— 409 — 



cet- — Piukenet. Araalth. t. 408. lig, 1. (absque 

 dubio hue). — S. ferox, Wall. Cat. 5119. — Kth. 

 Enum. V. 251. — Benth. FI, Hongk. 370. — Go- 

 prosmantMs japonicus, Kth. En. V. 268. — S.japo- 

 nicci, 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, 

 rmllis; ramis flexuosis teretiusculis; foliis orbiculatis 

 vel ellipticis basi breve cuneatis vel subcordatis, apice 

 mucrone recurve subito acutis vel retusis, 3 -sub 5- 

 nerviis, grosse reticulatis, reticulo vix prominente, sub- 

 tus pallidioribus snbglaucescentibus, elineolatis, cliar- 

 taceis, breve petiolatis; petiolis ad medium vaginatis; 

 vaginis infra apicem bicirrhosis; pedunculis simplici- 

 bus petiolos duplo saltem superantibus nudis, pedi- 

 cellis duplo brevioribus bracteolatis; umbellis multi- 

 floris: gemmis late obovoideis; perigonii viridescentis 

 phyllis oblongis quam stamina longioribus; filamentis 

 subulatis antheram ovalem multo superantibus; stig- 

 ma tib us 3; baccis globosis rub ris 1 — 6-spermis; se- 

 minibus globoso-triquetris. 



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

 Hakodate, ubique, locis aridis, S quam $ frequentier 

 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 Getto (Dr. Weyrich); 

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

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

 Introducta Petropolin 1865. — Occurrit praeterea: 



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