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plant seems to be rather rare. We conld f3ud tlie tree ouly ouce iu the 

 Arisan ranges, dimng oiu' jom-uey tluough the mouutaius. It is a dwarf 

 slmib uearly 2-3 m. high, sending the brauches dowuwards along the rocks 

 where it stauds. 



Moneses Salise. 



Moneses rhombifolia A. Andkes Piroleon-Studieu, iu Verli. Eot. Yer. 

 Prov. Brand. LYI. (1914), pp. 23 et 69. 



CliiTruipldla rhomhifolia Hayata Ic. Ph Formos. 11. (1912) p. 119, t. XYI. 



Diapensiaceas. 



Shortia ToEr>. et Gk. 

 Shortia ritoensis Hayata sp. nov. Shortiopsis ritoensis ILayata iu 

 Sched. Herb. Mus. Taihoku. Khizoma erectmu vahdiuscnlum. Foha omuia 

 radicaha coriacea longe petiolata,, laniiua ovato-oblouga vel oblouga ± 

 rectangulariformi 18 mm. longa 13 mm. lata apice obtusissima ad eeutruni 

 mucronata basi fere truucata ad basin subito ad petiohim atteuuata utraque 

 glabenima coucolora margiue partibus j)i'ope apicem basiuque exceptis serrata, 

 senis utioque latere margiue 6-7 a se 2 mm. remotis trausverse ascendenti- 

 bus late triaugularibus apice ascendentibus 1^-2 imu. latis i-1 mm. lougis 

 obtnsis ad smnmiun mucrouibus brevissimis corouatis, margiue crasso- 

 marginata basi apiceque subintegra, costis veuisque supra teuuiter elevatis 

 subtus costis prominente elevatis venis planis, venis laterahbus uti'oque latero 

 cost?e 4 subrtctis apice obscuris ad apicem senvimm obscure attiugeutibus a 

 costa angulo 60°-70° egi'essis, venuhs non distiuctis sub hice ti-ausvei-sa visis 

 reticulatis, petiohs gracilibus cum laminis foHonmr desuper arcuatis ad tenam 

 attingentibus 23-25 mm. lougis subalatis supra profunde sulcatis subtus costatis 

 basi ± dilatatis. Scapi eum fohis pequilougi erecti termiuales, basi bracteis 

 basilaribus (vel cataphylhs) 3-4-veiiicillatis iustmcti, bracteis basilaribus 

 lanceolatis 8 mm. longis 2 mm. latis eoncavis margine interiore recmTO-revohitis 

 apice acumiuatis multiuen-is, a supra basin usque ad prope apicem nudi, 

 prope apicem sub flore 1-2-bracteis superioribus instructi, bracteis superioribus 

 ovato-lanceolatis acumiuatis 5 mm. longis vakle concavis margiue iuteriore 

 revohitis. Flores ad apicem scapi soUtarii ; cahcis lobi 5, 3-exteriores ovati 



