68 SABUCEa;. 



in ambitu ovata cum folioKs 10 cm. longa 6-7 cm. lata, foliolis ssepe 5 

 obovatis 4 cm. longis 2^ cm. latis chartaceis apice cuspidato-acutis basi 

 cimeato-acutis margine cremilatis ad apicem crenarum apiculatis, (costis 

 utraque pagine elevatis venis lateralibus tenuissime elevatis), in exsiccato 

 supra fuscentibus subtus pallidis vel pallidissimis. Flores ignoti. Carpella 

 4, divaricata, stipitata, ovata, apice late breveque rostrata, cum stipitibus 

 1 cm. longa 5 mm. lata. Semina compresso-subglobosa in arillis inclusa, 

 6 mm. longa 5 mm. lata. 



IL\B. Hainan, leg. N. Konishi, 1909. 



Differs from E. ja'ponica by the shortly stalked carpels and by the 

 crenulate leaves. It is named after the lamented N. Konishi, in commemora- 

 tion of his gi-eat botanical sei"vices. The plant was collected by him in the 

 summer of the year 1909 in the island of Hainan, where he was taken with 

 a fatal fever. After coming back to Taihoku, he died much to the sorrow 

 of the present writer and to a great loss to the batanical world. 



Sabiaceae. 



Meliosma Blume. 



Meliosma callicarpsefolia Hayata sp. nov. Eami et ramuli graciles 

 longitudinaliter rugosi, hornotini dense rubro-ferrugineo-pubescentes. Folia 

 alterna ehartacea vel membranaceo-chartacea, oblanceolata, obovato-lanceolata, 

 10-15 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. lata; apice acuminata vel caudato-acuminata, basi 

 cuneata, cuneato-attenuata, margine subintegra vel repanda, utraque pagine 

 glabra, supra ad costas elevatas hirsuta, subtus ad axillas venarum hirsuta, 

 costis infra elevatis, venis lateralibus supra tenuiter subtus prominente 

 elevatis, venis seeundariis supra tenuiter subtus prominente reticulatis, basi 

 gradatim attenuata ad petiolum abeuntia, petiolis 2-3 cm. longis gracilibus 

 supra superiore alatis hirsutis basi incrassatis, partibus incrassatis 4 mm. 

 longis. Paniculre terminales 10-13 cm. longse 7-8 cm. latse graciles ramosse, 

 ramis ramulisque gracillimis dense fusco-pubescentibus, floribus spicatim 

 gerentibus, pedicellis ultimis i mm. longis basi bractea una insti-uctis, bracteis 



