306 ART. I. — B. HAYATA : 



1 cm. longis supra plaiiis basi hand incrassatis, stipulis minutis 

 eirc. obsoletis triangularibas ^ mm. longis. x\labastrnm floram 

 snpra cicatrices foliorum cleciduornm situm globoso-ovatum | cm. 

 longnm, pernlis rubris glabris 4-5 seriatim sitis oppositis, exteri- 

 oribns ovatis 7 mm. longis, interioribus foliaceis late spathnlatis 

 extus sericeo-pubescentibus intus glabris 7 mm. longis 5 mm. 

 latis, intimis angnstatis 10 mm. longis 2 mm. latis. Amenta fl. Ç 

 cylindracea 6-7 cm. longa secus totam longitudinem dense florifera 

 (vel praeter partem inferiorem), rachis pubescentibus. Fl. J 

 1-bracteati, floribns distinctis, sessilibus, bracteis ovatis apice 

 rotnndatis 2J mm. longis utraque pagine pubescentibus ; discus 

 squamulseformis, squamulis antice 2-3-obscure lobulatis patentibus 

 ^ mm. longis, postice erectis elobulatis. Stamina 5-6, filamentis 

 distinctis 3-4 mm. longis filiformibus validiusculis, antheris late 

 globosis J mm. longis utrinque emarginatis. Eudimentum ovarii 

 0. Fl. ^ : 1-bracteati, brevissime pedicellati, pedicellis J mm. 

 longis. Capsula longe ovata 2-valvis dehiscens basi leviter gib- 

 bosa 2J mm. lata 7 mm. longa. Semina obovoidea 3 mm. longa, 

 1 mm. lata, testa tenuissima hyalina, pilis comae 7 mm. longis albis. 



Hab. Banclioryö, leg. S. Kusano, 1909. 



Near S. tetrasperma Eoxb., but differs from it by the, ovate 

 leaves which are abruptly acute at the apex and cordately rounded 

 at the base. 



Salix Mesnyi Hange in " Journ. Bot. (1882), p. 38"; Forbes 

 et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. IL p. 530. 



Hab. Formosa, Eichard, Oldham. 



Distrib. Kiangsu, Chekiang, Kiangsi, Hupeh, Yunnan, and 

 Kwangtung. 



I have seen the specimens at Kew. It is not yet represented 

 at Tokyo. 



