108 ANACARDIACEJE. 



Anaeardiaceae. 



Semecarpus vernicifera HAYATA et KAWAKAMI sp. nov. Kami cineras- 

 centes, lenticellis oblongis notati. Folia alterna, coriacea, elliptico-lanceolata 

 vel ovatolanceolata, raediocria 23 cm. longa, 7 cm. lata, apice acuta vel 

 breve acuminata, basi obtusa vel acuta, utrinque glabra, subtus glauca, 

 costis supra subplanis vel leviter elevatis, subtus prominente elevatis, venis 

 lateralibus primariis utraque latere 20, angulo 70 a costa egressis, utraque 

 pagine elevato-reticulata, petiolis 3 cm. longis. Mores paniculati, pedicellis 

 brevibus 2 mm. longis, sub pedicello siugulo 1-bracteatis, bracteis triangula- 

 ribus 1 mm. longis, breve ciliolatis, nee non 1-2-bracteolatis, pedicellis apice 

 cum tubis calycis articulatis, brevissime pubescentibus, nigricantibus. Calyx 

 campanulatus, 2 mm. longus, 5-dentatus vel subinteger. Petala 5, ovato- 

 lanceolata, 5 \ mm. longa, 2| mm. lata, crassiuscula, apice obtusa, basi 1 mm. 

 lata, truncata, valvata. Stamina 5, cum petalis alterna, petalis breviora, fila- 

 meutis filiformibus 3 mm. longis, autheris oblongis, dorsifixis, introrsis utrinque 

 emarginatis. Ovarium late ovatum, semi-superius, 2 mm. longuin, 1-locurale 

 1-ovulatum, ovulis supra medium pendulis, stylo obliquo, 3-fido, 1 mm. longo, 

 ramis apice stigmatosis, 3-lobatis. Drupa late complanato-globosa, apice ob- 

 lique acuta, basi leviter cordata vel rotundata, 23 mm. longa 20 mm. lata, basi 

 calycis valde incrassati campanulati l cm. longi insidens, pericarpio crasso 

 duro resinoso, endocarpio osseo. Semina supra medium pendula, testa mem- 

 branacea. Embryo crassus, cotyledonibus piano-con vexis, radicula brevissima 

 supra. 



HAB. Taito, Karenko, leg. N. KONISHI ; Koshun, Garambi, leg. B. HAYATA ; 

 Kankaw, leg. Y. TASHIRO, Juli., 1912. 



The present plant is a little different from other species of the genus 

 by the valvate petals and in not having cup-like receptacles under the fruits. 

 It is suggested to me by Mr. T. KAWAKAMI who has just returned from Ms trip 

 to the Malay archipelago that the plant just described may be a new species, 

 as he lias not found any plant like this in any regions he visited. 



