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Ind. I. p. 288 ; Stachyurus prcecox HAYATA in MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. 

 Formos. p. 48 (non SIEB. et Zucc.) 



HAB. Mt. Arisan, inter Heishana et 

 Nimandaira, leg. B. HAYATA, Mart. 1914. 



The description given in HOOK. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. is as follows : " A small tree 

 with straggling branches. Leaves 4-6 by 

 1^-2 in., ovate, with a rounded base, fine- 

 ly serrate, the veins strongly reticulated 

 beneath; petioles f-f in. Spikes 2-3 in., 

 erect. Berries the size of a small pea." 



Our plant does not very exactly 

 accord with the above description. It is 

 nearer to the Himalaj^an species than to 

 the Japanese S. prcscox. In our plant, 

 the rhaches of the spikes are greenish ; 

 sepals, petals and filaments are greenish 

 white ; ovary deep green, more or less 

 angulate at the top. Flowers of the Ja- 

 panese species are usually bright yellow. 

 TJiea LINN. 



Thea salicifolia (CHAMP.) SEEM. 

 (Fig. 4), BENTH. Fl. Hongk. p. 30. 



Fig. 3, Staihyums himalaicus HOOK. 

 f. ; a, a leaf; b, a flower; c, a bract; d, 

 HAB. Mt. Arisan, inter Karapin et a sepal; e, a petal; f, ovary and stamens; 



Funkiko, leg. B. HAYATA, Mart. 1914. g ' cross 6ection of the ovary; a ' natural 



size, others X 4. 



" A shrub or a small tree, the young 



branches and under side of the leaves loosely covered with soft spreading hairs. 

 Leaves lanceolate or oblong, acuminate, about 3 in. long, glabrous above, of a 

 thinner consistence than in the other species. Flowers white, very shortly 

 pedunculate or nearly sessile, drooping. Sepals ovate lanceolate, long-pointed. 

 Petals, especially the inner ones, broader, larger, with shorter points, all slightly 



silky-hairy and pubescent outside....... Capsules glabrous, beaked." -BENTH. 



Fl. Hongk. p. 30. Our specimens exactly , agree with the description given 



