IB LEGUMINOS.E. 



at the base. TLe flowers of C. Kmanoi are lialf-closed, tlie filaments are 

 slightly aud shortlj' hairy, and the leaves are rather rouuded at the base. 



NoTE : Leaves dfirk-gi-een shiuing above ; flowers beautifully pale fresh 

 gTeeu ; authers yellow. 



Cassine Lenn. 



Cassine Matsudai Hayata sp. nov. (Fig. 11). Fi-utex ; rami et ramuli 

 gi'aciles tetragoni ghibri. Folia oppDsita lanceolata 7-8 cm. longa 11-2^ cra. 

 lata apice acuminata vel caudato-acumiuata basi cuueajO-acuminata iutegra costa 

 supra elevata, venis venuhs supra haud sujtus tenuissime elevatis, utraque 

 pagiue glabemma, petiohs 5 mm. longis. Cym99 1| cm. longse ad axillas 

 dense fasciculati?e glabrae, floribus oppositis, pedicellis ultimis l^ mm. longis 

 glabris, bracteis crassiusculis triaugularibus 1 mm. longis apice acutis margine 

 deuticulatis fulvo-marginatis, bracteolis oppositis 2 bractei, couformibus. 

 Sepala 5, sul^fequalia late rotuudata 1 mm. longa l^ mm. lata margiue 

 fimbriato-ciholata fulvo-margiuata glabra. Petala 5 oblonga l^ mm. longa 

 1| mm. lata apice rotuudata basi haud vel vix contracta glabra. Stamina 5, 

 margiue disci affixa, filamentis brevibus ^ mm. lougis, autheris rotundatis 

 apiculatis ^ mm. longis. Ovarium conico-ovoideum glabrum Ij mm. longum 

 f mm. latum, stigmata digitiforme 4-partita. Discus annularis lamelliforrais 

 5-lobatus 1 mm. altus. 



Othewdendron Maiswdal Hayata, iu Herb. Taihoku. 



Hab. Buizan, leg. Y. Matsuda, Jan. 1919. 



Near Casdne micraniha Hayata, but diflfers from it iu the much thinner 

 leaves with the lateral veius arranged iu a much acuter angle. 



Leg uminosse. 

 • Crotalaria Dill. 



Crotalaria akosnsis Hayata sp. uov. (Fig. 12). SuSrutex erectus; 

 caulis 10-40 cm. lougns in exsiccato fuscens fulvo-hirsutus teres fohatus. 

 Folia alterua simphcia oblong^ vel oblongo-1 tnceolata 2-4 cm. longa 12 mra. 

 lata apice acuta obtusa integi'a supra iu exsiccato fuscissima utraque p:agine 

 adpresse hirsuta, p^tiolis 3 ram. lougis fulvo-hirsutis, stipulis nuUis ? Flores 



