— 76 — 



(M) M. raik ins, ft#u 5K$u a», ^as^igDfcfls, 



Gii. IV. Sakakia Nakai, gn. nov. 



Syn. Cleyera Thunberg, Nov. Gen. PI. III. p. 69 (1783), excl. fruet. ; 

 PI. Jap. p. XII. (1784), excl. fruct.-Murray, Syst. Veg. eel. 14. p. 493 

 (1784), excl. fruct.-A. P. de Candolle, Prodr. I. p. 524 (1824)-D. Don, 

 Prodr. PI. Nepal, p. 225 (1825)-Wight & Arnott, Prodr. I. p. 86 (1831) 

 -Spach, Hist, Veg. IV. p. 62 (1834)-Endlicher, Gen. PL p. 1019, np. 

 5411 (1840)-Carnbessedes in Mem. Mus. Paris. XVI. p. 403 (1828)-Meiss- 

 ner, PL Vase. Gen. II. p. 30 (1843)-Bentham & Hooker, Gen. PL I. 

 p. 183 (1862). 



Eurya Sect. Cleyera Szyszylowicz in Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 6. p. 1S8 

 (1893). 



Arborea. Folia alterna petiolata simplicia integra biennia. Flores 

 hermapbroditi in basi gernmaruni bornotinorum axillares, ita in axillis 

 foliorurn annotinoruni axillares esse videntur. Pedunculi elongati apice 

 bibracteati. Bractese caducse minimee. Sepala 5 irnbricata. Petala 5 

 imbricata basi coalita sub antbesin patentes vel reflexa. Stamina oo, 

 2-serialia; filamenta angusta glabra apice in connectivum latum sensim 

 transeunt; antherte in latere connectivi marginales biloculares, valvis 

 longitudine hispidis. Ovarium glabrum 2-3 loculare. Styli elongati 

 apice 2-3 fkli. Placenta centralia apice plana. Ovula plura secus mar- 

 ginem placenti uniserialia. Bacca nigra plurisperrna. Semina albumi- 

 nosa. Embryo subcurvata. 



Species 3 in Asia orientali subtropica et tropica incola, quarum unica 

 in parte calida insula? Quelprert indigean. 



The genus Cleyera and tbe species Cleyera japonica were described 

 by C. P. Thunberg from the specimens of a flowering branch of Cleyera 

 ochnacea and a fruiting branch of Ternstrcemia japonica of the present 

 meaning mounted together on a sheet. These specimens are still in the 



