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Spicc^ floris axillares a basi pauci-ramosa3, ramis asceudentibus 6-7 cm. lougis 

 dcnsiuscule floriferis brevissime ferrugineo-pubescentibus, bracteis sub flore sin- 

 gido unicis subrotundatis 2^ mm. longis totiusque latis ajiice triangidari-acutis 

 basi phis minus contractis margine ciliolatis intus glabris extus dense feiTU- 

 gineo-tomeutosis, bracteolis sub flore singulo duabus cuni bractea conformil.ius 

 basiu calycis complete amplectantibus. flores sessiles. Calyx extus ferrugineo- 

 pubescens, tubo brevissimo imm. longo 2 mm. lato, limbo 5-partito, partibus 

 late rotundatis intus glabris apice triangulari-acutis margine deuse ciliolatis 

 basi leviter vix vel haud contractis intus glabris extus deuse ferrugiueo-pi;- 

 bescentibus. Corollre tubus brevissimus ^ mm. longus, limbo patentissime 5- 

 partito, 2'fii'til->us oblongis 4^ mm. longis 2-2^ mm. h^tis glabris apice obtusis- 

 simis basi vel iiaud contractis. Stamina oo iudistincte pentadelpha, filamentis 

 glabris. Ovarium 3-loculare apicc disco aunuliformi J mm. alto corouatum, 

 st3'lo .5nim. longo ghxbro apice stiginatoso, stigmate 3-lobo. 



Hab. Kdtosho, hg. T. Kawakami et ^S. SasajvI, Jifli. 1912. 



Near Symplocos spicata Eoxb., but differs from it by the shortl)' acumi- 

 nate, quite ghibrous, subentire leaves. 



Symplocos macrostroma Hayata sp. nov. (Fig. 25-d). Frutex, ramis 

 ramulis rectis, cortico eiuerasceuti vel fusco-purpurascenti longitudinaliter ru- 

 gifloso, teretibus ghilnis. Folia coriaeea in exsiccato flavescentia ihomlioideo- 

 oblonga vel oliovato-oblonga 4^ cm. longa 2 cm. hita apice breve cuspidata ad 

 summum obtusa ad centrum summorum obscure nigro-mucronata basi acuta vel 

 cuneato-acuta margine desuper recurva tenuiter serruhxta (acumiuibus basibusque 

 integiis exceptis), venis venidisque supra tenuiter impressis subtus teuuiter 

 elevatis, venis hiteralibus primariis utroque latere costaa 4 angiflo 45' a costa 

 egressis subtus tenuiter elevatis, venulis grosse reticiflatis, reticulis supra tenuiter 

 impressis sitbtus teuuiter elevatis, pagina utraque glabra, petiolis 4 lum. longis 

 intus (supra) planis extus (dorso) convexis in exsiccato-flavescentibus. Spicte 

 2-3 cm. longa3 axillares solitari» laxe-floratte, floribus a se 4-5 mm. remotis, sub 

 flore singulo l-bracteataj et 2-bracteolata3 ; rhachis spicas cum pedicellis hirsuta, 

 bracteis amplis oblongo-rotundatis 4-5 mm. longis 3-4 mm. latis apice rotundatis 

 truncatis ad centrum minute apicidatis intus glabris extus brevissime hirsutis 

 margiue distincte ciliolatis coriaceis ad medium falcato-concavis alabastrum floris 



