44 AET. I. B. HAYATA : 



larger flowers, niimeruus (nearly 30} stamens, 4-celled ovary ; from 

 A. MiJlettii, by not velvety leaves which are toothed towards the 

 apex ; also very mnch like A. integer rima, but differs in having 

 much smaller sepals. 



Actinidia Lindl. 



Actinidia Championi Benth. ; Matsum. et Hayata I.e. p. 47. 



Hab. Nantô : Mokuriran, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, Aug. 

 1906, (No. 1184). 



Obsebv. Leaves large ovate, cordate at the base, glabrous 

 on the surface, densely tomentose underneath, nearly entire or 

 obscurely serrulate ; flowers in C3^rae, cymes axillary, solitary, 

 peduncles 8 cm. long, with many (nearly 30) flowers ; sepals and 

 ovary tomentose, reddish brown. 



Thea Linn. 



Thea biflora Hayata sp. nov. Eami fusco-cinerascentes, vel 

 sursum rubescentes. Folia alterna ad ramulos superiores remote 

 disposita, oblonga, 5 cm. longa, 2J cm. lata, apice acuta ad summum 

 extremitatem retusa, basi rotundato-obtusa, margine a medio sursum 

 serrulata, deorsum subintegra utrinque exsiccato pallido-flaves- 

 centia, supra costis venis venuHsque elevatis, subtus venis et 

 venulis planis inconspicuis, supra ad costas petiolosque breve 

 hirsuta, infra glabra, petiolis 4 mm. longis. Flores ad apicenp. 

 ramorum geminatim oppositi, sessiles. Alabastrum floris oblongum, 

 sericeo-tomentosum. Sepala 5-8, valde ingoqualia, valde imbricata, 

 caducissima, 4-seriatim ad torum 5 mm. longum tomento- 

 hirsutum disposita, late orbicularia dorso medio apiceque dense 

 longeque sericeo-tomentosa, medio coriacea, utrinque tenuia, intus 



