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reniformibus ^ mm. in diametro. Ovarium apice conicum liberurn dense 

 albo-barbatum 2-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis. 



HAB. Inter Shingio et Batakan, leg. S. SASAKI et B. HAYATA, Aprili. 

 1917. 



Comparable to some extent to P. integrifolia, but differs from it by the 

 villose carpels. 



Caprifoliaeeae. 

 Abelia K. BR. 



Abelia ionaudra HAYATA sp. nov. (PL V.)=^4. chlnensis HAYATA 

 Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 138 (non E. BR.). Frutex 1-2 m. altus ; rami cine- 

 rascentes graciles teretes, cortice longitudinaliter fisso, ramulis gracillimis rectis 

 toto foliatis rubescentibus breve pubescentibus. Folia opposita rhomboideo- 

 ovata 2 cm. longa 1^ cm. lata apice triangulari-acuta basi rotundato obtusa 

 margine minute remoteque mucronibus utroque latere 5-6 instructa apice 

 mucronata, costa supra impressa subtus elevata, supra viridia subtus pallidis- 

 sima, venulis reticulatis. Cymae 2-floratae versus et ad apicem ramulorum 

 quasi-fasciculatim aggregatim dispositae ; pedunculi vel pedicelli 4-5 mm. 

 longi hirsuti medio bracteis oppositis 2 instructi, (bracteis hirsutis spathulatis 

 1^-2 mm. longis concavis apice obtusis basi haud contractis) apice bracteis 

 6 radiatim dispositis instructi, bracteis 1| mm. longis mm. latis 

 apice obtusis margine ciliatis. Flores geminatim ad apicem pedicelli 

 cymae dispositi sessiles. Ovarium inferum (vel tubus calycis) 6 mm. longum 

 ovato-fusiforme hirsutum 1^ mm. latum multi-sulcatum. Limbus calycis 

 5-partitus, partibus patentibus aequalibus 4-6 mm. longis 1-2 mm. latis 

 spathulatis apice obtusis basi attenuatis margine integris coliolatis pallido- 

 viridi-flavis chartaceo-membranaceis nervosis, nervis dorso elevatis plus minus 

 hirsutis. Corolla longe tubulosa versus apicem campanulata 13 mm. longa, 

 limbo 6 mm. lato, tubo medio 1^ mm. lato apicem gradatim ad limbum 

 abeunti, extus tenuiter hirsuta intus dense hirsuta fere regularis vel plus 

 minus 2-labiata, labio superiore 2-lobato, lobis semirotundatis 1| mm. longis 

 2 mm. latis apice rotundatis margine integris ciliolatis, labio inferiore 

 3-lobato, lobis lateralibus cum lobo labii superioris conformibus, lobo medio 



