244 ART. I. — B. HAYATA : 



Very near Machihis macrophylla Hemsl. in Foebes et Hemsl. 

 Ind. FL Sin. II. p. 377, and Henry's Herb. No. 5699, from which 

 the present variety differs in having larger flowers and shorter and 

 fewer flowered inflorescens. Also near MacMlus chinensis Hemsl., 

 but differs from it in having a little broader perianth- segments, 

 and more narrower acuminate leaves. 



MacMlus Ihunbergii Sieb, et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. II. No. 

 704 ; Meissn. in DC. Prodr. XY.-l, p. 42 ; Foebes et Hemsl. Ind. FL 

 Sin. IL p. 377 ; Matsüm. et Hayata Ennm. PL Formos. p. 351. 



Hab. Kashitö, leg. G. Nakahaea, Feb. 1906, (Nos. 1039 et 

 1040) ; Kötöshö, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, 1907, Aprih. (No. 

 2454) ; Linkin : Nago, leg. G. Nakahaea, 1907, Aprili. 



Machilus (Persea) zuihœnsis Hayata sp. nov. Eami longi- 

 tndinahter rugosi, rubro-nigricantes. Folia alterna petiolata, ob- 

 lanceolata, vel longe oblonga, 8 cm. longa, 2J cm. lata, apice 

 obtusa, basi acuta, supra costis et venis planis subtus leviter 

 elevatis, supra glabra, subtus sub lente minutissime lepidota, 

 adpresse et tenuiter pubescentia, venis primariis utrinque latere 7-8 

 rectis a costa angulo 50° egressis, venulis indistinctis, petiolis 1 cm. 

 longis. Flores cymoso-paniculati, paniculis ad apicem ramulorum 

 alternatim approximatim dispositis, gracilibus circ. 10 cm. longis 

 sursum floriferis basi perulatis, perulis obovatis, rotundatis 8 mm. 

 longis, deciduis, floribus ad apicem ramorum panicularum ter- 

 natim dispositis, ramis panicularum brevibus 7 mm. longis, pedicellis 

 1-2 mm. longis pubescentibus. Perianthium extus pubescens, tubo 

 brevissimo, limbo G -partite, segmentis subœquahbus obovatis 4 J mm. 

 longis, 2 mm. latis apice rotundatis. Stamina 9, sequilonga, 4 mm. 

 longa, fllamentis complanatis 2-J^ mm. longis glabris, ordinis pri- 



