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Boraginese. 



Ehretia LINN. 



Ehretia glaucescens HAYATA sp. nov. Arbor : trancus erectus, versus 

 apicem ramosus. Kami teretes, cicatricibus foliorum elevatis. Folia obovato- 

 oblonga vel obovato-lanceolata apice abrupte acurninata vel breve caudata 

 basi cuneata attenuata supra medium latissima 11 cm. longa 4 cm. lata in 

 vivo snpra viridissima nitida subtus glauca chartaceo-membranacea, in ex- 

 siccato opaca, integerrima, venis lateralibus primariis utroque latere costse 

 4-5 tenuissimis in vivo non visis, in exsiccato utraque pagine tenuissime 

 elevatis, petiolis 1-|- cm. longis supra sulcatis. Flores paniculato-cymosi albi. 

 Cymse terminales paucifloratse, (exceptis pedunculis) 2-3 cm. longse totiusque 

 latse, pedicellis ultimis 5-3 mm. longis interdum brevissimis subnullis apice 

 peltato-dilatatis cum floribus articulatis, bracteis et bracteolis nullis. 

 Calyx subglobosus vel obovatus l mm. longus vel longior utrinque glaber 

 5-lobatus, lobis rotundatis vel oblongis apice obtusis vel rotundatis -] f mm. 

 longis. Corolla campanulato-hypocratheriformis utrinque glabra, tubo 4-5 mm. 

 longo basi 1 mm. lato, apice gradatim dilatato, apice 3 mm. lato, limbo- 

 o-lobato, lobis obovatis vel oblongis apice rotundatis 2-3 mm. longis integris 

 reflexis. Stamina 5 ad medium tubi affixa longe exserta cum lobis corollge 

 alterna, filamentis vel partibus liberis filamentorum 5 mm. longis reflexis 

 filiformibus, antheris late globosis a dorso compressis didymis, loculis fere 

 distinctis a dorso medio leviter connatis J mm. latis. Ovarium ovoideum 

 1 mm. longum glabrum, stylo 7-8 mm. longo filiformi apice 2-lobato glabro, 

 lobis 1-2 mm. longis apice dilatatis truncatis stigmatosis. Fructus globosus 

 1 cm. in diametro 4-pyrenus, pyrenis late oblongis 6-7 mm. longis 5 mm. 

 latis complanatis leviter recurvis dorso irregulariter alte reticulate foveolatis 

 facie planis vel alte foveolatis. Semina non visa. 



HAB. Kizan prope Mai, leg. B. HAYATA et S. SASAKI, Juli., 1912. 



Near E. longifdia CHAMP; but differs from it by the much smaller 

 corolla and rounded calyx-lobes. Nothing like this in the Indian, Chinese, 

 Honkong and Japanese flora. 



