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rubiginoso, gemraaeque globosae tegraentis dorso to- 

 mentosis, foliis longiuscule petiolatis ellipticooblongis 

 V. ellipticoobloDgoovatis obtuse breve attenuatis su- 

 perue opacis obsolete scrobiculatis, subtus turn dis- 

 tincte elevatovenosis areolatisque, paniculis folio bre- 

 vioribus tomentellis, drupa. . . 



Bonin-sima (Yatabe sterilem et florere incip. misit 

 s. nom. jap. Kobu-kashi vel Kuro tetsu). 



Affinis M. velutinae Champ, et M. pubescenti Bl. 

 (a me non visae). Prior paniculis sessilibus, tomento 

 omnium partium patente villoso rufo foliisque acute 

 acuminatis facile dignoscitur. Posterior ex descriptione 

 foliis angustioribus supra immerse (nee prominulo-) 

 costatis, subtus eveniis, brevius petiolatis chartaceo- 

 coriaceis, paniculis folia aequantibus differre videtur. 



Folia minima petiolo 12 mm., lamina 93 : 28 mm., 

 maxima petiolo 30 mm., lamina 130:45 mm., latis- 

 sima petiolo 25 mm., lamina 130:70 mm. Gemma 

 23 mm. alta et lata. Perigonium 4,5 mm. longum. 

 Filamenta stylusque pilosa aequilonga, priera stami- 

 nodia 4-lo superantia. Stamina in flore dissecto vidi 

 fertilia 9, sterilia 6. 



4. M. rimosa Bl. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I, 330. Meisn. 

 1. c. 42. Benth. 1. c. 291. M. Thunhergii Benth. in 

 Kew journ. bot. V, 198, non Sieb. Zucc. 



Hongkong (Wright!), Formosa (Wat ter s ex H ce. 

 in Journ. bot. XXI, 335), praeterea in Java!, Moid- 

 mein (Lobb ex Meisner). 



A simillima sequente distinguenda tegmentis exte- 

 rioribus tomentosis (neque tan tum ciliolatis), ramulis 

 novellis ochraceotomentosis (neque glabris) et pani- 



