256 THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. tvoi. xxxm. No. 384. 



Thunbergii ramis post decorticationem atro-miniatis, foliis tenuioribus 

 subtus glaucis apice acutis nee obtuse acuminatis, saepe lanceolatis, 

 florum tepalis brevioribus. 



Arbor glabra trunco 4-8 metr. alto 0.8-1.0 ped. lato ; ramis 

 exsiccatis nigrescentibus post decorticationem atro-miniatis, lenticellis 

 elevatis remote dispersis. Folia coriacea subtus glauca lanceolata vel 

 oblongo-lanceolata raro oblonga vel anguste oblonga 7—9 cm. longa 

 2—3 cm. lata, (9-12 : QVi-^Vz) basi cuneata vel acuta, apice acuta vel 

 obtuse acutata, costa media supra fere plana subtus leviter elevata, 

 nervis secundariis utrinque 9-11, utracpie pagina fere plana, petiolis 

 l%-2 a /2 cm. longis. Flores albi vix 5 mm. longi in paniculam pauci- 

 floram (circ. 7-11) cum pedunculo 7-9 cm. longam ex axillis foliorum 

 novellorum dispositi, pedicellis gracilibus ad 0,5—1.5 cm. longis. 

 Perianthium profuude 6-fidum, tubo obconico vix 1.5 mm. longo, 

 segmentis pellucido-punctatis exterioribus 3 lineari-oblongis apice rotun- 

 datis, interioribus elliptico-ovatis obtusissimis, omnibus' persistentibus 

 in fructu erectis adpressis. Stamina 9 glabra, staminodia 3 ; ovaria 

 fere globosa stylis subulatis stigmate tenue. Bacca nigra circ. ad 10 

 mm. longa ac lata, calyce persistente basi in pedieellum circ 10 mm. 

 longum elavatum abeunte. 



Nom. Jap, Ogasawara-awogashi (nov.) 



Distr. Bonin: insl. Chichishiina, Oligimura (Ig. S. Nishimura! 

 no. 116, Feb. 21, 1918.) Sunosaki (lg. S. Nishimura ! no 

 157, Maio 15, 1918.) 



Neolitsea boninensis Koidz. n. sp. 



Affinis N. auratae (Hay at.) (= Tetradenia aurata Hayata, Icon PI. 

 Formos. V. 1915, p. 174.) a quo foliis subtus glaucis ; florum tepalis 

 anguste oblongis vel lanceolato-oblongis distinguitur. 



Arbor truueo 4-6 met. alto, 1-2 ped. lato ; ramis exsiccatis nigris 

 vel fuscis, ramulis novellis dense sericeo-villosis. Gemmae foliiferae 

 ovoideae circ. 5 mm. longae, perulis exterioribus semiorbiculatis coriaceis 

 fcrrugineo-tomentosis, interioribus ovato-orbicularibus apice mucronato- 

 acutis tenuioribus gilvo-tomentosis. Gemmae floriferae fere globosae 

 3 mm. latac pauci-perulatae ferrugineo-tomentosae. Folia novella supra 

 versus basfln densius fulvo-puberula subtus gilo-velutina, adulta coriacea 

 supra glabra nitida, subtus ferrugineo-velutina mox glaucescentia, 

 oblonga raro oblongo-ovata vel elliptica 4-11 cm. longa 2-5 cm. lata, 

 obtusa vel obtusissima raro obtuse pi-odueta, basi rotundata vel obtuse 

 cuneata, integerrima ; costa triplinervia et saepe trinervia utraque 

 latere 4-5 supra plana subtus prominentia ; petiolis 2—2,8 cm. longis 



