BERBERIDE.*:. 39 



PALIBTX Oonspeet. Fl. Korero I. p. 21 ; M.visT*.\r. ot HAYATA Enuin. PI. 

 Formos. p. 17. 



liayania Itexapliylln Tiirxi;. Fl. Jap. p. 149. 



HAD. Hokkokei. 



DISTRIB. Japan, Oorea and Hongkong. 



2. Akebict DECXE. 



Akebia longeracemosa MATSUM. in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XTIT. p. 18 ; 

 MATSUSI. et HAYATA Euuin. PI. Formos. p. 17 t. '2. Shrub scandent. Leaves 

 ever-^i-een, long petiolaie, digitately 5-foliolate, leaflets petiolnlate, oblong, 

 obtuse at lM->th ends, or obovate-oblong, cuneate, einarginate and ninerouate 

 at the apex, glabrous. Floweis monoecious, long pedunculate. Fl. J numerous, 

 25-30, arranged on a long raceme; pedicels very slender, spreading, nearly 

 5 lain, long, bracts paleaceous, linear. Sepals 3, reflexed, elliptico-oblong, 

 somewhat obtuse, 3 nun. long, 2 mm. broad, glabrous. Fl. "' : few-flowered, 

 40mm. in diameter, long pedicellate 45-50 mm. long ; sepals 3, black when 

 dried, 18-20 mm. long, 8-12 mm. broad. Racemes Co -70 mm. long, 8 mm. 

 broad. Carpels f> ; ovary linear, 5 mm. long ; staminodes very small ; 

 stamens 3 mm. long. 



HAB. Taichn : Daibohoxan. 



l^rs'jTtin. An endemic plant. 



Akebia p- HAYATA Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 40. 



HAB. Morrison. 



Near A. longeracemosa MATSFM., but differs from it in having fcrifoliolate 



leaves. 



3. flcrltcris LTNX. 



I.eaves pinnate ...................................... Tie/flicris nepalensis. 



Leaves simple 



limits bkck .................................. Berleris Katoakamii. 



.'l-'ruits red , . ft?rlM~-ris morrisonensis. 



