14 CELASTRIXE.E. RHAMXE^. 



HAB. Hogo, Muslia, ad 4000 ped. alt., leg. B. HAYATA, Aprili. 1916, 

 (I et ?). 



Compared with a Japanese specimen so named in the Herbarium at Tokyo. 

 Petals of female flowers of the Formosan are aeuter and more hairy than those 

 of the Japanese. 



Celastrinese. 



Celastrus Lixx. 



Celastrus elevativena HAYATA sp. iiov. Frutex scandeiitissimus, ramis 

 et ramulis gracilibus iiiterdum volubilibus fusceiitibus corticc longitudinaliter 

 elevato-striatis leiiticellatis, leiiticellis rotnndatis. Folia alterna oblonga lanceo- 

 lata vel obovato-oblonga 1^-5 cm. longa 12-23 mm. lata apice acuta basi obtusa 

 vel aeuta margine minute scrrulata coriacea, costis venis vcnulisque utroque 

 paginc elevatis, utroque pagine glabra, petiolis 2-8 mm. longis. Capsulse 

 axillares solitariie vel gaminse, pcdicellis 5-6 cm. longis rectis divaricatis, 3 

 valvata?, valvis viridibus crasse coriaceis extus transverse rugulosis tenuissinie 

 grosse reticulatis rotuiidatis 6 mm. in diamctro apice reliquis styli apiculatis. 

 Semina matura ignota. 



H^AB. Kwarenko, leg. U. FAUEIE. 



Near C. leiocarpa HAYATA, but differs from it in having narrower leaves 

 with elevated veinlets on the upper surface. 



Rhamneae. 

 Rhamnus LINN. 



Rhamnus (Eurhamnus-Cervispina) oiwakensis HAYATA sp. nov. Frutex 

 1-2 m. alt. rarnosissinius, ramis teretibus fusco-purpurasceiitibus nitidis Itevibus 

 hand lenticellatis, ramulis setiforrnibus alternatim vel decussatim dispositis 

 |-2 cm. longis teretibus, ramulis foliiferis brevissimis 3 mm. longis apice sub- 

 verticillatim approximatim foliatis basi perulis dense obtectis, perulis coriaceis 

 castaiieo-coloratis 1 mm. longis ciliatis obtusis vel acutis convexis. Folia ap- 

 proximata obovato-spathulata vel obovata 1-1^ cm. longa 6 mm. lata apice 

 obtusissima vel rotundata basi cuneato-attenuata margine deorsum integra 

 sursum crenata ad sinus crenarum sctulis digiti-formibus rubesccntibus -J mm. 



