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which are usually in pair at the top of the branches, and in the much narrower 

 perianth-segments of the same flowers. 



Viscum diospyrosicolum HAYATA Ic. PL Formos. V. p. 192. Des- 

 criptio aucta : Juvenile foliiferum, foliis oppositis oblongo-obovatis 1 cm. longis 

 4|-mm. ktis apice obtusissimis basi cuneatis margine integris chartaceis gkbris 

 venis hand visis sessilibus. Fl. J : involucrum tenuiter crustaceum cupuliforme 

 margine obscure denticulatum. Perianthium circ. ad basin 4-lobatum, lobis 

 oblongo-triangularibus l^mm. longis f mm. 

 latis apice acutis basi haud contractis eras- 

 siusculis leviter deorsum reflexis extus 

 minute sub lente botryoideo-tubercuktis 

 gkbris. Antherse 4 ad medium loborum 

 perianthii adnatse oblongse 5-6-porosae. 



Rudimentum ovarii nullum. Pseudofructus Fi 9- 4 t Viscum diospyrosicolum 

 .,. . , HAYATA; a, a male flower; b, an anther. 



ellipsoideus 4 mm. longus 2 mm. latus apice 



obtusus ad centrum summi breve apicuktus Isevis. 



HAB. Kyoshiryo, leg. B. HAYATA, 2200 ped. alt., Aprili. 1916, (fl. ^). 



Euphorbiaceae. 

 Daphniphyllum BLUME. 



Daphmphyllum membranaceum HAYATA sp. nov. xlrbor, ramis et 

 ramuHs validiusculis cicatricibus foliorum notatis haud lenticelktis. Folia 

 alterna versus apicem ramulorum approximatim disposita longe petiokta 

 oblongo-elliptica vel oblongo-lanceolata circ. 20 cm. longa 6 cm. kta apice 

 acutissima vel breve cuspidata basi obtusa margine subintegra supra nitida 

 viridissima subtus gkuca chartacea vel chartaceo-membranacea, costa supra 

 plana vel tenuiter impressa subtus prominenti, venis kteralibus primariis 

 utroque ktere costse 15-20 rectis vel plus minus flexuosis haud arcuatis 

 gracillimis utroque pagine tenuiter elevatis a costa angulo 45 egressis, petiolis 

 circ. 5cm. longis rectis supra sulcatis basi plus minus diktatis. Racemi 

 florum ^- versus apicem ramorum sub foliis supra cicatrices foliorum dis- 

 positi gracillimi gkbri erecti recti 12cm. longi kxissime floriferi, pedunculis 

 5-6 cm. longis, pedicellis gracillimis gkbris 2 cm. longis divaricatissimis, bracteis 



