118 STYKACE^E. 



Near S. arisanensis HAYATA, but easily distinguishable from it by the much 

 smaller flowers and by the more minutely serrulate ovate leaves with an ovate 

 base. S. arisanensis HAYATA has much larger flowers and remotely serrate 

 oblong leaves with a cuneate base. 



Symplocos trichoclada HAYATA. sp. nov. (25-f). Frutex rarnosissimus, 

 ramis teretibus fusco-nigricantibus longitudinaliter rugulosis, ramulis gracilibus 

 ferrugineo-tomentosis, pilis patentibus, teretibus ramosis remote foliosis 1 mm. in 

 diametro sectionis. Folia alterna l^cm. remota ten niter coriacea ovato-lanceo- 

 lata vel ovato-oblonga 3-5 cm. longa l^cm. lata apice acuta vel acuminata ad 

 summum obtusa ad centrum summorum aristato-mucronata basi acuta vel obtusa 

 rnargine tenuiter serrulata, serrulis interdum ad puncta reductis, punctis a so 

 1-1^ mm. remotis, basi et acuniine integra, costa supra tenuiter impressa subtus 

 elevata, venis lateralibus primariis utroque latere costas 9-10 a costa 40-45 a 

 costa egressis tenuissimis supra non visis subtus tenuissime elevatis, pagina supra 

 tenuiter hirsuta subtus molle villosa ad costam pilis fuscentibus densis patentibus 

 dispersa, pilis ad paginam adpressis, petiolis 2J mm. longis dense ferrugineo- 

 hirsutis. Spica? floris breves axillares paucifloratfe ferrugineo-hirsuta?, pedicellis 

 brevissimis 1 mm. longis hirsutis ; bractea3 sub flore singulo unica3 brevissimre 

 late rotundatas extus hirsuta? apice rotundata3 ciliolata? 1 mm. latiB \ mm. longre ; 

 bracteis sub flore singulo duabus ovato-rotundatis 1 mm. longis totiusque latis 

 ad longitudinem subplicatis intus glabris extus hirsutis. Calyx obconico-cam- 

 panulatus 2 mm. longus 2J mm. latus, tubo glabro obconico 1 mm. longo, lirnbo 

 basi + hirsute alte 5-lobato vel 5-partito, partibus vel lobis obloiigo-rotundatis 

 1 mm. longis plus quam 1 mm. latis margine integris hand ciliolatis extus basi 

 tenuissime hirsutis intus glabris. Corolla in exsiccato flavescens campanulata 

 alte 5-lobata vel fere 5-partita, lobis oblongis concavis 3|-4mm. longis 2 mm. 

 latis apice obtusis basi contractis margine integris utraque glabris. Stamina 

 indistincte pentadelpha, filamentis glabris. Ovarium 3-loculare apice hirsutiun, 

 stylo 4 mm. longo basi plus minus dilatato apice stigmatoso glabro. 



HAB. In montibus centralibus, ad 5000 ped. alt., leg. S. SASAKI, Jan. 1907, 

 (No. 1). 



Near Symplocos Fordii HANCE, (BRAND Symplocacere in ENGL. Pfl.-reich 

 p. 66), but differs from it by the leaves which are not cordate like S. Fordii ; 



