190 AßT. I. B. HAY AT A. : 



distinguishable by the much smaller flowers and less hairy in- 

 florescence ; from F. Griffithii Clarke, by the ovate leaves which 

 are less attenuate at the apex ; from F. philippinensis Meee., by 

 the ovate leaves which are less acuminate at the apex and quite 

 obtuse at the point. 



Fraxinus minute-punctata Hayata sp. nov. 



Fraxinus ßorihunda Wall. var. integerriina Matsüm. in Tokyo Bot. 

 Mag. XTI. p. 14 (non Wezig). Eamuli cenerascentes,lenticellis minutis 

 nototi, augulati. Folia pinnata cum petioKs 20 cm. longa, 9 cm. lata, 

 ambitu obovata, membranaceo-chartacea, pinnis utraque latere 2-3 

 circ. 3 cm. a se remotis oppositis, infimis minimis, superioribus ma- 

 joribus, pinna terminali magna, oblonga, vel elongata-oblonga, 8 cm. 

 longa, 2 J- 5 cm. lata, apice cuspidato-obtuso-acuminata, vel acuta, 

 basi acuta, margine intégra, supra costis planis vel impressis, 

 subtus elevatis, venis lateralibus utrinque tenuibus, supra minu- 

 tissime lepidoto -punctata, subtus glabra, pallidiore, petiolulo 2J cm. 

 longo, supra sulcato, pinnis lateralibus oppositis minoribus, plus 

 minus obhquis oblongo-ovatis, usque ad ovatis, infimis minimis 

 pinnam terminalem 4-plo in longitudine sequantibus, petiolulis 

 brevioribus, petiohs 3 cm. longis, rhachis et petiolis supra sulcatis 

 subglabris. Paniculae terminales, ternatim ramosaa, 11 cm. longse, 

 totiusque latse, ramis divaricatis, cinereo-pubescentibus, bracteis 

 minutis 3 mm. longis oblongo-angustis, pedicellis tenuibus 3 mm. 

 longis. Capsulgß samaroidese, spathulatse, 22 mm. longa3, 3 J mm. 

 latœ apice rotundato-emarginatae, basi cuneato-attenuatse, minute 

 lepidoto-pubescentes. Calyces fructiferi campanulati, § mm. longi, 

 obscure 4-dentati. 



Hab. Loo-choo islands. 



Very near F. hradeata Hemsl., but differs from it in having 



