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tenuissimi, 7 cm. longi, iis J breviores, floribus umbellatim vel racemosim ad 

 apicem pedunculonim 5 cm. longorum 5-6 dispositis, pedicellis 1 cm. longis. Fl. 

 $ : apertieiites 1 cm. in diametro, 7 mm. longi, sepala 5, lanceolata, 7 mm. longa, 

 2i mm. la,ta r apice acuta, basi plus minus contracta, utrinque 1-costata, post 

 anthesiii accrescentia, margine pauce setulosa, vel setulis obsoletis. Discus 

 aimulari-pulviniformis. Ovarium depresso-ovoideum, stylis 3, basi connatis 

 2-partitis longissimis horizontaliter patentibus recurvatis. 



HAB. Hainan : Hoihon, leg. Z. KATSUMADA, Juli., 1908. 



The type specimen I have never seen. It was recorded from the island 

 by various authors. It may, I think therefore, be well conjectured from the 

 same locality that the present plant may be referable to tin's species. 



Pachysandra axillares FRAXCH. var. tricarpa HAYATA n.v. Frutes- 

 cens, 20-30 cm. altus, caulis simplex, teres, glaber, sub lente brevissime pubes- 

 cens, sursum foliatus. Folia longe petiolata, alterna, ovato-oblonga, vel 

 elongato-oblonga, 7-8 cm. longa, 3^ cm. lata, apice acuta, abrupte acuminata 

 vel caudata, basi rotnudata plus minus obliqua, margine sursurn pauce sub- 

 dentata, deorsum iutegra, dentibus brevibus, subtrinervia, vel pinnivena, sub- 

 coriacea vel memljranaceo-coriacea, utraque pagine subglabra, sub lente minute 

 pubescentia, venis utriuque prominentibus. Flores monoacii, spicati, spicis axil- 

 laribus, 1| cm. longis, dense floratis, (floribus infimis unicis ?, reliquis J) breve 

 pedimculatis, pedunculis 4 mm. longis. Fl. J : subsessiles, 1-bracteati, brac- 

 teis subtriangularibus, breve pubescentibus, 1| mm. longis. Perianthii seg- 

 menta 4, 2-seriatim oppositimque disposita, oblonga, 34^ mm. louga, 2^ mm. 

 lata, apice rotundata, basi contracta, crassiuscula, margine ciliata, concava, obscure 

 5-nervia, subglabra. Stamina 4, segmentis perianthii opposita, distincta, 6^ mm. 

 louga, validiuscula, erecto-patentia, filamentis comphinatis, 4^ mm. longis, 

 glabris, -i mm. Latis, antheris 2 mm. longis, | mm. latis, aduatis, obscure apicu- 

 latis. Kudimentum ovarii brevissimum quadrangulare, | mm. latum. Fl. ? : 

 subsessiles 6 mm. longi, 1-bracteati, 4-bracteolati, bracteolis valde imbricatis. 

 Perianthii segmenta o, imbricata, 3 mm. longa, oblonga, apice obtusa, magine 

 ciliolata. Carpella 3, basi connata, extrorse recurvata, stigmatibus linearibus 

 sub leute minute puliescentilnis, ovulis 2 in carpellis singulis. Fmctus 

 ignoti. 



