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miiius obliqua, apice obtusa basi rbtuhdato-obtiisa, apice plus minus plicata, 

 supra nitida, subtus opaca, utrinque glabra, supra ad costas basin tenuissime 

 hirtellata vel glabra, margine integra, costis supra impressis, subtus elevatis 

 venis primariis lateralibus utroque latere 6, angulo 40° a costa egressis, 

 venis et venulis utroque pagine elevatis, exsiccato supra glauca fuscentia, pe- 

 tiolis 1 J cm. longis supra leviter sulcatis. Flores paniculati, paniculis axilla- 

 ribus terminalibus foUa duplo superantibus, divaricatis, si axillaribus, 

 7-8 cm. longis cum pedunclis, pedunculis 3-4 cm. longis, sursum ramosis, ramis 

 divaricatis altemis oppositis geminatis ternatis, pedicellis ultimis 2-5 mm. 

 longis, florem in' longitudine seqiiantibus vel superantibus, depresso-pubescen- 

 tibus, bracteis basin pedicellorum obsoletis vel minimis triangularibus latio- 

 ribus quam longioribus. Calyx 5-partitus, sepalis 5, coriaceis erectis, pvato- 

 rotmidatis 2|- mm. longis 2 mm. latis, extus liirsutis, intus glaberrimis, mai'gine 

 ciHolatis, jam anthesin, imbricatis, semiclausis. CoroUa alba campanulata, 

 10 mm. longa totiusque lata, vel latiora, tubo obconico-campanulato, 2 mm. 

 longo, limbo late campanulato, intus glabro, (extus partibus exposis alabastro- 

 rum villoso-hirsutis lanceolatis crassiuscuUs, partibiis imbricatis tenuissimis 

 glabris) alte 5-fido, lobis dupKcato-convolutis obcuneiformibus, 10 mm. longis 

 sursum 6-7 mm. latis margine crenato-nndulatis, apice 2-lobatis, lolis quadran- 

 gularibus 3 mm. longis apice obtuso-truncatis. Stamina 5, valde inclusa 

 supra basin coroUse affixa, partibus liberibus filamentorum 1 mm. longis com- 

 planatis apice angustatis, antheris obcuneatis dorsifixis, apice cuspidatis, 1| 

 mm. longis basi cordatis, connectivis crassiusculis. Ovarium oblongum 2 mm. 

 longum utrinque truncatum, 4-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis, stigmate sessiU 

 globoso, irregulariter lO-sulcato ^ mm. longo. Fructus baccatus, calyce non 

 accrescenti, obovoideo-ellipsoideus, IJ cm. longus 1 mm. latus, exsiccato nigri- 

 cans, 1-spermus, glaber. Semina ovoidea 12 mm. longa, testa membranacea 

 pericarpio adherente, albumine circ. nullo. Embryo palUdo-viridis, radicula 

 brevissima caudicula juxta radiculam sita, cotyledonibus (sub-accumbentibus) 

 multilobatis, lobis irregulariter plicatis. 



Hab. Mt. Teraso, prope Koshun, leg. B. Hayata et S. Sasaki. 



The specimen of the plant just described was collected by Messrs; 

 S. SASAia and Tsdda, and myself in Mt. Teraso near Koshun in my last 



