BEKBERIDE^-: 



nalis colunma 4 mm. loiiga 1-^ mm. lata, filamentis toto connatis 2 mm. longis 



glabris, antheris 

 connatis vel sub- 

 liLeris linearilms 

 vel oblongis IJ 

 mm. longis ^ mra. 

 latis apice obtu- 

 sissimis vel inter- 

 (liun emarginatis, 

 appcnclicul is nul- 

 lis ; rudimenta 

 carj^ellorum mi- 

 nuta 3^mm. longa 

 linearia. Fl. -^ : 

 ignoti. 



Hab. Kara- 

 ])in et Funlviko, 

 leg. r.. Hayata, 

 1912 Mart. 



Near Staun- 

 tonia ohovata 

 Hemsl. in the 

 leaves ; but clifFers 

 from it in having 

 quito obtuse or 



Fig. 2; Slauntonia hebandra Hayata; 1, a leaf; 2, a male 

 flower ; 3, a sepal ; 4, a petal ; 5, staminal column ; 6, the same in 

 vertical section, rudimental ovary seen. 



even emarginate anthers. 



Stauntonia obovatifoliola Hayata sp. nov. (Fig. 3, 1-6). Scandentissima 

 et volubilis, rami et ramuli teretes. Folia ad ramulos hornotinos longissimos 

 alternatim remoteque disposita digitatim 3-5-foliolata, petiolis communibus 3 cm. 

 longis basi incrassatis ; petiolulis centralibus l^ cm. longis, hiteralil)us breviori- 

 bus 1 cm. longis ; foliolis centralibus majoribus obovatis 6 cm. longis 4 cm. hitis 

 apice subito breve caudatis, (cauda 3-5 mm. longa apice obtusissima sed ad 

 centrum breve aristata vel mucronata), basi obtusissimis vel rotundatis margine 



