MYRSINE^E. 



cum petalo ad connatis glabris filiformibus, antheris oblongo-globosis 

 longis vel longioribus totiusque latis vel minus latis apice leviter obtuse mucro- 

 natis basi 2-lobatis introrse dehiscentibus glabris. Kudimeiitimi ovarii ampulli- 

 forme cum stylo 1 mm. longum ^ mm. latuin glabrum. Fmctus siccus globosus 

 leevis 4 mm. in diametro stylo apiculatus. 



HAB. Nanto: Suiriko, leg. U. MORI, Juli. 1907, (No. 3465) ; Taito : Bun- 

 shiseki, leg. U. MORI, Dec. 1906, (No. 1841). 



Near Embelia oblongifolia HEMSL. (FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. II. p. 



62; MEZ Myrsinacea3, ENGLER'S Pfl.-reich p. 316), but differs from it 



by the petals which are entirely smooth on the back, and by the apiculate 



anthers. In E. oblongifolia, petals are papillose on both surfaces and anthers 



are einarginate. 



Rapanea AUBL. 



Rapanea neriifolia (SIEB. et Zucc.) MEZ Myrsinaceee- in ENGLER 

 Pfl.-reich p. 361. 



Myrsine capitellata HAYATA in MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PL Formos. p. 

 225 (noil WALL.). This differs from Eapanea capitellata (= Myrsine capitellata) 

 in having distinctly pedicellate flowers. 



Myrsine LINN. 



Myrsine vacciniifolia HAYATA sp. nov. Frutex. Kami teretes recti, 

 ramulis gracillimis dense ramosis dense foliatis hirsutis. Folia alterna rhom- 

 boideo-ovata vel -obovata 1cm. longa 5 mm. lata apice triangulari-acuta breve 

 aristata vel obtusa basi cuneato-acuta tenuiter coriacea margine aristato-serru- 

 lata, costa supra impressa subtus tenuiter elevata, venis utraque pagine tenuiter 

 elevatis, petiolis circ. 1 mm. longis glabris. Flores minuti ad axillas foliorum 

 2-3-fasciculati brevissime pedicellati. Sepala (vel calycis lobij 4 rarius 5 ob- 

 longa vel lineari-oblonga ^ mm. longa \ mm. lata erecta plus minus interfere 

 concava recta apice acuta vel obtusa basi plus minus contracta margine sursmn 

 glanduloso-contracta utraque pagine glabra utraque pagine rubo-elevato-punc- 

 tata, sinibus inter sepala latis obtusissimis. Corolla persistens, tubo cylindrico- 

 campanulato fmm. lato glabro, lobis triangulari-oblongis Jmm. longis totiusque 

 vel minus latis apice acutis basi latioribus margine glanduloso-denticulato- 

 ciliolatis utraque pagine glabris utraque pagine rubro-elevato-punctatis. Sta- 



