118 STYEACE.E. 



Xcar S. arisanensis Hayata, Lut easily distiuguisliaLIe froui it liy tlie much 

 smallcr flowers and Ly the more minutely serrulate ovate Icaves with au ovate 

 Lase. S. arisanensis Hayata has much larger flowers aud remotely serrate 

 ohlong leaves with a cuneate hase. 



Symplocos trichoclada Hayata. sp. nov. (2.j-f). Frute.x ramosissimu.s, 

 ramis teretibus fusco-nigricantibus longitudinaliter rugulosis, ramidis gracililms 

 feiTugineo-tomentosis, pilis patentihus, teretibus ramosis remote foliosis 1 mm. in 

 diametro sectiouis. Folia alterna IJ-cm. remota tenuiter coriacea ovato-lanceo- 

 lata vel ovato-ohlonga 3-5 cm. longa l^cm. lata apiicc acuta vel acuminata ad 

 summum ohtusa ad ceutrum summorum aristato-mueronata basi acuta vel obtusa 

 margine tenuiter serrulata, serrulis interdum ad puncta reductis, puuctis a sc 

 1-1 5 mm. remotis, basi ct acumine integra, costa supra tenuiter impressa subtus 

 elevata, veuis lateralibus primariis utroque latere costa3 9-10 a costa 40°-45° a 

 costa egressis tenuissimis supra non visis subtus tenuissime elevatis, pagina supra 

 tenuiter hirsuta subtus molle villosa ad costam pilis fuscentibus densis jiatentibiis 

 dispersa, pilis ad paginam adpressis, petiolis 2J mm. lougis densc ferruginen- 

 liii-sutis. S2iica3 floris breves axillarcs pauciflorata^ ferrugineo-hirsut», iiedicellis 

 brevissimis 1 mm. longis hirsutis ; bractea^ sub flore singulo unicje brevissim;o 

 late rotundataj extas hirsutaj ai^ice rotundataj ciliolataj 1 mm. latte ^ mm. longa?; 

 bracteis sub flore singulo duabiis ovato-rotundatis 1 mm. longis totiusque latis 

 ad longitudinem subplicatis intus glabris extus hirsutis. Calyx obconico-cani- 

 lianulatus 2 mm. lougus 2^ mm. latus, tubo glabro obconico 1 mm. longo, limbu 

 basi + hirsuto alte 5-Iobato vel 5-partito, partibus vel lobis oblongo-rotundatis 

 1 mm. longis plus quam 1 mm. latis margine iutegris haud ciliolatis extus basi 

 tenuissime hirsutis intus glabris. CoroIIa in exsiccato flavescens camiianulata 

 alte 5-Iobata vel fere 5-partita, lobis oblongis concavis 3|-4mm. longis 2mni. 

 latis apice obtusis basi contractis margine integris utraque glabris. Stamina 

 indistincte pentadelpha, filamentis glabris. Ovarium 3-loculare apice hirsutimi, 

 stylo 4 mui. longo basi plus minus dilatato apice stigmatoso glabro. 



Hai;. In montibus centralibus, ad 5000 ped. alt., leg. S. S.\saki, Jan. 1907, 

 (No. 1). 



Near Symplocos Fwdli Hance, (Brand Symplocaceie in Ekgl. Pfl.-reich 

 p. 66), but diflers from it by the leaves which are not cordate lilce S. Fordii; 



