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glabra, extimis minoribns, interioribus majoribus 15 mm. longis 

 2 cm. lafcis. Petala 5, inseqnalia, exteriora majora obovato-rotmi- 

 data, apice trnncato-rotundala, 2 cm. longa, IJ cm. lata, extus 

 basi hirsuta, cœterum glabra, iiiteriora angustiora. Stamina 

 numerosa, petalum ^-plo in longitudine aequantia, filamentis ad 

 medium connatis, antheris ovatis, circ. 2 mm. longis, 1-^- mm. latis, 

 ntrinqne emarginatis, connectivis plus minus dilatatis. Ovarium 

 ovoideum dense longeque tomentosum, pilis 2 mm. longis erecto- 

 patentibus, stylis 4, ad medium vel ad totam longitudinem leviter 

 connatis, erectis, stigmafcibus ad apicem stylorum exteriore sitis 

 oblique truncatis (sulcatis ?). 



Hab. Kagi : Kodenshö, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, Oct. 

 1906, (No. 1758). 



There is nothing like this at Kew. I think it may be a species 

 not yet described. 



Thea gracilis (Hemsl.) ; Matsitm. et Hayata I.e. p. 50. 



Hab. Köshün : Botansha, leg. G. Nakahaea, Dec. 1906, (Nos. 

 928. et 925). 



Obseev. Branchlets very slender, pale ; leaves narrow lanceo- 

 late caudate or acuminate obtuse at the very apex ; stamens hairy. 



Thea lutchuensis (T. Iïo), Itö et Matsüm. Tent. Fl. Lutch. p. 332. 



Hab. Nagodake, leg. CI. Nakahaea, Aprih. 1907. 



This comes very near Camellia eurijoides Hance, but differs 

 from it by the nearly sessile flowers, more obtuse leaves and 

 2-lobed stigmata. 



Thea shinkœnsis IIayata sp. nov. Bami graciles fascentes, 

 interdum cinerascentes. Folia versus apicem ramorum disposita, 

 alterna petiolata, oblongo-obovata, 10-12 cm. longa, 3.] cm. lata, 



