DIAPENSIACE^. 17 



plant seems to be rather rare. We could find the tree only once in the 

 Arisan ranges, during our journey through the mountains. It is a dwarf 

 shrub nearly 2-3 m. high, sending the branches downwards along the rocks 

 where it stands. 



Moneses SALISB. 



Moneses rhombifolia A. ANDRES Piroleen-Studien, in Verh. Bot. Ver. 

 Prov. Brand. LVL (1914), pp. 23 et 69. 



ChimapUla rhomti/olia HAYATA Ic. PL Formos. II. (1912) p. 119, t. XVI. 



Diapensiacese. 



Shortia TORE, et GR. 



Shortia ritoensis HAYATA sp. nov. Shortiopsis ritoensis HAYATA in 

 Sched. Herb. Mus. Taihoku. Rhizoma erectum validiusculum. Folia omnia 

 radicalia coriacea longe petiolata, lamina ovato-oblonga vel oblonga 

 rectangulariformi 18 mm. longa 13 mm. lata apice obtusissima ad centrum 

 mucronata basi fere truncata ad basin subito ad petiolum attenuata utraque 

 glaberrima concolora margiue partibus prope apicem basinque exceptis serrata, 

 serris utroque latere margine 6-7 a se 2mm. remotis transverse ascendenti- 

 bus late triangularibus apice ascendentibus l|-2 mm. latis | 1 mm. longis 

 obtusis ad summum mucronibus brevissimis coronatis, margine crasso- 

 marginata basi apiceque subintegra, costis venisque supra tenuiter elevatis 

 subtus costis prominente elevatis venis planis, venis lateralibus utroque latere 

 costse 4 subrectis apice obscuris ad apicem serrarum obscure attingentibus a 

 costa angulo 60-70 egressis, venulis non distinctis sub luce transversa visis 

 reticulatis, petiolis gracilibus cum laminis foliorum desuper arcuatis ad terram 

 attingentibus 23-25 mm. longis subalatis supra profunde sulcatis subtus costatis 

 basi dilatatis. Scapi cum foliis sequilongi erecti terminales, basi bracteis 

 basilaribus (vel cataphyllis) 3-4-verticilla,tis instructi, bracteis basilaribus 

 lanceolatis 8 mm. longis 2 mm. latis concavis margine interiore recurvo-revolutis 

 apice acuminatis multinervis, a supra basin usque ad prope apicem nudi, 

 prope apicem sub flore 1-2-bracteis superioribns instructi, bracteis superioribus 

 ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis 5 mm. longis valde concavis margine interiore 

 revolutis. Flores ad apicem scapi solitarii ; calycis lobi 5, 3-exteriores ovati 



