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Sageretia randaiensis HAYATA. sp. nov. (Fig 10). Ramuli graciles fusco- 

 pubescentes glabri. Folia subalterna in exsiccato chartacea in exsiccato fulvo- 

 rubescentia oblonga vel oblongo-ovata 10-13 cm. longa 4|-6 cm. lata apicc 

 cuspidato-acuta ad apicem cuspidis obtusa ad summum breve apiculata basi 

 rotunda margine minutissime vel tenuissime serrulata, serrulis a so (ab apice 

 serrularamusque ad apicem altrarum) 2 mm. distanti- 



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bus, supra glaberrima subtus glabra ad castas plus 



minus pubescentia demum glabrata, costa supra im- 



pressa subtus prominente elevata, venis lateralibus 



primariis supra tenuiter impressis subtus prominente 



elevatis utroque latere cosfee 8-9, inferioribus alternis, - \ 



superioribus oppositis, mediis a costa angulo 45 eg- . 



ressis a basi sursum apice gradatim arcuatis versus Fig. 1O, Sageretia 



apicem subito arcuatis prope marginem evanescenti- randaiensis HAYATA; a, a 



bract ; b, a flower ; c, a 

 bus, venulis inter venas laterales oblique transversis portion of the same, sepals 



utraque pagine elevatis, reticulis venularum utraque expanded; a, e, stameas, 



seen from different sides ; 



pagine elevatis distincte visis, petiolis 1 cm. longis f, a petal with a stamen, 

 glabris subteretibus latere complanatis intus profunde sulcatis. Flores sessiles 

 glomerato-spicati, spicis terminalibus simplicibus vel pauce ramosis in speci- 

 mine nostro 2|cm. longis, glonieris 2-4-floratis approximatim spicatim dispositis 

 rhachis spicarum fulvo-villosa ; sub flore singulo bracteis unis bracteolis duabus 

 sitis, bracteis ovato-triangularibus acutis 1 mm. longis dorso triangulari-carinatis 

 paucissime pubescentibus vel subglabratis intus concavis extus convexis margine 

 prsesertim basi ciliolatis, bracteolis oblongis acutis 1 mm. longis basi mar- 

 gineque ciliolatis glabratis dorso convexis intus concavis. Alabastrum florimi 

 depresso-globosum apice breve cuspidato-acutum basi rotundatum vel trunca- 

 tum. Flores apertientes cum sepalis valvatis erectis 2^ mm. in diametro toto 

 glabri sed ad basin hirsuti. Sepala 5 valvata triangulari-cuspidata \\ mm. 

 longa 1 mm. lata apice cuspidato-acuta vel acuta basi latissima crassiuscula 

 toto glabra extus plana intus leviter concava vel subplana medio 1-costata, 

 costa prominent!, margine elevato-carinata. Petala 5 minuta | mm. longa 

 stamina involventia secus longitudine plicata explicate rotundata basi acuta 

 apice rotundata rnargine hyalina. Stamina 5 petalis opposita 1mm. longa 



