154 SOLANACKS:. GESNERACE^. 



The plant was f:rst collected by Mr. S. Sasaki and myself at Ivisan 

 near Maisba. Tlie gi'eenisli leaves, ■which are shining above, bnt glaucous 

 beneath, remiud me of those of the lauraceous plants. Flowere are ■white 

 aud scentless. I saw another exaraple of this tiee at Kappanzan. 



Ehretia longifolia Ch.uip. ; Bexth. F1. Hongk. p. 234 ; Foebes et 

 Hemsl. lud. Fl. Sin. II. p. 145. 



Eliretia IcBvis Matsumuea (non KOSB.) in Matsuji. et Hayata Enum. 

 Pl. Formos. p. 2o4. 



Hab. Kusukusu, leg. C. Owat.uji Mart. 1S98 ; B. HLvyata et S. 

 Sasaki Juli. 1912. 



It was found by Mr. S. Sas.vki and myself at a sunny place on a 

 mountain ridge at Kusukusu. This is the ouly esample I have ever seeu in 

 my escm-sious. The flowei-s are perfect white. They are much shoiier than 

 those described in Bexth. F1. Hongk. Tube of the coroUa is 1 cm. loug, 

 lobes are 4 ram. long. 



Solanaceag. 

 Cestnim Lkx. 

 Cestrum nocturum Li>rs-. cult. 



Gesneraceae. 

 Chirita Ham. 



Chirita bicornuta Hay.4.ta sp. nov. Herba circ. 1 m. alta vel minus 

 alta ; caulis glaber succulentus erectus sm-sum foliosus in exsiccato minute 

 fusco-maculatus sursum leviter puljescens demum glabratus ; folia radicalia 

 non visa. Folia caulina opposita fequalia vel obliqua oblongo-lanceolata vel 

 oblanceolata lanceolata longe petiolata membranacea 10-15 cm. longa 2^-4 

 cm. lata apice acurainata basi acuta vel cuneato-attenuata gradatim ad 

 petiolum abeuntia margine subintegi'a vel tenuissime obscureque dentata. 



