


“ts Specimens of this plant pee flowers were collected by Mr, Kano Watanabe at Nanokawa-mura in the 
- province of Tosa on. May ro, 1887; and those with ripe fruit were collected by him at Beru-mura in the same 
province on October 8, 1891. I collected specimens of this plant with immature fruit on ME Kirishima in the 
province of Hiuga, on August 3, 1882. 
Forbes and Hemsley in their Zndex Llore Sinensis (Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xxvi., p. 377.) include this plant 
in Machilus Thunbergit, Sieb. et Zucc. But as it Ss in Sonic respects from the type, which can be at once 
distinguished by its thicker and broader leaves, I have considered the present plant as a variety of the species. 
Plate V. ‘ig. 1, branch with flowers; 2, flower cut vertically ; 3, vertical section of ovary showing 
2 & 
the ovule; 4, ovule; 5, inner perianth-segment ; 6, stamen of the second series; 7, staminode; 8, outer perianth- 
segment; 9, stamen of the first series; 10, stamen of the third series; 11, floral diagram; 12, berries; 1 3 
vertical section of berry showing the two large cotyledons; 14, leaf-bud; 15 scale of leaf-bud:—a// cxcepl 1 
and 12 enlarged. 
Euonymus lanceolatus, nov. sp. 
Nom. jap. Murasaki-mayumi. ムラ サキ マ ュ ミ . 
Branches smooth, quadrangular. Leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at the apex, acute at the 

