— 409 — 



cet. — Plukcnet. Amalth. t. 408. tig. 1. (absque 



diibio huc). — S. ferox, Wall. Cat. 5119. — Kth. 



Enum. V. 251. — Benth. Fl. Hougk. 370. — Co- 



prosmanthus japonicus. Kth. En. V. 268. — S.japo- 



nka, A. Gray in Perry's Exped. 320. (ex ipso, 1. 



supra cit.). — S. Seheana, Miq. 1. c. — Fruticosa, 



glabra, scandens, ramosissima, aculeata: aculeis bre- 



vibus recurvis superne interdum, rarissime ubique, 



iiullis; rarais flexuosis teretiusculis; foliis orbiculatis 



vel ellipticis basi breve cuneatis vel subcordatis, apice 



niucrone recurvo subito acutis vel retusis, 3-sub 5- 



nerviis, grosse reticulatis, reticulo vixprominente, sub- 



tus pallidioribus subglaucescentibus, elineolatis, c]\ir- 



taceis, breve petiolatis; petiolis ad medium vaginatis; 



vaginis infra apicem bicirrhosis; peduuculis simplici- 



bus petiolos duplo saltem superantibus nudis, pedi- .^.,jja., U . J 7X 



cellis duplo brevioribus bracteolatis; umbellis multi^ ' ^ 



floris; gemmis late obovoicleis; perigonii viridescentis 



phyllis oblongis quam stamina longioribus; filamentis 



subulatis antheram ovalem multo superantibus; stig- 



matibus 3; baccis globosis rubris 1 — 6-spermis; se- 



minibus globoso-triquetris. 



Hab. per totam Japoniam vulgatissima, v. gr. circa 

 Hakodate, ubique, locis aridis, S quam $ frequentior 

 et paullo citius florens, medio Majo flor. incip., fine 

 Octobris fr. maturis ad anthesin anni futuri usque et 

 ultra persistentibus;-Yokohama, sub finemAprilis flo- 

 rens; in jugo Hakone; circa Simodam (Kusnezoff); 

 circa Nagasaki; in archipelago Gotto (Dr. Weyrich); 

 in insula Yaku-no-sima (a Kiusiu merid. versus) nec 

 non in archipel. LufscJm ins. Katonasima (Wright!). — 

 Introducta Petropolin 1865. — Occurrit praeterea: 



Iilfelanges biologiqnes. VIII. o2 



