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Tliis new species is namecl after Mr. E. D. MerrilIj, wlio coiuieously 

 comparecT it witli all tlie species of the geuns of tlie Plulippines and 

 suggestecl me tliat it may be a plaut uot yet cTescribed. 



Pittosporeee. 



Fittosporum Banks. 



Pittosporum oligospermum Hayata sp. uov. Frutex ? Rami giaciles 

 glabri, apice quasi-verticillatim foliati. Folia teuuiter coriacea, obovato-oblouga, 

 8 cm. longa 27 ram. lata, ajpice cuspicTato-acumiuata, basi cimeata, utraque 

 glabra, margiue imdulata, supra nitida, subtus pallidissima, costis et veuis 

 supra planis iuconspicuis, venulis minute impresso-reticulatis, subtus costis 

 elevatis, venis et veuulis iucouspicuis, petiolis 5 mm. longis supra sulcatis. 

 Flores iguoti. Fructus acT apicem ramorum 3-4-fascicuIati, louge x^ecTicellati, 

 pedicellis gi-acilibus 3 cm. longis. Capsula globosa, valvis 3 oblougis utrinque 

 acutis 1 cm. lougis crassiusculis liguosis. Semiua pauca augulato-oblonga, 

 4 mm. longa, augulata, rubesceutia. 



Hab. Formosa : loco uou iudicato. 



Near P. glahratum, but cTiiTers from it by the much smaUer friiits ; aud 

 from P. pauciflorum by the much more acumiuate leaves. 



Fittosporum parvifolium Hayata sp. uov. Frutex. Kami ramosissimi, 

 cTeuse foUati. Folia obovata vel cuneato-obovata, subsessilia, 3-4 cm. longa 

 1 J-2 cm. lata, apice obtusa, rotundata, rarius leviter emarginata, basi atteuuata 

 vel cuneato-atteuuata, utraque glabra, costis supra impressis, subtus elevatis 

 venis et venulis supra impressis distincte reticalatis, subtus uon distiuctis, 

 coriacea margiue desuper leviter recm-va, iutegra vel ± undulata, petiolis 

 brevissimis 2 mra. longis. Flores ignoti. Capsula obovata 3-goua, 14 mm. 

 louga, 12 ram. lata, apice cum stylo apiculata, basi obtusa, 3-valvata, valvis 

 uua majora, altris minoribus crassis ligimosis. Semina 20-40, depresso- 

 complanato-globosa, 2-3 mm. longa, uigi-o-rubesceutia. 



Hab. Bouin : Chichijima, leg. H. H,\TTOrj. Juh. 1905. 



