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Fig. 48 ; 1, SmUax liukiuensis Hayata ; 2, Smilax ovato-rotunda Hayata. 



liiieiiria l^ mm. longa. Ovarium ovoideum 2 mm. lougum 1| mm. latum^ 

 stigmate sessili S-pai-tito, partibus linearibus valde deorsum recuiTis 1 }r mm. 

 lougis. 



Hab. Taiheizau, leg. B. Hayata et S. Sasaki, Mai. 1917. 



Near S. stenopetala, but difters from it in the broad wiuged x^etioles, iu 

 tbe leaf-blades with much acuter base, and in the simply umbellate flowers. 

 In S. stenopeta\i, umbels are an-anged in a cyme. 



Smilax takaoensis Hayata sp. nov. Scandeutissima ; cauHs teres 

 scaberulus. FoHa altema elongato-oblongo-ovata chartacea 8-9 cm. longa 3- 

 3^ cm. lata apice obtusa ad summum breve acuta vel breve caudato-acuta basi 

 obtusa rotundata margine subintegra glabra 5-neiTia, nervis venisque utraque 

 pagine- tenuissime elevatis, i^etiohs 1-2 cm. longis prope liasia cirrhiferis, 

 cmhis fihformibus 5-7 cm. longis. PedunculsB axillares 5 cm. longas apice flores 



