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lobatiiiu. Stamina 9 fere distincta. Flores ? iguoti. Herba scauclentissiuia,. 

 foliis cin-hiferis. Species (lua3 in Foruiosa iucolte. 



Just iuteriuediate between Snu'la.v and Heterosmilax. Tlie new geuus 

 reseuibles Smila.v iu liaviug nearlj- distinct stameus ; but differs from tlio latter 

 in the gamopliyHous perianth. It is also allied to Heterosmila.v in the gamo- 

 phj-Uous j)8rianth, but distiuguishable from the latter in the nearly distinct 

 stameus which ainount as mauy as niue. 



Pseudosmilax seisuiensis IIayata sp. nov. (r\. YI.) CauUs teres 

 scandeutissimus glabemmus stramineits (iu exsiccato). FoUa alterua chartacea 

 vel tenuitor coriacea ovata 7-11 ciu. louga 4-7 cm. lata ajDice triangulari-acuta 

 ad sumiuum brevissime apiculata basi late truucata cordata vel rotundata 

 margiuo iutegi'a 5-nervia, ner^^is ad apicem convergeutibus, venuHs reticulatis, 

 nervis veuis venuUsque uti'aque pagine distincte elevatis, petioUs 1-3 cm. 

 longis pro^je Itasiu utroque latere cirrhiferis, cirrhis fiUformibus cii-c. 10 cm. 

 longis vohibiUlius. Flores umbeUati, umbeUis 50-60-floratis longe xDeduucu- 

 latis, peduncuUs 5 cm. lougis complanatis, pediceUis 1^,-2 cm. lougis glabris 

 basi bracteoUs miuutis digitiformibus instructis. Periauthium glabrum obovoi- 

 deum vel oblougnm gamophyUum 3 mm. longum 2 mm. latum apice ore miuute 

 3-lobatum. Stamina 9 fere distincta fere ccmtracta, filameutis 1 mm. longis,. 

 antheris Uueariljus 11 mm. longis l mm. latis apice acumiuatis apiculatis 

 adnatis introi"sum dehiscentibus. KucUmentum ovarii nuUum. Flores 2 ignoti. 



Hab. luter Seisui et Gimkutsu, leg. B. Hayata et S. Sasaki, Mai. 1917. 



Near Hefcrosmila.v in the gamophyUous perianth ; l^ut difters from it iu 

 having as many as nine stamens with nearly distinct filameuts, and much 

 louger Uuear authers. lu Heterosmiktx, stamens are usuaUy three, aud haA^e 

 nearly connate filameuts and very much shorter reniformed authers. 



Pseudosmilax hogoensis H-VYATA sp. uov. CauUs seandeutissimas 

 trigouus 6-7 mm. in diametro sectionis glaber. FoUa aUerua adulta mtigua 

 ovato-cordata 25 ciu. louga 18 cm. lata apice acuta basi ccjrdata 5-nervia, foUa 

 juvenia ovato-oblouga 18 cm. longa 8 cm. lata apice acuminata basi rotundata 

 oljtusa chai-tacea vel membranacea margine integi-a, iietioUs 3 cm. longis prope 

 ]ia.siu utroque latere cirrhiferis, cinliis 2-5 cm. l(jngis vulul)ilil)us. Flores 

 umbeUati, umbelUs 40-50-floratis louge peclunculatis, i^edunculis 6 cm. longis 



