138 THE .BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. rvoi. xxxn. No. 378. 



Hydrangea Kawagoeana nov. sp. 



Facies Hydrangeae opuloides Koch. var. acuminatae Dipped, sed 

 foliis brevius petiolatis basi non cuneato-attenuatis, C) r mis bifoliatis, 

 petalis unguiculatis, staminibus brevioribus, calyce remote 5-denticulato 

 tubo in fructu late campanulato, capsulis semisuperisque. 



Frutex ramis vetnstioribus atro-purpurascentibus lenticellis desti- 

 tutis, junioribus fnscis cito glabris. Folia juniora supra ad costas 

 medias laxe sublus secus venas plus minus densius pubescentia et in 

 axillis costarum seeundarium albo-barbulata, adulta membranacea 

 glabriuscula elliptica rarissime obovato-oblonga 7-13 cm. longa 3V£- 

 7,0 cm. lata apice subito breviter acuminata raro acuta usque obtusa, 

 basi acuta vel obtusissima, margine argute serrata ; petiolis mox 

 glabris circ. 15 mm. longis. Cyma fere plana circ. 5-12 cm. diam. 

 densiflora crispato-pubescentia ; floribus radiantibus 1-3% cm. diam., 

 sepalis 4 rarius 3 fere orbicularibus integris in siccitate lutcis ; ft. 

 fertilibus breviter pedicellatis, calyce extus pubescente tubo obconico 

 remote 5-denticulato, petalis oblongis acutiusculis basi unguiculatis 

 albo-punctatis, staminibus petalis subaequilongis vel vix brevioribus ? 

 stylis plerumque 3. Capsula semisupera fere globosa stylis persisten- 

 tibus inclusis 4-5 mm. longa ; semina late elliptica exalata. 

 Nom. Jap. Tokala-azisai (nov.) 



Distr. Kiusiu : Prov. Ohsumi, the Tokala group, insl. Nakano- 

 shima (leg. S. Kawagoe ! No. 60, Aug. 2, 1010) ; insl. 

 Takalashima (leg. Ushiwo ! V. 4, 1017.) 

 This plant is named in compliment to Mr. S. Kawagoe, 

 Professor of Botany in the Kagoshima Imp. Coll. Agr. 

 and Forestery.. 



Juniperus (Oxycedrus) lutchuensis nov. sp. 



/. taxi folia Hayata in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXIX. (1000) p. 00, 

 (non Hook, et Arn.), (quoad Specimina e Loochoo island !) 



Species quoad folium et fiuctum /. taxifoliae Hook, et Arn. valdc 

 affinis, scd ramis prostratis fruitibus non fusco-coloratis. Frutex 

 maritimus dense ramosus. Folia lincaria acuta supra canaliculata 

 stomatibus longitudinaliter biscriatis vestita, subtus obtuse carinata. 

 Galbulus globosus nigrococrulens. 



Nom. Jap. Okinawa-hainezu (nov.) 



Distk. Liukiu : insl. Okinawajima (leg. T. Miyagi ! No. 17.) 

 (to be continued} 



