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Moreover, the lower surface of the leaves of the same species is 

 minutely clotted, while that of the present, plant is quite smooth* 

 but never dotted. It bears some resemblances to I. luzonica Eolp]^ 

 and also to /. Tliomsoni ; but differs from the former in having 

 obovate or oblongo-ovate leaves which are ci'enate towards thé 

 apex, and from the latter in having calloso-obtusely (but not 

 mucronately) crenate leaves. Those of /. luzonica Rolfe are 

 usually oblong, more acutely or mueronately crenate from the 

 base to the apex, while these are usually obovate very obtusely 

 crenate only towards the apex. M 



Ilex parvifolia Hayata sp. nov. Ramuli graciles ramosi, 

 ferrùgineo-tomentosi. Folia approximata, breve petiolata, oblonga, 

 12 mm. longa, G mm. lata, coriacea, utrinque obtusa vel acuta, 

 aristato-serrata, supra ad costas tomentosa, utrinque venis obscuris, 

 petiolis supra tomentosis. Flores axillares, solitarii, pedicellati, 

 sepalis 4, rotundatis, 1 mm. longis. Drupse rubrae, globosöe, 6 nim» 

 in diametro sequantes, 4-pyren8e. 



Hab. in monte Morrison, ad 8000 ped. alt., leg. T. Kawaka>ii; 

 et U. MoEi (No. 2036) ; Arizan, in monte Morrison, \q^i.. G. Naka- 

 HAEA, Oct. 1906. 



Neai* Ilex intricata Hook, f.; but differs from it by the thinnei* 

 oblong leaves, which are mcn-e or less aristately toothed on the mar- 

 gin. I. intricata has nearly obovote leaves, without aristate teeth. 



Ilex taisanensis IIayata sp. nov. Pvami cinerascentes, longi- 

 iudiiialiter rugulosi rectiusculi, ramulis rectis apice triquetris breve 

 pubesccntil)us, vel subglabris rubescentibus. Folia alterna, longius- 

 culc pcf i()l;ita, chartaceo-coriacea, oblonga, vel oblongo-ovata, 

 )')7 nun. long;!, b") mm. l;it;i, apice a;cut;i, l)asi rotundato-obtusa, 

 margin a medio sursuni (obscure remoteque crenata, vcnis et 



