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vennlis inconspicuis, utraque pagine minute elevato -punctata, 

 glabra, exsiccato pallido-fulvescentia subtus pallidiora, petiolis 

 13 mm. longis, subalatis supra subplanis plus minus sul- 

 catis. Eacemi novelli 13 mm. longi, floribus non satis notis. Ex 

 descriptione Prof. J. Matsumur^ : "A typo difïërt foliis subito 

 acuminatis. Cortex trunci griseus. Folia petiolata, oblonga, basi 

 attenuata apice subito acuminata, integerrima, interdum versus 

 apicem obscure paucidentata, glaberrima, costis utrinque 10-13, 

 subpatentibus. Eacemi novelli 13 mm. longi, ad basin bibracteati, 

 villosi, bracteis oppositis, oblongis obtusis, carinatis, dorso 

 subviUosis margine ciliolatis. Calyx 4-lobatus, lobis obtusissimis, 

 ciliolatis. Corolla sp. nos. nondum explicata, non satis exami- 

 nata, sestivatione imbricata. Folia subpatentia maxima 140 mm. 

 longa, 35 mm. lata." 



Hab. Linkiho, leg. S. Honda. 



The present plant comes near Osmanthus marginatus Benth., 

 but differs from it in having much thinner leaves, which are abruptly 

 acuminate at the apex. As is pointed out by Prof. J. Matsumura 

 in the paper above cited, the plant does not accord with Bentham's 

 plant, especially in the shape of leaves. I have compared my 

 plant with the type of the latter species at Kew, and found that they 

 are quite different even in general appearance, though they come 

 very near. 



Apocynaceœ. 

 Melodimis Forst. 



Melcdinus angustifolius Hayata sp. nov. Scandons, ramis 

 gracilibus glabris fiavo-cinerascentibus teretibus, laevibus, ramulis 

 gracilUssimis divaricatis. Folia opposita petiolata, lineari-lanceolata. 



