60 CKLASTRINEJE. 



Cassine Lixn. 



Cassine illiciifolia Hayata sp. nov. (Tab. XI.) Fratex? Kami et 

 ramuli subgi-aciles, longitudiualiter rugulosi, lenticellati, ramulis ultimis (cortice 

 subfasco-rubescenti) glabris longitudinaliter subalatis sulcato-rugulosis cicatrici- 

 bus folioriun semi-oblongis notatis. Folia opposita ovata obovato-lanceolata, 

 apice acuta acuminata, ad summum obtusa, basi cuneata, acuminata, 

 gi-adatim ad petiolum abemitia, circ. 7 cm. longa 2}-3 cm. lata cliartacea vel 

 tenuiter coriacea vel membranaceo-coriacea, in exsiccato supra pallida, nitida, 

 subtus albo-pallidissima, costis supra distincte graciliter elevatis subtus 

 planis non distinctis, venis lateralibus primariis tenuissimis distinctis utroque 

 latere 7-8 subrectis angulo -iO^-SO" a costa egressis subtus nou distinctis, 

 margine integenima, iDetiolis iV-plo laminam sequautibus subaktis subplicatis 7 

 mm. longis glabris. riores breve cymosi vel solitarii, cymis axillaribus diclio- 

 tome ramosis paucifloratis, iJedicellis 3 mm. longis apice 2-bracteatis, bracteis 

 rotundato-triangularibus 1 mm. longis subacutis margine rubro-denticulatis. 

 Calyx obconicus, lobis 4 decussatim imbricatis Lite rotundatis 1 mm. longis 

 2 mm. latis, margine fimbriato-albo- vel -rubro-ciliatis pagine glabris. Petala 

 4 calycis lobis alterua, ad faucem calycis affixa ovato-oblonga 2 mm. longa 

 l^ mm. lata crassiuscula apice obtusa denticulata exteriore reflexa, basi con- 

 tracta ^ mm. lata, latere margine integra, intus convexa extus concava. 

 Siamina 4, ad faucem calycis afSxa, iilamentis validiusculis rectis, 

 antlieris reniformibus versatilibus introrsum deliiscentibus. Discus sub- 

 campanulatus calycis tubo adnatus, apice 4-lobatus, lobis liberis cum stamine 

 alternis late liguliformibus % mm. latis ^ mm. longis. Rudimentum ovarii (vel 

 ovariura ?) subcouicum brevissimum 2-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis, stylo breve 

 columnari cum ovariis l^ mm. longo tenuiter 4-suicato. Capsula obovoideo- 

 C3'lindi-ica 13 mm. longa 5 mm. lata, pericarpio coriaceo, 1-sperma. Semina 

 obovoidea 12 mm. longa, testa mbra. 



Otherodendron lUicnfoUum* Hayata iu Sclied. (Herb. Tailioku Musoum.) 



* The genus Otherodendron Makixo, to whieh the present plant with the toUowing two species 

 wus provisionally referred, is separated from Cassine I.inn. in having a dehiscent cnpsule. The 

 fniit of the former has very similar structnie n-s that of the latter which hiis Bometimes 1 or 2 

 seeds within a hard coriaceous pericarp. 



