194 AET. I. B. HAYATA : 



8 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, apice attennata obtusa basi acuta, margine 

 subintegra, obscm^e undnlata, ntrinqne glabra, supra fuscentia 

 subtus pallidiora, venis primariis a costa angulo 60'^ egressis, rectis 

 prope marginem anastomosantibus, venulis reticulatis utrinque 

 elevatis, petiolis 5 mm. longis. Cymse terminales, paucifloratse, 

 bracteatse, bracteis et bracteolis late ovatis obtusis 1 mm. longis. 

 Calyx 5-partitus, eglandulosus, segmentis triangularibus obtusis, 

 2J mm. longis, basi 2 mm. latis, crassiusculis coriaceis ciliolatis. 

 Corolla hypocratherimorpha, tubo cylindrico 8 mm. longo, 1 J mm. 

 lato, ad insertionem staminum dilatato, fusco-hirsuto, limbo 

 5-lobato, lobis rotundatis 6 mm. longis basi oblique angustis, 

 (ad basin 2-squamulatis, squamulis erectis 1 mm. longis), contortis 

 sinistrorsum obtegentibus. Stamina 5, medio tubi inclusa, fila- 

 mentis 1 mm. longis, antheris lanceolatis apice acutis basi cordatis. 

 Discus 0. Ovarium conicum integrum 1 mm. longum, stylo breve 

 J mm. longo, stigmate incrassato f mm. longo, apiculo J mm. 

 longo, 2-fido. Bacca oblongo-fusiformis, 5 cm. longa, 2 J cm. lata, 

 utrinque acuta, pulpa carnosa repleta. Semina oo , pulpa nidulantia, 

 ovata 8 mm. longa 5 mm. lata ; albumen carnosum ; cotyledones 

 foliacese. 



Hab. Köshün : Naibunsha, leg. Gr. Nakahaea, Feb. 1907; ibidem, 

 leg. T. Kawakami, Dec. 1906, (No. 840) ; Kurarusha, leg. T. Kawa- 

 KAMi, Juli. 1906, (No. 1621); Taitô : Pasliikö, leg. Z. Kobayashi, 

 Juni. 1906, (No. 1552). 



Near M. suaveolens Champ. ; but differs in having much nar- 

 rower or even linear leaves and ellipsoidal fruit. 



Bcdysanthera Hook, et Akn. 

 Ecdysanthera utilis Hayata et Kawakami in Tokyo Bot. 



