68 SABL\CE.I. 



iu ambitu ovata cuni fuliolis 10 cm. longa 6-7 cm. lata, folii >lis srepf 5 

 oboratis 4 cm. longis 2i cm. latis chaitaceis apice cuspidato-acutis basi 

 ciineato-acutis raargiue cieuulatis ad apicem crenarum apiculatis, (costis 

 utraque pagiue elevatis venis lateraliljus tenuissime elevatisX in essiccato 

 supra fuscentibus subtus imllidis vel pallidissimis. Flores igunti. Carpella 

 4, divaricata, stipitata, ovata, apice late breveqiie rostiut.i, cum stipitibus 

 1 cm. longa 5 mm. lata. Semina comj)resso-subglobosa iu arillis inclu-a, 

 6 mm. longa 5 mm. lata. 



H.U3. Hainau, leg. N. Koxishi, 1909. 



Diffei-s from E. japonica by tho shor-tly stalked caipels and bv tlie 

 crenulate lea-^es. It is named after the laraented X. Kosishi, iu comracnKna- 

 tion of his great botanical sciTices. Tlie plaut was collected by him iu tlie 

 summer of the year 1909 iu the island of Hainan, where he was taken Avith 

 a fatal fever. After coming back to Tailioku, lie died much to the soitow 

 of the pveseut writer and to a gi'eat loss to the liatauicul wdrld. 



Sabiaceee. 



3Ieliosma Blume. 



Meliosma calliearpsefolia Hayata sp. nov. Kami et ramuli graciles 

 longitudinaliter rugosi, hornotiui dense nibro-ferrugineo-pubescentes. Folia 

 alterna chaiiacea vel membranaceo-chai-tacea, oblanceolata, obovato-lauceolata, 

 10-15 cm. louga, 3-4 cm. lata, apice acuminata vel caudato-acuminata, basi 

 cuneata, cuneato-attenuata, mai^gine subintegra vel repanda, uti-aque pagine 

 glabra, supra ad costas elevatas liirsuta,, subtus ad axillas venarum hii-suta, 

 costis infra elevatis, venis lateralibus supra tenuiter subtus prominente 

 elevatis, venis secundariis supra tenuiter subtus prominente i-eticulatis, ba.si 

 gradatim attenuata ad petiohnn aljeuntia, ijetioHs 2-3 cm. longis gracilibus 

 supra superiore alatis hirsutis basi incrassatis, partibus incrassatis 4 mm. 

 loDgis. Paniculffi terminales 10-13 cm. longaj 7-8 cm. latse gi-aciles ramosEe, 

 ramis ramuHsque gracillimis dense fusco-pubescentibus, floribus spicatim 

 gereutibus, iJedicellis ultimis i mra. longis basi bractea una instructis, bracteis 



