130 LAUKISEa:. 



Hab. Tonkai-ankei, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moki, Aprili., 1910. 



Kesembles the type in having axillary spikes, and three nearly distinct 

 carpels ; but differs from it by the acuminate or nearly caudate oblong 

 leaves, much longer anthers, and more recurved carpels. 



Sarcococca pruniformis Lindl. var. dioica Hayata n.v. Frutex, ramis 

 gracilibus fuscentibus, minute pubescentibus, vel subglabris, teretibus. Folia 

 alterua, exsiccato fusco-rubescentia, lanceolata, pinnivena, breve petiolata, 

 8 cm. longa 2 cm. lata, utrinque acuminata, vel apice acuminata, basi attenuata 

 ad petiolum brevem 1-J cm. longum ateuntia, coriacea, margine integra, 

 recurvata, costis supra impressis vel elevatis, supra glabra, subtus sub 

 microscopio minute lepidota, rubroferruginea vel palUdissima, venis primariis 

 lateraUbus utrinque inconspicuis primum rectis, prope marginem abrupte flexuosis 

 recurvis ascendentibus venam superiorem attiugentibus. Flores ? spicato- 

 racemosi, racemis breribus 1-2 cm. longis, cum pedicellis 9 ram. longi, pediceUis 

 6 mm. longis, 1-bracteati, bracteis lanceolatis, 8-bracteolati, bracteolis oppositis, 

 4-seriatim imbricatimque dispositis, obovatis breve cuspidatis in forma sepalum 

 sub-fequantibus -gradatin ad sepalum abeuntibus. Sepala 4, obovata breve 

 obtuseque cuspidata 3 mm. longa 1| mm. lata, margine ciliolata. Ovarium 2- 

 carpellare, glabrum cam stigmatibus 3 mm. longum, stigma plus mins re- 

 curvatum. Fr actus ignotus. 



Hab. Montibus Centralibus, leg. U. Mori Aprili., 1910. 



Near S. pruniformis Lindl. (Forbes et Hemsl. In. Fl. Sin. JI. p. 118) = 

 S. trinervia Wight, Ic. t. 1877 ; but differs from the type by the •much longer 

 pedicels of female flowers and by the lanceolate leaves. 



Laurinese. 



Machilus micrantha Hayata sp. nov. Arbor, rami in exsiccato f usco- 

 purpurascentes, glabri, lenticeffis notati. Foha alterna, oblonga, vel elliptica, 

 10 cm. longa vel longiora, 5 cm. lata, apice breve acuminata, basi acuta, integra, 

 coriacea, pinninervia, costis supra planis subtus elevatis, venis lateralibus pri- 

 mariis uti'inque 7-8, tenuibus, petiolis 3-4 cm. longis. Alabastrum inflorescentitft 

 oblongum obtusum, perulis imbricatis, extus sericeo-pubescentibus, iis inferioribus 



