad, membranaceous, 

 sparsely pubescent with stellate hairs above, pubescent-tomentose with pale- 

 brown stellate soft hairs beneath, but the inferior leaves moreover disparsed 

 with rufo-ferruginous peltate scurfs beneath ; midrib impressed above and 

 prominent beneath as are lateral veins which are delicate erect-patent and 

 about 5-9 on each side ; veinlets inconspicuous ; petiole 3-5 mm. long, tomen- 

 tose with stellate hairs, canaliculate in front. Flower solitary, axillary, pedi- 

 cellate ; pedicel short, gracile, tomentose with scurfs and stellate hairs, 4-8 mm . 

 long. Perigone about lf-2 cm. in whole length, 10 mm. or more across when 

 full-expanded, dispersed with stellate scurfs, but tomentose in the basal tube ; 

 lobes (superior limb) 4, patulose, rounded-ovate, shortly acuminate, greenish- 

 yellow, not thick, 5-6 mm. long; the inferior limb quadrangular-cylindrical, 

 jslightly enlarged above, not thick, glabrous within, longitudinally S-nerved, 

 obtuse at the base, about 3i mm. across; the perigone-tube shorter than 

 the inferior limb, about 4-5 mm. long, narrow, linear-cylindrical, very 

 slightly attenuated above, thickish, persistent. Stamens 4, inserted to the 

 throat of the perigone-limb, alternate with the lobes ; anther oblong, about 

 2 nmi. long ; filament very short, dorsifixed. Pistil a little exceeding the 

 throat of the perigone-limb in height ; style gracile, glabrous, stigmatiferous 

 l)ortion curved ; stigma lateral, linear, about 2| mm. long ; ovary concealed 

 within the pcrigone-tube; cylindrical, attenuated to the style above, glabrous. 



