BORAGINE,E. 153 



Boraginese. 



JEhretia Linn. 



Ehretia glaucesceus Hayata sp. nov. .\j.bor : tranous eiectus, versus 

 apicem ramosus. Rami teretes, cicatricibus foliorum elevatis. Folia obovato- 

 oblonga vel obovato-lanceolata, apice abrupte acmninafci. vel breve caudata 

 basi cuneata attenuata supra medium latissima 11 cm. longa 4 cm. lata in 

 vivo supra viridissima nitida subtus glauca cliartaceo-membi-anacea, in ex- 

 siccato opaca, iutegerrima, venis lateralibus primariis utiocjue latere costfe 

 4-5 teuuissimis in vivo non visis, in exsiccato uti-aque pagine tenuissime 

 elevatis, petiolis 1-J em. longis supra sulcatis. Flores pauiculato-cymosi albi. 

 Oymte terminales paucifloratfe, (exceptis pedunculis) 2-3 cm. longse totiusque 

 latse, pedicellis ultimis 5-3 mm. loiigis interdum brevissimis subnullis apice 

 peltato-dilaiatis cura floribus articulatis, bracteis et bracteolis uullis. 

 Calyx sabglobosus vel obovatus l^ mm. longus vel lougiov atrinque glaber 

 5-lobatus, lobis rotundatis vel oblongis apice obtusis vel rotuudatis }-| mm. 

 longis. CoroIIa campanulato-hypocratlieriformis utiinque glabra, tubo 4-5 mm. 

 longo basi 1 mm. lato, a^jice gradatim dilatato, apice 3 mm. lato, limbo- 

 5-lobato, lobis obovatis vel oblongis apice rotimdatis 2-3 mra. longis integiis 

 reflexis. Stamina 5 ad medium tubi affixa longe exserta cum lobis corollaj 

 alterna, filamentis vel partibus liberis filamentomm 5 mm. longis reflexis 

 filiformibus, antheris late globosis a dorso compressis didymis, loculis fere 

 distinctis a doreo medio leviter connatis f mm. latis. Ovarium ovoideum 

 1 mm. longum glabrum, stylo 7-8 mm. longo filiformi apice 2-Iobato glabro, 

 lobis 1-2 rara. longis apice ± dilatatis truncatis stigmatosis. Fractus glolx)sus 

 1 cm. in diametro 4-pyreuus, pyrenis late oblongis 6-7 mm. longis 5 mra. 

 latis complanatis leviter recm-vis dorso irregulariter alte reticulate foveolatis 

 facie planis vel alte foveolatis. Semina nou visa. 



Hae. Kizan prope Mai, leg. B. H.\yata et 8. Sasaki, Juli., 1912. 



Near E. longi/dia Champ; but differs from it by tlie much smaller 

 ■corolla and rounded calyx-Iobes. Nothing like tliis in tlie Indian, Chinese, 

 Honkong and Japanese flora. 



