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tenuissinii, 7 cm. longi, iis J breviores, floribus umbellatira vel racemosim ad 

 apicem pedunculorum 5 cm. Ipngorum 5-6 dispositis, pedicellis 1 cm. longis. Fl. 

 ? : apertientes 1 cm. in diametro, 7 mm. longi, sepala 5, lanceolata, 7 mm. longsi, 

 2^ mm. lata, apice acuta, basi plus minus contracta, utrinque 1-costata, post 

 anthesin accrescentia, margine pauce setulosa, vel setulis obsoletis. Discus 

 annulari-pulviniformis. Ovarium depresso-ovoideum, stylis 3, basi connatis 

 2-partitis longissimis liorizontaliter patentibus recurvatis. 



Hab. Hainan : Hoihon, leg. Z. Katsumada, Juli., 1908. 



The type specimen I have never seen. It was recorded from the island 

 by various authors. It may, I think therefore, be well conjectured from the 

 same locality that the present plant may be referable to tliis species. 



Fachysandra axillares Feanch. var. tricarpa Hayata n.v. Frutes- 

 cens, 20-30 cm. altus, caulis simplex, teres, glaber, sub lente brevissime pubes- 

 cens, sursum foliatus. Folia longe petiolata, alterna, ovato-oblonga, vel 

 elongato-oblonga, 7-8 cm. longa, 3^ cm. lata, apice acuta, abrupte acuminata 

 vel caudata, basi rotundata plus minus obhqua, margine sm-sum pauce sub- 

 dentata, deoreum integra, dentibus brevibus, subtrinervia, vel piunivena, sub- 

 coriacea vel membranaceo-coriacea, utraque pagine subglabra, sub lente minute 

 pubescentia, venis utrinque prominentibus. Flores monoecii, spicati, spicis axil- 

 laribus, 1^ cm. longis, dense floratis, (floribus infimis unicis ?, reliquis J) breve 

 j)edunculatis, peduncuKs 4 mm. longis. Fl. J: subsessiles, 1-bracteati, brac- 

 teis subtriangularibus, breve pubescentibus, 1} mm. longis. Perianthii seg- 

 menta 4, 2-seriatim oppositimque disposita, oblonga, S^ mm. longa, 2J^ mm. 

 lata, apice rotundata, basi contracta, cmssiuscala, margine ciliata, concava, obscure 

 5-nervia, subglabra. Stamina 4, segmentis perianthii opposita, distincta, 6^ mm. 

 longa, validiuscula, erecto-patentia, filamentis complanatis, 4|^ mm. longis, 

 glabris, i mm. latis, antheris 2 mm. longis, ^ mm. latis, adnatis, obscure apicu- 

 latis. Kudimentum ovarii brevissimum quadrangulare, | mm. latum. Fl. ? : 

 subsessiles 6 mm. longi, 1-bracteati, 4-bracteolati, bracteoUs valde imbricatis. 

 Perianthii segmenta 5, imbricata, 3 mm. longa, oblonga, apice obtusa, magine 

 ciUolata. Carpella 3, basi connata, extrorse recurvata, stigmatibus linearibus 

 sub lente minute pubescentibus, ovulis 2 in carpellis singulis. Fructus 

 ignoti. 



