246 AET. I. — B. HAYATA : 



acutis. Staminodia 9-12, linearia vel subulata, 1| mm. longa, 

 barbata, intimis 2-glandnlosis. Ovarium obovatum 1^ mm. longum, 

 apice in stylum 2J mm. longum attenuatum, stigmate discoideo, 

 2-3-lobato. Bacca oblonga 1 cm. longa, 6 mm. lata, calycis tubo 

 accrescente cupuliformi insidens, segmentis calycis deciduis. 



Hab. Akô : Tanashü, leg. G. Nakahaea, Jan. 1906 ; Botanslia, 

 leg. S. KrsANo, Jan. 1909, (sp. Ç.) 



Here is another specimen bearing male flowers which, resembles 

 very much the species just described, and may be the 

 partner of it. The following description is drawn from the male 

 specimen. 



Folia obovata vel obovato- oblonga, 13 cm. longa, 6 cm. lata 

 apice breve acuta, basi cuneata. Fl. J : umbellae 3-4-florat9e, breve 

 pedicellatse, pedicellis 1 mm. longis, pubescentibus. Perianthium 

 extus pubescens, 6-7-8 partitum, segmentis obovatis 4 J mm. longis, 

 2^ mm. latis. Stamina circ. 16, subsequalia, 5 mm. longa, exserta, 

 filamentis barbatis exterioribus irregulariter glandulosis. Eudi- 

 mentum ovarii minutum. 



Hab. in monte Morrison, ad 7500 ped. alt., leg. T. Kawakamî 

 et U. MoEi, 1906, Oct. (Xo. 1706, sp. J.) 



Litsea (Tetradema) aurata Hay at a sp. nov. Eami cinerascentes, 

 rugosi, lenticellati, cicatricibus foliorum notati, ramulis fuscentibus 

 glabris. Folia persistentia coriacea alterna ad apicem ramorum 

 verticillatim approximatim superposita, petiolata oblonga, 8 cm. 

 longa, 32 mm. lata, apice acute obtusa basi obtusa, utrinque 

 venis elevatis, supra glabra, subtus pilis adpressis sericeo- aurata, 

 3-nervia, venis primariis utrinque 2-3, venis secundariis transverse 

 reticulatis. Umbellae florum secus apicem ramulorum approximate 

 dispositse, sessiles, (bracteis involucri 4, globosis deciduis 5 mm. 



