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triangiilari-quaJiaugiilariLiis 1§ mm, longis basi latissimis 1 J mm. latis apice 

 tnmcatis (partibus tnmcatis Imm. latis) margine obscure denticulatis intus gla- 

 bris fleorsum fusco-maculato-jumctatis. Pctala cuucato-obovata minus 4mm. 

 longa l^nim. lata apice truncata vel rotimdata basi cimeata ad insertionem 

 Jmm. lata mai-gine eroso-denticulata extus glabra intus deorsum minute hirsuta 

 ad apicem limbi calycis inserta. Stamina ad apicem limbi calycis vel ad basin 

 lobi calycis inserta, tilamentis valde complanatis 3| mm. longis ^ mm. latis 

 deorsum miniite liirsutis versus apicem plus minus angustioribus, antheris suli- 

 cordatis mLuus (|uam Imm. longis totiusque latis glabris apice minute api- 

 culatis vel haud apiculatis extroi-sis vel (rarissime) introi-sis. Discus tenuissimus. 

 Ovarium minutum conicum J mm. longum apice ad stylum ^ mm. longum abc- 

 uns, stylo brevc cohimniformi glabro ^ mm. longo apice truncato stigmatost^i. 

 Hab. Mt. Arisan : inter Heishana et Jujiro, leg. B. Hatata, Aprili. 1914. 

 The above description is drawn up from a flowering specimen, wliile 

 thc origiual one is from a fruit-bearing specimen. 



Celastrus leiocarpus Hay.s.ta sp. nov. Fnitex. Eami gi-aciles cinereo- 

 rubescentes subrugulosi lenticellati, lenticellLs miniitis elevatis cinerascentibus. 

 Folia ohlonga oblongo-ovata 4-4^ cm. longa 2-2| cm. lata apice acuta ad sum- 

 mum acuta vel obtusa basi obtusa vel breve acuta margine breve serrulata 

 versus basin integi-a coriacea utraquc iiagine glabra, costa supra tenuissime 

 elevata subtus prominente elevata, venis vemdis supra reticulatis manifeste 

 impressis, subtus venis tenuissime elevatis venidis subtus haud vel vi.x eievatis, 

 reticulis venularum haud visis, petiolis 6-8 mm. longis glabris supra (intus) 

 canaliculatis. Flores ignoti. Fructus cymoso-racemosiui disjwsiti, racemis 12 cm. 

 longis cum fnictu 2§ cm. latis a ramulo angulo recto divaricatis, iiedicellis 3-4- 

 congestis lcm. longis; calycis lobis persistentibus triangularibus apice obtusis 

 margine erosis 1 mm. longis ; fructus facic flavescentes licves 3-valvatim dehi- 

 scentes, valvis (carpellis) ovato-oblongis basi obtusis apice acutis cum stylo 

 apiculatis dorso convexis veutrali valdc coucavis medio intus costatis, (costis 

 phis minus sulcatis), crustaceis intus flavcscentibus. Semiiia in fructu singulo 

 6 arillis membranaceis toto obtecta nibescentia oblouga 2^ mm. longa minus 

 quam 2 mra. h\ta la^via vel minuto densissimc longitudinalitcr pimctata. Al- 

 bumeu coiiiosum : embryo amphis. 



