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apice subacuta, vel acuminata, ad summum extremitatem obtusa, 

 margine a medio sursum serrata, deorsum intégra, basi cuneata, 

 supra venulis reticulatis elevatis, minute elevato-punctata, coriacea, 

 petiolis brevibus 6 mm. longis. Flores ad a.xillas foliorum apicalium 

 solitarii, breve pedunculati, pedunculis 3-4 mm. longis, pilosius- 

 culis. Alabastrum floris late ovatum. Flores apertientes 3-3J cm. 

 in diametro. Sepala 5 valde imbricata, caducissima, insequalia, 

 margine ciliolata, coriaceo-crassiuscula sericeo-pubescentia, extimis 

 minoribus late orbicularibus vel late lunularibus 4 mm. latis, 

 3 mm. longis, intimis majoribus alabastrum floris involucratis, 

 latissimis, apice obtuse acutiusculis, medio crassiusculis prope 

 marginem tenuibus, 2 cm. latis. Petala 5-6, insequalia, basi connata 

 obovato-oblonga, 3-exteriora majora, obovato-oblonga, IJ cm. longa, 

 12 mm. lata, apice truncato-emarginata, basi angustata, margine 

 crispata, 2-interiora minora angustiora. Stamina numerosa, ad 

 basin connata quam petalis breviora, 8 mm. longa. Ovarium dense 

 breveqne sericeo-hirsutura, 3-loculare (placentis incrassatis), cum 

 stylo 7 mm. longum, ovoideura apice gradatim ad stylum 

 abeuns, stylis 3 ad medium connatis, vel ad totam longitudinem 

 connatis, stigmatibus ad apicem ramorum stylorum 2-lamellatis. 



Hab. Shinkö.; Eemogansha, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moei 

 1906, Juni. (No. 1324). 



This comes very near T. reticulata ; but diifers from it by 

 the leaves and flowers. 



Thea tenuiflora Hayata sp. nov. Rami graciles cinereo- 

 rubescentes, superne foliati, ramulis novellis exsiccatis nigri- 

 cantibus hirsutis basi perulatis, perulis rotundatis ciliolatis, 

 2-3-seriatim dispositis, cataphyllis spathulatis integris 1 cm. longis. 

 Folia petiolata, coriacea, obovato-oblonga, vel oblonga, 4 cm. longa, 



