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interdura iuconspicuis, iietiolis 4 mm. longis tenuissime liirsutis intus late 

 sulcatis. Flores asiUares vel pseudo-terminales, solitarii vel gemiui, sessiles, 

 alabastro oblongo 8 mm. longo aiiice acuto. Sepala 5-10, decidua, extus liii-suta, 

 insequalia, (extimum minimum, intimum maximum) rotundata, maxima 8 mra. 

 in diametro valdo coucava intus glabi^a. Petala 5, basi distincta, inoequalia 

 exteriora latiora breviora rotundato-cimeata 12 mm. longa 10 mm. lata apice 

 emarginata, interiora longiora angustiora 2 cra. longa 7 mm. lata apice 2- 

 loljata, (lobis 3 mra. lougis apice obtusis), basi angustata cuneata, liasi utraque 

 pagine glabra vel sureum extus ± liirsuta. Staraina numerosa cire. 1 cra. 

 longa, exteriora usque ad mediura connata, interiora pauca distincta tota glabra, 

 filamentis a,ince Uberis tenuibus, antheris rotundato-reniformibus 1 mra. latis. 

 Ovarium dense sericeo-pilosum globosum 2 mm. longum, stylis 3 usque ad 

 infra apicem counatis 3 mm. longis. 



Hab. Karapin, leg. S. Sasaki, 1910, Dec. 



Very near T. Sasnnqiia MiQ., but dil3fers frora it in liaving mucli smaller 

 flowers and smaller leaves. It raay iwove to be a variety of tlie latter, 

 ■when tlie habit is fuHy known. Here is another spiceraeu from Fokien 

 reseml)ling very rauch this plant, aud it raay probably be the same species. 



Thea parvifolia Hayata sp. nov. (Tal). VI.) Frates? ramosi, ramis 

 gi'aciHbus, cortice cinerasceuti longitudinaliter soluto, ramuUs apice patento- 

 pilosis. FoHa coriacea rhomboideo-oblouga rhomboideo-lanceolata vel ± ovata, 

 3 cra. longa 11 mm. lata, apico acurainata ad summum obtusa, basi cuneata, 

 margine asceiideuto-serrulata versus basiu iutegra, utraque j)agine glabra, 

 costis supra liirsutis subtus glabris, petiolis 4 rara. lougis iutus late sulca- 

 tis, venis et venuhs non conspicius. Flores ad apicem raraulorura pseudo- 

 termiuales soHtarii brevissime racemosi 2 cm. in diametro, pedicelHs 4 

 mm. longis vel multi-bracteatis pubescentibus, bracteis inberioribus late 

 triangularibus superioribus majoribus. Se^mla 5-G, late rotundata, interiora 

 majoia 3 rara. lata 2 mm. longa extus pubescentia intus glabra margine 

 ciHata,. Petala 5 basi in tuljo 3 mm. longo conuata, valde insequaHa, 

 rotundata vel oblouga, 10-12 mm. longa, altra crassiuscula extus hireuta 

 intus glabra, altra teuuia utraque pagine glabra apice rotuudata. Stamioa 



