TERNSTE(KMUCE/i:. 45 



interdum inconspicuis, petiolis 4 mm. longis tenuissime' hirsutis intus late 

 sulcatis. Flores axillares vel pseudo-terminales, solitarii vel gemini, sessiles, 

 alabastro oblongo 8 mm. longo apice acuto. Sepala 5-10, decidua, extus hirsuta, 

 ineequalia, (extimum minimum, intimum maximum) rotundata, maxima 8 mm. 

 in diametro valde concava intus glabra. Petala 5, basi distincta, inisequaHa 

 exteriora latiora brevidra rotundato-cuneata 12 mm. longa 10 mm. lata apice 

 emarginata, interiora longiora angustiora 2 cm. longa 7 mm. lata apice 2- 

 lobata, (lobis 3 mm. longis apice obtusis), basi angustata cuneata, basi utraque 

 pagine glabra vel sursum extus ± hirsuta. Stamina numerosa circ. 1 cm. 

 longa, exteriora usque ad medium connata, interiora pauca distincta tota glabra, 

 filamentis apice liberis tenuibus, antheris rotimdato-reniformibus 1 mm. latis. 

 Ovarium dense sericeo-pilosum globosum 2 mm. longum, stylis 3 usque ad 

 infra apicem connatis 3 mm. longis. 



Hab. Karapin, leg. S. Sasaki, 1910, Dec. 



Very near T. Sasanqva MiQ., but differs from it in having much smaller 

 flowers and smaller leaves. It may prove to be a variety of the latter, 

 when the habit is fuUy known. Here is another spicemen from Fokien 

 resembling very much this plant, and it may probably be the same species. 



Thea parvifolia Hayata sp. nov. (Tab. VI.) Prutex? ramosi, ramis 

 gi'aciHbus, cortice cinerascenti longitudinaliter soluto, ramulis apice patento- 

 pilosis. Folia coriacea rhomboideo-oblonga rhomboideo-lanceolata vel ± ovata, 

 3 cm. longa 11 mm. lata, apice acuminata ad summum obtusa, basi cuneata, 

 margine ascendento-serrulata versus basin Integra, utraque pagine glabra, 

 costis supra hirsutis subtus glabris, petiolis 4 mm. longis intus late sulca- 

 tis, venis et venulis non conspicuis. Flores ad apicem ramulorum pseudo- 

 terminales solitarii brevissime racemosi 2 cm. in diametro, pedicelHs 4 

 mm. longis vel multi-bracteatis pubescentibus, bracteis inberioribus late 

 triangularibus superioribus majoribus. Sepala 5-6, late rotundata, interiora 

 majora 3 mm. lata 2 mm. longa extus pubescentia intus glabra margine 

 ciliata. Petala 5 basi in tubo 3 mm. longo connata, valde insequalia, 

 rotundata vel oblonga, 10-12 mm. longa, altra crassiuscula extus hirsuta 

 intus glabra, altra tenuia utraque pagine glabra apice rotundata. Stamina 



