252 ART. I. — B. HAY AT A : 



plant differs in having leaves which have primary veins diverging 

 from the midrib in a more obtuse angle, and in the male inflorescence 

 which is much looser and smaller. Also near Litsea hupehana 

 Hemsl. but differs by the venation of the leaves. 



Litsea obovata Hayata sp. nov. Ramuli dense breveque to- 

 mentosi fusco-rubescentes. Folia alterna, petiolata, obovata, vel 

 late oblonga, 13 cm. longa, 8 cm. lata, apice rotundato- acuta, basi 

 acuta supra glabrata, ad costas pubescentia, subtus ad costas 

 venas venulasque hirtellata, ad paginam minute lepidota, palli- 

 dissima, costis et venis supra impressis subtus prominente elevatis 

 venis primariis utrinque latere 6-7, a costa angulo 60" egressis arcuatis 

 apice 2-furcatis prope marginem anastomosantibus, venis secunda- 

 riis oblique transversis, venulis reticulatis, petiolis Ij cm. longis. 

 Umbellae florum cymosae, cymis axillaribus. Involucrum alabastri 

 globosum. Fl. perfecti non visi. 



Hab. Banchöryö, leg. T. KAWAKAMiet U. Moei, Nov. 1907, (No. 

 4143). 



Near L. tomentosa, but differs from it by the nmch less hairly 

 and obovate leaves. 



Lhidera Thunb. 



Lindera akœnsis Hayata sp. nov. Eami fusco-cinerascentes, 

 longitudinaliter rugosi, cicatricibus foliorum elevatis notati, ramulis 

 gracilibus fusco-pubescentibus. Diœca. PL J : Folia alterna petio- 

 lata, ovata, vel oblonga, 4 cm. longa, 23 mm. lata apice abrupte 

 acuta, basi acuta, supra nitida, subtus glauca, ad costas venas 

 venulasque hirtellata, venulis reticulatis utrinque pagine elevatis, 

 petiolis 5 mm. longis, supra sulcatis. Flores 5-6 ad axillas foliorum 

 congesti, pedicellis brevibus 2 mm. longis pubescentibus, perulis 



