130 LAURINEJE. 



HAB. Toakarankei, leg. T. KAWAKAMI et U. MORI, April!., 1910. 



Resembles the type in having axillary spikes, and three nearly distinct 

 carpels ; but differs from it by the acuminate or nearly caudate oblong 

 leaves, much longer anthers, and more recurved carpels. 



Sarcococca pruniformis LINDL. var. dioica HAYATA n.v. Frutex, ramis 

 gracilibus fuscentibus, minute pubescentibus, vel subglabris, teretibus. Folia 

 alterna, exsiccato fusco-rubescentia, lanceolata, pinnivena, breve petiolata, 

 8 cm. longa 2 cm. lata, utrinque acuminata, vel apice acuminata, basi attenuata 

 ad petiolum brevem 1- J cm. longuni ateuntia, coriacea, margine integra, 

 recurvata, costis supra impressis vel elevatis, supra glabra, subtus sub 

 microscopic minute lepidota, rubroferruginea vel pallidissima, venis primariis 

 lateralibus utrinque incanspicuis primum rectis, prope marginem abrupte flexuosis 

 recurvis ascendentibus venam superiorem attingentibus. Flores $ spicato- 

 racemosi, racemis brevibus 1-2 cm. longis, cum pedicellis 9 mm. longi, pedicellis 

 6 mm. longis, 1-bracteati, bracteis lanceolatis, 8-bracteolati, bracteolis oppositis, 

 4-seriatim imbricatimque dispositis, obovatis breve caspidatis in forma sepalum 

 sub-?equantibus gradatin ad sepalum abeuntibus. Sepala 4, obovata, breve 

 obtuseque cuspidata 3 mm. longa If mm. lata, margine ciliolata. Ovarium 2- 

 carpellare, glabrum cam stigmatibus 3 mm. longum, stigma plus mins re- 

 curvatum. Fractus ignotus. 



HAB. Montibus Centralibus, leg. U. Mom Aprili., 1910. 



Near S. pruniformis LINDL. (FORBES et HEMSL. In. Fl. Sin. II. p. 418) - 

 S. trinervia WIGHT, Ic. t. 1877 ; but differs from the type by the much longer 

 pedicels of female flowers and by the lanceolate leaves. 



Laurineee. 



Machilus micrantha HAYATA sp. nov. Arbor, rami in exsiccato f usco- 

 purpurascentes, glabri, lenticellis notati. Folia altema, oblonga, vel elliptica, 

 10 cm. longa vel loiigiora, 5 cm. lata, apice breve acuminata, basi acuta, integra, 

 coriacea, pinninervia, costis supra planis subtus elevatis, venis lateralibus pri- 

 mariis utrinque 7-8, tenuibus, petiolis 3-4 cm. longis. Alabastrum inflorescentise 

 oblongum obtusum, perulis imbricatis, extus sericeo-pubescentibus, iis inferioribus 



