150 OLEAOE^. 



(No. 4579 Fructus!); in Montibus Centi-alibus, leg. U. MoKi, 1910 Dec. 

 (Fruct.) ; Motsuu, leg. U. MoKl, 1912, JuH. (Fr. et Fl.). 



Near Myrsine cfricana Linn. ; but differs from it by the not exserted 

 anthers and smaller leaves with aristate serrature. I have examined several 

 sets of the flowers and fruits, but I have never be'en able to find either 

 ovule or seed. Tlie plant may be of polygamous character, and the speci- 

 mens may be male ones. 



Oleaeese. 



Chionanthus Linn. 



Chionanthus serrulatus Hayata sp. nov. (Tab. XXVIH.) Kami 

 recti fusco-cinerascentes glabri, cortice ± soluto lenticeUis et cicatricibus 

 fohorum notato, ramuHs rectis gracilibus pubescentibus complanatis, facie 

 2-su]catis cicatricibus foliorum elevatis pulviniformibus. Folia obovato- 

 oblonga rotundato-obovata usque ad 5 cm. longa 2.5-3 cm. lata apice obtusa 

 vel rotundata ad summum retusa vel emarginata basi rotundata obtusa vel 

 cuneata chartacea vel interdum membranacea margine serrulata prope basin 

 integra, serrulis obtusis, venis primariis lateralibus utroque latere 5-6 sub- 

 rectis apice furcatis a costa angulo 45° divaricatis tenuibixs utraque pagine 

 elevatis vel non elevatis, venuhs secundariis minute reticulatis, utraque pagine 

 subglabra ad costas et venas leviter hirsuta, petiolis circ. 1 cm. longis supra 

 plano-sulcatis. Flores ad apicem ramulomm paniculati. Panicula terminalis 

 basi perulata, perulis minutis triangularibus apice cuspidatis, pedimculis pani- 

 culorum ad apicem ramurorum soUtariis vel geminis vel tematim sitis, floribus 

 ad apicem pedunculorum umbellatim 3-10 dispoditis, pedunculis graciUimis gla- 

 bris 3-4cm. longis interdum ternatim-ramosis interdum eramosis; umbeUa florum 

 ad apicem pedunculorum 3-10-florata, radiis (pedicellis) 5-10 mm. longis 

 gracillimis (bracteis nuUis). Calyx alt© 4-lobus, lobis Hneari-lanceolatis glabris 

 margine minute obsoleteque denticulatis vel integris utraque pagine 1- 

 oostatis 2 mm. longis basi |^ mm. latis suberectis. Corolla alte 4-lobata, tube 

 2^ mm. longo subcampanulato, lobis 4 spathulato-Unearibus 12-13 mm. longis 

 versus apicem latioribus 2j mm. latis apice rotundatis deorsum leviter grada- 



