STYRACE^E. 103 



costse 9-10 rectis angulo 45-50 a costa egressis, petiolis 4mm. longis intus sul- 

 catis vel planis dorso convexis glabris. Flores in axilla foliorum dense glomerati, 

 pedicellis subnullis, bracteis sub flore singulo 6-9 late rotundatis 2 nim. longis 

 2\ mm. latis apice rotundatis basi contractis subintegris vel iiTegulariter erosis 

 extus breviter hirsutis intus glabris. Flores apertientes ignoti. Fractus glaber 

 obovoideo-ellipticus 5 mm. longus 4 mm. latus basi cuneato-contractus apice 

 truncatus plus minus depressus ad centrum barbatus apice lobis calycis coronatus, 

 lobis triangulari-semirotundatis 1 J mm. longis 2J mm. latis apice rotundatis basi 

 latissimis haud contractis intus glabris extus plus minus paucissime hirsutis 

 margine brevissime ciliolatis; semina ignota. 



HAB. Toyen : Mt. Hakukotaizan, leg. U. Mom, Mart. 1907, (No. 2688), Fl. 



Near Symplocos congesta BENTH. (Fl. Hongk. p. 211; BRAND in ENGL. Pfl.- 

 reich Symplocacete p. 89), but differs from that by the ovary which is hir- 

 sute at the apex. Also near S. japonica A. DC., but distinguishable from that 

 by the caudately acuminate leaves. 



Symplocos japonica A.DC. var. Nakaharai HAYATA n. v. Arborescens ; 

 rami fusco-nigricantes glabri, ramuli subcomplanate tetragoni angustissime vel 

 haud alati in exsiccato flavescentes glabri. Folia coriacea oblongo-lanceolata 

 vel oblonga 4 Jem. longa 3 ^-2 cm. lata apice breve acurninata vel caudata ad 

 summum obtusa ad centrum summorum nigro-punctata basi cuneata vel cuneato- 

 attenuata margine (basibus acuminibus integris exceptis) remote serrulata, seiTiilis 

 utroque latere 3-4, in exsiccato pagine supra nitida viridia subtus pallidissima 

 margine desuper tenuissime recurva, costa supra tenuissime elevata subtus plus 

 elevata, venis primariis lateralibus utroque latere costse 4-5 angulo 45 a costa 

 egressis supra tenuiter impressis subtus tenuiter elevatis venulis utraque pagine 

 haud vel vix visis, petiolis 5 mm. longis intus sulcatis extus convexis. Flores 

 brevissime spicati, spicis axillaribus, vel flores in axilla subglomerati sub- 

 sessiles ; rhachis apice parcissime brevissime hiisnta ; bractea sub flore singula 

 triangulari-oblonga 1 \ mm. longa totiusque lata valde concava utraque glabra 

 apice obtusissima basi haud contracta margine ciliolata, ciliis brevissimis ; 

 bracteolis sub flore singulo cluabus quam bractea majoribus semiorbicularibus 

 2 mm. longis 2J mm. latis apice obtusis vel rotundatis basi cordato-contractis 

 margine brevissime ciliolatis tenuibus utraque glabris dorso crassiusculis in 



