114 HAMAMELIDE.5:. 



longis 2} mm. latis subintegiis utraque pagine subglabris margine et basi 

 leviter et paucissime pilis stellatis instnictis multinei-viis, nervis subparallelis. 

 Petala 5, ad faucem tubi calycis affixa, cum lobis caJycis altema, cunei- 

 foiioia in ciicumscriptione, 2 mm. longa apice tinmcata 2-lobata vel emarginata 

 inti-orse recm-vata ci-assiuscula extus sulcata intus costata vel deorsirm 

 angustata sui^ra Ijasin lateraliter compressa latere complanata ad basin ± 

 dilatata 1 mm. lata uti-aque pagine glabenima. Stamina 5, ad basiu lobi 

 calycis aflisa et iis opposita (episepala), antheris sessilibus vel subsessilibus 

 ovato-iotundatis apice obtusis vel trancatis 1 mni. lougis, longioribus quam 

 latioribus, loculis introi-smu valvis 2 medio solutis dehiscentibus. Ovariimi 

 inferius 2-locuIai'e, loculis 1-ovulatis, ovulis pendulis anati-opis ; styli 2, in 

 longitudine iutequales, longe exserti, alti-o 8 mm. longo, alti-o 12 mm. longo, 

 erecti basi dense medio parce pilis stellatis obtecti, sm-sum subglabri, ad 

 apicem dilatati tuljerculati stigmatosi. Capsula lignosa ovoidea 13 mm. louga 

 10 mm. lata tenuiter 7-8-costata pilis stellatis obtecta, ad apicem trimcata, 

 basi ad stipitem incrassatum abeuns, sursum 2-valvatim loculicide dehiscens, 

 deoi-sum indehiscens, valvis sm-smn solutis sed deorsum connatis, eudocarpio 

 apice soluto. Semina ovoideo-ellipsoidea 8-9 mm. longa 4-5 mm. lata leviter 

 compressa facie subplana dorso convexa, utraque extremitate obtiLsa, testa 

 glabra nigricanti subnitida lignoso-crustacea ; albumen carnosum ; radicula 

 supm brevis, cotyledouiljus amplis oblongis 5 mm. lougis 3 mm. latis, costis 

 elevatis. 



Hab. Nanto : Nankokei, leg. U. MoRi, 1908, Aug. (No. 1193) ; Jinrin, 

 leg. U. MoRi, 1910, Juli. ; Hokkokei, Shohakurin, Holislia, leg. C. Ow.iTARi ; 



R. IvANAHIBA. 



This plant seems slightly different frara the species described in 

 Bexth. F1. Hongk. iu having introrse anthers. It is widely disti-ibuted in 

 Formosa. 



