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interjugisque toto profimde sulcatis liirsutis pilis glanduliferis aculeisf|ue remote 

 instructis l)asi valde dilatatis cum stipulis plus minus connatis, stipulis e basi 

 petioli oriundis, iis folii inferioris raajoribus oblongo-lanceolatis 6 mm. longis 

 1| mm. latis apice acuminatis latere interiore cum petiolis iisque 2 mm. con- 

 uatis 1-nerviis extus liirsutis intus glabris margine ciliatis membranaceis, iis 

 folii superioris minoribus linearibus longioribus angustioribus. Flores ad ajjicem 

 ramulorum lateralium solitarii interdum racemosum disjiositi, racemis 1-2- 

 floratis, jiedicellis 1-2 cm. longis subglabris remote aculeolatis et setidis glau- 

 didiferis minutis ^ mm. longis parcissime disj)ersis. Cujoula calycis 7-8 mm. in 

 diametro dorso glaberrima subconvexa sed versus centrum leviter concava, lobis 

 triangidaribus apice longe caudatis (caudis exceptis) 6 mm. longis 5 mm. latis, 

 caudis linearibus 3 mm. longis metlio ^ mm. latis, lobis dorso pai-tibiis tomen- 

 tosis exceptis glabris intus caudis et partibus basilaribus exceptis depresso-vil- 

 loso-hirsutis ; cu^jula calycis intus ad partem marginalem 3 mm. latam concava 

 glabra ad partem coutralem patento-pilosa, cicatricibus stipitiim receptacidorum 

 1-2 mm. in diaraetro. Petala albo-viridia rotundata 9 mm. longa totius(j[ue lata 

 apice tnmcato-rotundata basi obtuso-rotundata ad insertionem Imra. lata mar- 

 gine integiu extus plus intus miuus liirtella. Staraina oo ad marginem cupulaj 

 calycis inserta, filamentis glabris iu longitudine variabilibus, lougioribiLs 5 mm. 

 longis subtriquetris ^ram. latis apice angastatis, antberis (|ua(b'angulari-liueari- 

 bus l^ mm. longis ^ in™- l^tis apice emarginatis basi 2-lobatis. Keceptaculum 

 carpellorura conico-globosura 2 mra. longum totiiisque latum apice pilosum ; 

 carpellis liaud pilosis subglabris IfflvibiLs dorso extus glandulis minutis plus 

 minus stipitatis parce disjwrsis, stylis 1 J mra. longis glabris, stigmatibas ter- 

 minalibus 2-lobatis. 



Hab. Mt. Arisan, Nimaudaira ad 7000 ped. alt., leg. B. Rwata et Takeo 

 Ito, Aprili. 1914. 



Near Rvbus pungens Cajib. var. Oldhami Maxim., but tUffers from it in its 

 habit, in its srnaller leaves and in the much densely acideate calyx. I foimd 

 the present plant forming impenetrable bushes in a clearing in the Arisan over 

 an altitude of 7000 ft., in the spring of the year 1914. 



Rubus conduplicatus Duthie; ttwATA Ic. Pl. Formos. p. 224, t. 24. 

 Flores campamdati. Petala alba valde extrorse reflexa ; sepala viridia. 



