Notulse ad plantas asiaticas orientates, 



{Continued from p. 2). 



Auctore 



J. Matsumura, 



Rhododendron nipponicum, Moisumura sp. nov. 



Frutex altitudine ignotus. Rami brunnei, cortice laxe fissi ; ramuli 

 horotini virgati glandulo-villosi. Folia annua, ampla, alterna, sessilia in 

 sicco pallida, late obovato-elliptica obtusa raring subacuta emarginata calloso- 

 mncronnlata supra parce suhtqe ad venas strigilosa margine subundulata 

 integerrima ciliolata, oostifl utrinque 8-10 arcuatis versus marginem anas- 

 tomosantibus. Flores 10-15, ad siimmum ramorum vetustorum congesti, 

 pedicellati, cernui ; pedicelli glandulosoviscidi, 1 cm. loBgi. Calyx minutus 

 membranaceus, 5-partitus, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis vel lanceolatis glanduloso- 

 oiliatis. Corolla alba (fide T. Suzuki) subcampanulata vel late tubulosa 

 intus deorsum subpubescens, subaequaliter 5-loba, lofcis ellipticis vel ovalibus 

 obtusis. Stamina 10, inaequalia, exserta, erecta ; nlainenta filiformia, 

 deorsum subpubescentia ; anthers ovales, glabrae, a])ice biporosre, basi 

 obtusae. Stylus filiformis, giabrus, stigmate subcapital. Ovarium ob- 

 longo-ovoideum, 5-loculare, subvillosum. 



Folia 6-17 cm. longa, 3£-8$ cm. lata, versus peripheriam densin* strigilosa. Perulfe 

 geramie floriferre exteriores chart aceae elliptic^ mucronulata? in sicco brunneae extns glabrae 

 intus sursum subsericeae margine ciliolatae vel glandulosae, 12-14 mm. longae ; interiores 

 oblongae, florem singulum includentes. Bracteoli ad basin pedicelli bini, sub^patulato-lineari 

 margine glandulosi. Corolla 15-17 mm. alta, 7-10 mm. lata. Stamina longissima 15 mm., 

 brevissima 13 mm. longa. Stylus 9 mm. longus. Ovarium vix 5 mm. altum. 



Obs. Species sectionis Azalea? nulli alii affinis, infiorescentia corollaque 

 Menziesiae persimilis, in illud genus transire videtur. 



Hab. in Japonia media : in monte Tateyama, prov. Etchu, anno 

 1883 (ipse) ; in monte Gassan, prov. Uzen (S. Okubo et R. Yatabe, anno 

 1887 ; in loco Tanigawa dicto juxta montem Shimizu, prov. Koozuke, anno 

 1894 (T. Suzuki). 



Aralia glabra, Matsumura sp. nov. 



Herba perennnis, tripedalis vel altior, rhizomate crasso. Caulis 

 gracilis, ex toto giabrus, foliosus. Folia ampla, alterna, petiolata, ternatim 



