RHAMNEJE. 3 



tione oblonga 27-foliolata, foliolis suboppositis, jugis 3|-4 cm. remotis, in- 

 ferioribus majoribus obliquis ovato-oblongis 13 cm. longis 5 cm. latis apice 

 subito acumiuatis, (acuminibis linearibis) basi obliquis latere interfere latioribus 

 3 cm. latis latere exteriore 2 cm. latis, basi in latere interfere truncatis, ad 

 angulum partis truncates glandulis 1-2 instructis, basi in latere exteriore acutis 

 vel cuneato-acutis ad angulum partis acutse glandulis 1 instructis, chartaceis, 

 utraque pagine glaberrimis supra ad costas impresso-sulcatis, costis versus 

 sulcos distincte graciliter elevatis, venis lateralibus utroque latere costsB 

 10-11, mediis a costa angulo 50 egressis supra tenuiter impressis vel 

 planis, costis venisque subtus distincte sed graciliter elevatis, venulis minute 

 reticulatis, subtus subglaucis vel pallidis, margine iutegris ; glandulis utroque 

 latere margine 1-2 complanato-globosis 1 mm. in diametro supra planis subtus 

 prominente elevatis ad centrum depressis, petiolulis 2 -2 cm. longis subtereti- 

 bus basi subito dilatatis, petiolis 12 cm. longis subteretibus basi dilatatis. 

 Flores ignoti. Paniculse fructiferse cymosse 25 cm. longae 30 cm. latse, pedicellis 

 ultimis gracilibus 2-1 cm. longis. Samera generaliter una in receptaculo 

 singulo sed interdum 2 lineari-oblonga obliqua apice obtusissima sursum 

 tortuosa basi oblique obtusa latere raphse acuta, latere opposite obtusissima 

 vel rotundata, venoso-reticulata 1-sperma, semine ad centrum sito. 



HAB. Toyencho : Shibutsuke, in montibus 3000 ped. alt., leg. I. TANAKA, 

 Nov. 1913. 



Very near the type ; but differs from it in the quite glabrous leaves and 

 in the samarae which in this new variety are broader and usually convexed 

 at the margin on both sides at the base, while in the type they are 

 convex on one side, but concave on the other. 



Rhamneae. 



Hhamnus LINN. 



Rhamnus acuminatifolia HAYATA Ic. PI. Formos. HI. p. 62. Descriptio 

 auctata : Flores subumbellati 9-10-florati, pedunculis semper solitarfis 

 axillaribus l- cm. longis hirsutis apice cicatricibus pedicellorum 5-6 notatis, 

 cicatricibus rotundatis cupulaeformibus ad centrum depressis, pedicellis cum 

 pedunculo articulatis ad apicem pedunculi radiatim dispositis 4mm. longis 



