EUPHORBIACE.^. 169 



trancatis. Ovarium basi corporis dense congestum minutum fusiformi-filiforme 

 cum stylo l mm. longum. 



Hae. Arisan-Tozan, leg. S. SiSAKi, Mart. 1911. 



Somewhat allied to B. invohicrata in the stnicture of the male flowers; 

 but quite different in the absence of involucres. 



Euphorbiaceee. 



Sarcococca Lm)L. 



Sarcocoeca pruniformis Lixdl. vai-. dioeca Hayata (Fig. 22) Ic. PI, 

 Formos. H. p. 130. 



OB3ERV. Frutex, ramis graciUbus f uscentibus minute pubesceutibus vel sub- 

 glabris teretibus. Folia alterna exsiccato fusco-rubescentia lanceokta pinnivena 

 breve petiolata 8 cm. longa 2 cm. lata utiinque acuminata vel apice acumi- 

 uata basi attenuabi ad petiolum brevem l-i cm. longum abeuntia coriacea 

 mai'guie integi-a recurvata, costis supra impressis vel elevatis, supra glabra 

 subtus sub microscopio minute lepidota rubro-ferruginea vel pallidissima, venis 

 primariis lateraliljus utrinque inconspicuis primum rectis prope marginem 

 abrupte flesuosis recm-vis asceudentibus venam superiorem attingentibus. 

 Fbres ? spicato-racemosi, (racemis brevibus 1-2 cm. longis), cum pedicellis 

 9 mm. longi, (pedicellis 6 mm. longis), 1-bracteati, (bracteis lanceolatis), 8- 

 bracteolati, bracteolis oppositis 4^seriatim imbricatimque dispositis obovatis 

 breve cuspidatis in forma sepahim sub-sequantibus gi-adatin ad sepalum 

 abeuntibus. Sepala -4 obovata breve obtuseque cuspidata 3 mm. longa If mm. 

 lata mai'gine ciliolata. Ovarium 2-carpellare glabrum cum stigmatibus 

 3 mm. longum, stigma phis minus recm'vatum. Fructus ignotus. 



Hab. Montibus Centralibus, leg. U. MoEi, Aprili., 1910. 



Near S. j^runifm-mis Lkdl. (Forbes et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. H. p. 418 

 =S. triiiervia "Wight, Ic. t. 1877) ; but chflers from the type by the much 

 longer pedicels of the female flowers and by the lanceolate leaves. 



