LTLIACEiE. 



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Near ^' (jlabra lloxB. ; but diifeis from ifc iii tlie mucli longer peduncles 

 aud pedicels. 



Smilax tenuissima Hayata sp. uov. (Fig. 50,-2.) Caulis erectus vel 

 scaud ns ramosissiimis, ramis ramulisque teretibus glabris laovibus ad locum 

 ramificationis vaginis foliorum persistentibus obtectis gi-acilibus ascendentibus. 

 Folia alterna oblougo-ovata 3cin. louga 10-1 2 mm. lata apice obtusa ad summum 

 breve aristata basi obtusa margiue iutegra 3-nervia, costis veuisque utraque 

 pagine tenuissime elevatis, petiolis 1 c:n. longis liaud cirrLiferis basi dilatis 

 vjxgiuiformibus caulem amplectantibus. PeduucuLio axillares l^ cin. longao 

 fruchis 2-3 umbeUatim gerentes, pedicellis 5 nnu. lougis basi brac^ieatis, 

 bracteis ovato-linearibus 3 mm. longis l mm. latis acuminatis. Bacca Lite 

 globos;^ 5 mm. lata 4 nim. longa. Semina 



Hab. Mt. Morrisou, ad 7,000 ped. alfc., leg. S. Sasaki, Oct. 1919. 



Fig. BO ; 1, SmlUix stenopelala A. Ge. ; 2, Smllax teminsbna Hayata ; 3, Smilax 

 traohydada Hayata. 



