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This new species is named after Mr. E. D. MEERILL, who courteously 

 compared it with all the species of the genus of the Philippines and 

 suggested me that it may be a plant not yet described. 



Pittosporeae. 



Pittosporum BANKS. 



Pittosporum oligospermum HAYATA sp. nov. Frutex ? Rami graciles 

 glabri, apice quasi-verticillatim foliati. Folia tenuiter coriacea, obovato-oblonga, 

 8 cm. longa 27 mm. lata, apice cuspidato-acuminata, basi cuneata, utraque 

 glabra, margine undulata, supra nitida, subtus pallidissima, costis et venis 

 supra planis inconspicuis, venulis minute impresso-reticulatis, subtus costis 

 elevatis, venis et venulis inconspicuis, petiolis 5 mm. longis supra sulcatis. 

 Flores ignoti. Fructus ad apicem ramorum 3-4-fasciculati. longe pedicellati, 

 pedicellis gracilibus 3 cm. longis. Capsula globosa, valvis 3 oblongis utrinque 

 acutis 1 cm. longis crassiusculis lignosis. Semina pauca angulato-oblonga, 

 4 mm. longa, angulata, rubescentia. 



HAB. Formosa : loco non indicate. 



Near P. gldbratum, but differs from it by the much smaller fruits ; and 

 from P. pauciftorum by the much more acuminate leaves. 



Pittosporum parvifolium HAYATA sp. nov. Frutex. Kami ramosissimi, 

 dense foliati. Folia obovata vel cuneato-obovata, subsessilia, 3-4 cm. longa 

 1 1 -2 cm. lata, apice obtusa, rotundata, rarius leviter emarginata, basi attenuata 

 vel cuneato-attenuata, utraque glabra, costis supra impressis, subtus elevatis 

 venis et venulis supra impressis distincte reticulatis, subtus non distinctis, 

 coriacea margine desuper leviter recurva, integra vel db undulata, petiolis 

 brevissimis 2 mm. longis. Flores ignoti. Capsula obovata 3-gona, 14 mm. 

 longa, 12 mm. lata, apice cum stylo apiculata, basi obtusa, 3-valvata, valvis 

 una majora, altris minoribus crassis ligunosis. Semina 20-40, depresso- 

 complanato-globosa, 2-3 mm. longa, nigro-rubescentia. 



HAB. Benin : Chichijima, leg. H. HATTORI. Juli. 1905. 



