EUTACEJE. 51 



Murray a LINN. 



Miirraya omphalocarpa HAYATA sp. nov. Frutex ? ; rami glabri, 

 cinerascentes. Folia alterna pinnata 3-5-foliolata, foliolo terminal! majore 

 obovato 7 cm. longo 4 cm. lato apice cuspidate breve acuto ad summum 

 obtuso vel retuso basi cuneato-acuto coriaceo, (costa supra late sulcata subtus 

 elevata, venis utraque pagine tenuiter elevatis utroque latere 7-8 rectis apice 

 furcato-ramosis), in exsiccato utraque pagine pallido margine subintegro vel 

 remote vel obscure crenato, petiolulo brevissimo 3 mm. longo intus sulcato, 

 foliolis lateralibus alternis terminal! conformilus sed minoribus, petiolis com- 

 munibus 5-6 cm. longis intus planis extus convexis. Flores pseudo-umbellati, 

 umbellis quasi-terminalibus sessilibus 5-6-radiatis, radiis l-l cm. longis, 

 floribus l cm. longis. Calyx basi campanulatus alte 5-partitus, sepalis 

 oblongo-linearibus 2 mm. longis l mm. latis apice crassiusculis tenuiter 

 pubescentibus. Petala 5, oblongo-lanceolata 23 mm. longa 8 mm. lata, apice 

 obtusa vel acutiuscula, basi attenuata, basi 1 mm. lata margine deorsum 

 integra sursum crenulato-repanda. Stamina 10, altra longiora 14 mm. longa, 

 altra 11 mm. longa, filamentis complanatis, antheris reniformibus utrinque 

 emarginatis. Discus incrassatus pulviniformis. Ovarium oblongo-cylindricum 

 circ. 3 mm. longum 1 mm. latum, subglabrum vel basi tenuissime lu'rsutum, basi 

 ad stipitem brevem attenuatum, apice ad stylum abeuns, stylo 1 cm. longo 

 glabro, stigmate subpeltato integro vel obscure 2-lobato. Bacca ovoidea 

 2 cm. longa, 1-1 cm. lata, rubra, longe rostrata, basi contracta ad stipitem 

 brevem 1-2 mm. longum abeuns, 2-locularis, loculis 1-spermis, pericarpio rubro 

 glanduloso-puiictato crasso. Semina oblonga, tenuiter complanata, 12 mm. 

 longa, dense fibroso-barbata, barbis 7 mm. longis, testa tenui, cotyledonibus 

 oblongis, radicula minutissima. 



HAB. Kotosho et Kwashoto. 



Near M. exotica, but differs from it by the larger rostrate fruits and 

 petals with attenuate base. 



