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placciit<\3 axialis affi.xis amphitropis, micropyle inferiore. Fructas iguoti. 



Hab. Mt. Arisan, inter Heisliana et Jujiro, leg. R. Kanehira et T. Tanaka, 

 ApriH. 1914. 



AUiecl to Diplospora vlridiflora DC, Lut distinguisliaLle froni it by the 

 much hxrger flowers with pubescent corolla-tuLes aml mucli longer exsertecl 

 Hlaments. Also near Diplospora jmbescens Hook. f. (Fl. Brit. Incl. III. p. 124), 

 in tlie obscurely 4-lobecl caly.x ancl coroHa tuLe with villose throat, hut gi^eatly 

 Jifferent from it by the smaller c[uite glabrous leavcs with a cuneate base. 

 Diplospora viridiflora DC. (Fig. 18, g-1); Hayata Ic. Pl. Formos. II. p. 95. 

 Hab. Mt. Arisan, inter Karapin et Huisliaryo, leg. B. Hayata et I. TanaivA, 

 Aprili. 1914. 



Flower-ljuds gi-een ; petals yellow. 



Serissa Comji. 



Serissa Kawakamii Hayata sp. nov. Frutex liumilis ramosissimus, rami 



cortice fulvo-cinerasceuti iiTegulariter fisso et soluto minute hirsuto haud lenticel- 



lato, ramiilo basi cicatricibus et pulvinis foliorum dense uotato, pulvinis | mm. 



longis dilatatis. Folia caducissima ojiposita approximatim deccusatimque dispo- 



sita, maxima oblonga 7mm. longa 5mm. lata apice obtusa vel rotundata vel 



obtusa margine integen-ima crassiuscula coriacea supra niticla subtus pallidiora 



supra glabra sed basi iirope petiolum parce hirsuta margine crassiusciila deorsum 



tenuiter recurva sub microscojiio sui-sum prope apicem minute setulosa subtus 



glabemma, costa utraqiie pagine plus minus elevata, venis supra elevatis sed 



subtus haud elevatis subplanis obscuris, venulis vix vel haucl visis, petiolis 



^-§ mm. longis dorso complanatis subtus glabris supra hirsutis cum pulvinis 



articulatis, stij^ulis inter pulvinos sitis latere ciim piilvino connatis latissime 



I triangiilaribus 1 mni. latis Jg mm. longis hirsutis apice 3-cuspidatis, ciispide 



centrali longissinio validissimo circ. 2mm. longo tereti, cuspidibiis lateralibiLS 



minutis i uim. longis. Flores solitarii terminales sessiles. CoroUa tiibuloso- 



I campamilata cum lobis 9 mm. longa extiis glabra intus tubo liirsiita apice 



! deorsum circ. ad J longitudinem lobata, lobis 5 oblongis 3 ram. lougis apice 



! obtiLsis. iStamina 5, siib siuibiis inter lobos afiti.xa, partibiis liberis filamentorum 



j 2mm. longis filiformibus glabris, antheris linearilms 2 mm. lougis J mm. latis ; 



stylo 4i mm. longo incliLso glabro filiformi apice 2-fido, lobis linearibiis 1 mm. 



