32 RUBIACE.E. 



plus minus longiore oblongo 2^ mm. longo 2^ mm. lato apice rotundato 

 basi haud contracto margine glanduloso-ciliolato, lobis totis reticulato-nervosis. 

 Stamina 4 exserta versus basin corollae affixa, partibus liberis filamentorum 

 10 mm. longis glabris, antheris ellipsoideis 1 mm. longis ^ mm. latis utroque 

 emarginatis glabris purpureis. Stylus inclusus 10 mm. longus glaber erectus 

 apice late campanulatus mm. latus. 



HAB. Inter Busegan et Seisui, leg. B. HAYATA et S. SASAKI, Mai. 1917. 



Near Abelia Aschersoniana and A. chinensis ; but differs from the 

 former by the much larger leaves, and from the latter by the quite obtuse 

 and shortly apiculate, but never acuminate, leaves. 



Rubiacese. 

 Nertera BANKS et SOL. 



Tfertera nigricarpa HAYATA (PL VI.) Fl. Montana Formos. p. 115. 



HAB. Bonbonsha, leg. B. HAYATA, Mai. 1917. 



Near Nertera depressa BANKS et SOL. (Bot. Mag. t. 5799); but differs 

 from it by the entire corolla-lobes and black fruits. 



Galium, LINN. 



Galium Morii HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 24) Caulis ascendens 5 cm. altus 

 toto foliatus glaber vel inferne sparce pilis retrosis conspersus, internodiis 

 superioribus longioribus 8 mm. longis, inferi- 

 oribus brevioribus 2 mm. longis. Folia inferiora 

 minora 1 mm. longa, superiora majora 3 mm. 

 longa 4-quasiverticillata, superiora majora ob- 

 longa 3^ mm. longa 2^ mm. lata apice apiculato- 

 acuta basi obtusa haud petiolata sessilia margine 

 integra 3-nervia, nervis supra elevatis ad nervos 

 pilis setuliformibus parce conspersa, nervis sub- 

 tus haud elevatis. Cyma pauciflorata fere termi- 

 nalis ; fructus reniformis setulis uncinatis Fig ' 24 ' Galium Morii HAYATA - 

 superiore interiore recurvis conspersus. 



HAB. Mt. Morrison, leg. U. Mori, Dec. 1908. Remarkable for its 

 small form with rounded leaves and stipules. 



