APEIL 1909.] 



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adherent to the corolla- 

 tube at the base, gla- 

 brous, light yellow, about 

 3-3 J cm. high ; the free 

 portion of filaments un- 

 equal in length, the inner 

 ones lower and only con- 

 nate at the base; anthers 

 with deep-yellow pollen. 

 Style erect, usually scarce- 

 ly exceeding the stamens 

 in height, a,ngustately 

 terete, glabrous, pale, 

 trifid into the short erect 

 and greenish branches at 

 the top, nearly 3-3J cm. 

 long ; ovary ovoid-glo- 

 bose, densely adpressed- 

 sericeo - tomentose, light 

 green, 3-celled, thick- wall- 

 ed ; ovules not many, 2- 

 serial. Flowers in March- 

 April. 



Nom. Jap. Sukiya. 



Hab. Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, cultivated (T. Makinol). 



var. albo-rosea Makino, var. hoy. (PL IV.) 



A small tree ; branches terete, stout, dark-umber or dark- 

 cinereous, the outer bark thin and peeling; branchlets many 

 cinereous or cinereo-isabel-coloured, terete, often more or less 

 stout, subflexuous. Leaves alternate, usually distichous, 



petioled, obovato-oblong to oblong-oblanceolate, abruptly at. 

 tenuato-acuminate at the apex, cuneato-acute at the base, 

 acute-serrulate, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, subshining, about 

 6-12 cm. long, 1}—4| cm. broad, green above, light green and 

 sparsely punctulate with minute fuscous dots beneath ; midrib 

 prominent on both sides, light green ; veins and veinlets impressed 

 above in recent ; petiole subterete, slightly flat in front, 



Fig. III. 



