104 ART. I. B. HAYATA : 



or even coriaceons leaves. The present plant is distinct from 

 any other species of the genns at Kew, and I think this may be 

 a species not yet described. 



Photinia serrulata Lindl. in Bot. Mag. t. 2105 ; Forbes et 

 Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 263. 



Hab. Taitö : Daishinzan, ad 6000 ped. alt., leg. T. Kawakami 

 et U. Mori, Jan. 1908, (No. 4517). 



DisTRiB. Chekiang, Fokien, Hupeh. 



So far as external comparison is concerned, the present plant 

 is quite referable to this species. Although my plant has no 

 flowers but only young fruit, it is in general appearance exactly 

 identical with the Lindley's species. 



Photinia taiwanensis Hayata sp. nov. 



Photinia variabilis Hemsl. (pro parte) in Forbes et Hemsl. 

 Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 263 ; Maïsum. et Hayata Enum. PI. Formes, p. 

 130. 



Photinia arguta var. memhranacea Koizumi in Herb. Tokyo. 



Eami cinereo-fuscentes, . vel fusco-purpurascentes, longitudi- 

 naliter rugulosi, lenticellis minutis obtecti, ramulis gracilibus foliosis 

 albo-tomentosis. Foha obovato-oblonga, vel oblanceolata, 8 cm. 

 longa, 3 cm. lata, apice cuspidato-acuminata, basi acuta, sursum 

 minute serrulata, serrulis minutis, deorsum remote serrulata prope 

 basin intégra, chartacea, utraque pagine indumentis mollissimis 

 primum obtecta, demum subglabrata, costis et venis tenuissimis, 

 petiolis 7 mm. longis. Flores breve umbellati, cymosi, cymis 

 brevibus terminalibus 2 cm. longis totiusque latis, pedicellis 1 cm. 

 longis bracteis subulatis 2 mm. longis. Calyx campanulatus glaber, 

 2J mm. longus, lobis patentibus, triangular ibu s vel late rotundatis, 



