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oblonga utrinque acuminata vel acuta vel apice attenuata 50-145 mm. 

 longa 20-82 mm. lata. Infloresceiitia in axillis raborum liornotinorum 

 glomerata 10-15 flora, in alabastro involuerata globosa, squamis involucri 

 paucis imbrieatis 2-6 mm. longis ellipticis vel rotundatis vakle concavis 

 dense vulpino-tomentosis sub anthesi deciduis. Flores masculi fsemineis 

 majores 9-10 mm. lati laxiusculi ; pedicelli patentes f ulvo-tomentosi 6 mm. 

 longi ; tepala 4 tenuiter herbacea elliptica navicularia late acuta vel 

 obtusa 4.0-4.5 mm. longa 2.1-2.3 mm. lata extus margineque crispulo- 

 hirsuta; stamina 6 triserialia ie 2 extrema cum 2 intimis opposita, 5.0- 

 5.5 mm. longa ; stamina 1-2 serialia cum filamentis nudis glabris antheris 

 oblongo-tetragonalibus 1.2-1.5 mm. longis, loculis 4, 2 superioribus 

 introrsis, 2 inf erioribus lateralibus ; stamina 2 intima cum filamentis 

 sparse ciliolatis basi glandulis stipitatis ca. 1.5 mm. longis ornatis, 

 antheris tetragonalibus loculis superioribus 2 introrsis, inferioribus 2 

 lateralibus vel fere extrorsis; pistillodo 3 mm. longo, stigmate paijilloso 

 subpeltato, ovario sterile angustato. Flores feminei parvi 4.5 mm. lati ; 

 pedicelli 2.5-3.0 mm. longi pilosi ; tepala 4 lineari-oblonga textu sub- 

 carnosa 2.2-2.5 mm. longa ca. 0.8 mm. lata extus adpresse hirsuta ; stami- 

 nodia 6, intima 2 biglandulosa ; pistillum 3 mm. longum, stylo crispulo- 

 ciliato, stigmate oblique peltato. Drupa in autumno sequenti anni 

 maturans coccinea globosa lucida 11-12 mm. longa cum pedicello crasso 

 10 mm. longo. 



Nom. Jap. Sirodamo. 



Nom. vern. Sinnamo (Quelpaert), Signam (Wangto). 



Hab. in 

 Keihoku: in insula Uturyoto vel Dagelet, Mosige (T. Nakai, no. 4295, 



Mai 31, 1917) ; sine loco speciali (Kinzo Okamoto) ; Dodo (Tutomu 



Isidoya no. 47, Mai 20, 1916). 

 Keinan: in insella Mugishna prope Kyosaito (T. Nakai, no. 11215 a, 



Mai 4, 1928). 

 Tyunan : in insula Anminto (legitor?) ; in insula Gaiento (Kentaro 



Nisiwaki). 

 Zennan : in insula Nisizima grecis Kyobunto (T, Nakai, no. 11612-3, Mai 



25, 1928) ; Siyori in insella Kaito (T. Nakai, no. 11610-14, Mai 22, 



