CELASTRINE2E. 23 



HAB. Taito : Iryokukaku, leg. U. MORI, 1906 (No. 2198). 



Very near C. gracillimus HAYATA, but distinguishable from it in having 

 much thicker leaves with impressed veins on the upper surface. 



Celastrus longe-racemosus HAYATA sp. nov. (Tab. III.) Frutex ad trun- 

 cos arboris a basi usque ad summum scandens, ramis ramulisque gracilibus 

 glaberrimis, cortice in exsiccato fusco-purpurascenti plus minus lenticellato, 

 enticellis prominente elevatis, vet haud lenticellato. Folia ut videntur decidua 

 chartacea in specimine variegato-cinerascentia subnitida oblongo-oblanceolata vel 

 obovato-lanceolata 48 mm. 58 mm. longa 17 mm. lata apice cuspidato-acuta 

 vel abrupte acuta ad summum acuta haud aristata basi obtusa vel cuneata 

 margine (apicibns et partibus basilaribus cuneatis exceptis) crenato-serrulata, ser- 

 rulis ascendentibus, costa supra tenuissime elevata gracillima subtus plus 

 prominente elevata, venis venulis utraque pagine elevatis, reticulis venulamm 

 utraque pagine distincte elevatis, venis lateralibus primariis utroque latere 5-6, 

 inferioribus a costa angulo 30 egressis, superioribus angulo 40 egressis utraque 

 pagine elevatis, petiolis 3 mm. longis glabris. Flores albi vel virido-albi 

 longe paniculati, paniculis supra cicatrices foliorum deciduorum sitis vel termi- 

 nalibus vel e basi ramorum oriundis basi multo perulatis (perulis triangula- 

 ribus squamiformibus siccis castaneis) longissimis descendentibus vel pendulis 

 10-25 cm. longis cum flore 2cm. latis, ramis panicularum brevibus circ. 1cm. 

 longis, floribus ad apicem rami cymose dispositis, rhachibus et ramis glabris 

 subtetragonis, pedicellis ultimis viridibus circ. 3 mm. longis glabris ad medium 

 articulatis, basi bracteis singulis et bracteis duabus instructis, bracteis ! mm. 

 longis triangulari-linearibus ^ mm. latis margine eroso-ciliolatis acuminatis, 

 bracteolis oblongis minutis i mm. longis ciliolatis. Calyx late campanulatus 

 viridis 1| mm. altus 4mm. in diametro 5-lobatus, lobis late rotundatis Imrn. 

 longis 2 mm. latis denticulato-ciliolatis intus concavis extus convexis glabris. 

 Petala 5 pallido-albo-viridia lineari-oblonga 2^ mm. longa 1| mm. lata apice 

 obtusa basi sub-sequilata ad insertionem 1 mm. lata margine irregulariter eroso- 

 denticulata in flore apertienti exteriore reflexa deorsuni recurva. Discus 

 membranaceus cupuliformis cum tubo calycis toto connatus margine liber 

 erectus, partibus erectis i mm. altis margine inter stamina dente uno instruc- 

 tis, glaber. Stamina 5 ut videntur ex apice marginis disci oriunda, fila- 



