362 AET. I. — B. HAYATA : 



oblique-rcticulata, ncrvis ad apicem convergentibus, venis laterali- 

 bus arete seeas marginem aseendentibus, petiolis vertiealiter (a 

 faeie) valde eomplanatis lamiiiam in longitndine J plo seqiiantibus 

 2 J cm. longis 1 J mm. latis supra suleatis subtus aiignstissime 

 alatis basi dilatatis stipuliformibus subampJexieanlibns prope 

 basin 2-eirrliis instruetis, (cirrliis circ. 8 cm. longis spiraliter 

 revoliitis), infra laminas tardius rumpentibus. Umbellse axillares 

 solitai'ise longe pednnculatse, pednncnlis 5 cm. longis, valde eom- 

 planatis IJ mm. longis. Fructus pedicellati, pcdicellis gequilongis 

 13 mm. longis plus minus eomplanatis apice plus minus dilatatis 

 sub quoque pedieello 1-bracteatis, braeteis cuspidato-triangularibus 

 1 mm. longis totiusque latis. Baccse obliquao globosse 8 mm. in 

 diametro brevissime rostratge, rostris truneatis vel obtuse apicu- 

 latis, 3-4-sperm8e. Semina quadrantiformia 4J mm. longa utrinque 

 obtusa angulata, (angulis obtusis), rubescentia. 



Hab. Kurarusha, leg. G. Nakahaea, Dec. 1906, (No. 877). 



Near S. China Linn., but differs from it in having miicli longer 

 and flattened peduncles, 3-seeded black berries, and ovate leaves 

 whicli are acute at the apex and rounded at the base. 



Smilax proliféra Eoxb. ; Hook. f. Fi. Brit. Ind. VI. p. 312. 



Hab. Banchoryö, Ptokkiri, leg. Gr. Nakahaea, Oct. 1905, (No. 

 591) ; Piinökutsu, leg. S. Kusano, 1909. 



Disteib. Tropical and Western Himalaya ; Deccan peninsula 

 and Ceylon. 



Smilax randaiensis Hayata sp. nov. Suffrutescens ut videtur 

 30 cm. alta suberecta vel scandento-erecta, ramis subcomplanatis 

 flavo-pallidis glabris valde flexuosis basi perulatis, peruhs ovatis 

 rotundato-apiculatis, ramos amplectantibus. Folia lanceolato-ovata 



