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IPachysandva Mich. 



Pachysandra axillaris Feanch. var. tricarpa Hayata (Fig. 23) Ic. 

 PI. Formos. p. 129. 



Obsee-\-. Frutescens, 20-30 cm. alta ; caulis simplex teres glaber sub lente 

 brevissime pubescens sursura foliatus. Folia longe petiolata altema ovato-oblonga 

 vei elongato-oblonga 7-8 cm. longa 3i cm. lata apice acuta abrnpte acuminata 

 vel caudata basi rotundata plus minus obliqua margine sursum xjauce sub- 

 dentata deorsum integi-a, dentibus brevibus, subtrinervia vel pinnivena sub- 

 coriacea vel merabranaeeo-coriacea uti-aque pagine subglabra sub lente minute 

 pubescentia, venis uti-inque prominentibus. Flores monoecii spicati, spicis 

 asillaribus l^ cm. longis dense floratis (floribus infimis unicis ?. reliquis J) 

 breve pedunculatis, pedunculis 4 mm . longis. Fl. % : subsessiles 1-bracteati, 

 bracteis subtiiangularibus brevo pubeseentibus li- mm. longis. Periantliii 

 segmenta 4, 2-seriatim oppositimque disposita oblonga 3^mm. longa 2i mm. 

 lata apice rotundata basi contracta crassiuscula maiJgine ciliata concava 

 obscure 5-nervia subglabra. Stamina 4, segmentis perianthii opposita dis- 

 tincta 6J mm. longa validiuscula erecto-patentia, filamentis complanatis 4i 

 mm. longis glabris 4- mm. latis, antheris 2 mm. longis l mm. latis adnatis 

 obscure apiculatis. Rudimentum ovarii brevissimum quadrangulare -| mm. 

 latum. FI. ? : subsessiles 6 mm. longi 1-bracteati 4-bracteolati, bracteolis 

 valde imbricatis. Periantliii segmenta 5, imbricata 3 mm. longa oblonga 

 apice obtusa margine ciliolata. Carpella 3 basi connata estrorse recurvata, 

 stigmatibus linearibus sub lente minute pubescentibus, ovulis 2 in carpellis 

 singulis. Fructus ignoti. 



H.\E. Tonkarankei, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, Aprili., 1910. 



Resembles the type in Iiaving asillary spikes, and three uearly distinct 

 carpels ; but differs from it by the acumiuate or nearly caudate oblong 

 leaves, much longer anthera and more recuived carpels. 



