108 AJTACAKDIACE^. 



Anaeardiaceae. 



Semecarpus vemicifera Hayata et Kawakami sp. nov. Eami cineras- 

 centes, lentieellis oblongis notati. Folia alterna, coriacea, elliptico-lanceolata 

 vel ovato-lanceolata, mediocria 23 cm. longa, 7 cm. lata, apice acuta Tel 

 breve acuminata, basi obtusa vel acuta, utrinque glabra, subtus glauca, 

 costis supra subplanis vel leviter elevatis, subtus prominente elevatis, venis 

 lateralibus primariis utraque latere 20, angulo 70° a costa egressis, utraque 

 pagine elevato-reticulata, petiolis 3 cm. longis. Hores panieulati, pedicellis 

 brevibus 2 mm. longis, sub pedicello singulo 1-bracteatis, bracteis triangula- 

 ribus 1 mm. longis, breve ciliolatis, nee non 1-2-bracteolatis, pedicellis apice 

 cum tubis calycis articulatis, brevissime pubescentibus, nigricantibus. Calyx 

 campanulatus, 2J mm. longus, 5-dentatus vel subinteger, Petala 5, ovato- 

 lanceolata, 5j mm. longa, 21 mm. lata, crassiuscula, apice obtusa, basi 1^ mm. 

 lata, truncata, valvata. Stamina 5, cum petaUs alterna, petaUs breviora, fila- 

 mentis filiformibus 3 mm. longis, antheris oblongis, dorsifixis, introrsis utrinque 

 emarginatis. Ovarium late ovatum, semi-superius, 2 mm. longum, 1-locurale 

 1-ovulatum, ovulis supra medium pendulis, stylo obHquo, 3-fido, 1 mm. longo, 

 ramis apice stigmatosis, 3-lobatis. Drupa late complanato-globosa, apice 6b-! 

 lique acuta, basi leviter cordata vel rotundata, 23 mm. longa 20 mm. lata, basi 

 calycis valde incrassati campanulati 1^ cm. longi insidens, pericarpio crasso 

 duro resinoso, endocarpio osseo. Semina supra mediiun pendula, testa mem- 

 branacea. Embryo crassus, cotyledonibus plano-convexis, radicula brevissima 

 supra. 



Hab. Taito, Karenko, leg. N. Konishi ; Koshun, Garambi, leg. B. Hayata ; 

 Kankaw, leg. Y. Tashieo, JuK., 1912. 



The present plant is a little different from other species of the genus 

 by the valvate petals and in not having cup-like receptacles under the fruits. 

 It is suggested to me by Mr. T. Kawakami who has just returned from his trip 

 to the Malay archipelago that the plant just described may be a new species, 

 as he has not found any plant like this in any regioris he visited. 



