360 AllT. I. — B. H AY ATA : 



et venis prominulis, petiolis 5 mm. longis a facie complanatis 

 sapra sulcatis juxfca laminas tardius arbiculatim rumpontibns basi 

 stipulatis, stipulis lanceolatis 3 mm. longis a medio deorsum 

 petiolo coniiatis apice liberis. 



Hab. Giran, Chürei, leg. T. Kawakami efc U. Moei, 1906, 

 Jmii. (No. 1379). 



Near S. megalantha, S. hijpoleuca Benth. and S. stans Maxim., 

 but differs from them by the leaves wbicli are acute on both 

 ends. 



Smilax lanceaefolia Eoxb. ; Foebes et Hemsl, Ind. Fl. Sin. III. 

 p. 99 ; Matsum. et Hayata Enura. PI. Formes, p. 435. 



Hab. Kandaizan, (No. 7026) ; Nantö : Kuroközan, (No. 3169) ; 

 Horisha, (No. 35) ; Uraisha, (No. 2707), leg. T. Kawakami et U. 

 MoKi; Akö : Tanashû, leg. G. Nakahaea, 1907. 



Smilax liukiuensis Hayata sp. nov. Kami teretes glabri 

 inermes. Folia ovato-acuminata vel ovato-lanceolata 5-7J cm. 

 longa 2-3J cm. lata apice acuminata basi rotundata utrinque glabra 

 3-nervia, inter nerves reticulata utraque pagine distincte elevato- 

 reticulata, margine nervis marginalibus marginata, tenuiter coriacea 

 subtus palHdiora, petiolis 5-10 mm. longis prope basin 2-cirrhiferis, 

 stipnlis angustissimis cum petiolis connatis. Flores umbellati, 

 umbellis xjedunculatis, pedunculis solitariis axillaribus IJ cm. 

 longis valde complanatis basi l-perulatis, perulis ovatis 4 mm. 

 longis pedunculum amplectantibus. Baccas depresso-globosse 

 6 mm. in diametro 3-5-sperm8e, pedicellis 6 mm. longis, sub qnoque 

 1-bracteatis, bracteis late triangularibus acutis 1 mm. longis. 

 Semina quadrantiformia facie acuta dorso rotundata 3 J mm. 

 longa 2 1 mm. lata rnbescentia subnitida. 



