182 AHÏ. I. B. HAYATA : 



Yery near A. cornudentata Mez, but differs from it in having 

 feiTugineo-tomentose leaves which are turned reddish black when 

 dried. 



Ardisia pusilla A. DC. in "Trans. Linn. Soc. XVIJ. p. 12G " 

 et Prodr. YIII. p. 137 ; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. II. p. 

 263 ; Hange in Journ. Bot. (1883), p. 322 ; Foebes et Hemsl. Ind. 

 ri. Sin. II. p. 66. 



Bladhia villosa Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 96, t. 19. 



Hab. Oshima, leg. T. Uchiyama, Dec. 1900. 



DisTEiB. Kwangtung and Japan. 



Ardisia rectangularis Hayata sp. nov. Suffrutex, caulibus 

 erectis, simplicibus glabris cinerascentibus, 30-50 cm. altis. Folia 

 alterna petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata, 11 cm. longa 3 cm. lata apice 

 acuminata basi acuta, costis supra impressis, subtus prominentibus, 

 venis utrinque pagine prominulis, venis primariis 30, a costa angulo 

 50° egressis,prope marginem anastomosantibus, utraque pagine glabra 

 paUidiora, subtus minute punctata, petiolis 1 cm. longis. Cymae 

 terminales inclinatse, sessiles, breves, 2 cm. longa3, 10 cm. latœ, 

 ramis gi'acilibus, rectangulariter divaricatis, floribus ad apicem 

 ramorum 5-6, pedicellis IJ cm. longis. Calyx 5-partitus, segmentis 

 ovatis 2 mm. longis apice rotundatis imbricatis, punctatis, punctis 

 atro -purpureis. Corolla rotata, 5J mm. longa, tubo brevi J mm. 

 longo, limbo 5-partito, segmentis ovatis 5 mm. longis 3 J mm. latis 

 apice obtusis, punctatis, punctis atro-rubris, dextrorsum obtegen- 

 tibus. Stamina 5, fauce coroUœ afïixa, segmentis opposita, fila- 

 mentis brevibus 1 mm. longis, antheris subulatis 4 mm. longis, 

 apiculatis. Ovarium globosum 1 mm. longum apice in stylum 

 filiformem 4 mm. longum attenuate m. Fructus globosus, 8 mm. in 



