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Melastomacearum gen. et sp. indeterm. Folia 9-11 cm. longa, 4cm. 

 lata, utrinque hirsata, acuta, basi attenuata et dense villosa, glandiiloso- 

 serrulata, breviter petiolata, petiolo 1cm. longo dense hirsuto. 



Hab. in Darjeeling, Sikkim Himalaya, 22 Decembris 1902 {Rev. Keikai 

 Kawagutclii ! n. 5). Folia tanta. 



The leaves exhibit a reddish brown autumnal colouration. 



Thuiopsis dolabrata, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. II, p. 34, tt. 119 et 

 120 ; Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 332 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I, p. 

 469 ; Palibin, Consp. Fl. Kor. in Act. Hort. Petrop. XIX (1901), p. 137. 

 — Shimada, Kwa-wi, Arb. I, t. 19 ; Iwasaki, Honzo Zufu, LXXVIII, fol. 

 10 recto. 



Thija dolahrata, Linn. ; Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 226 ; Masters, in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XVIII (1881), p. 486. 



Hab. in itinere versus Darjeeling, Sikldm Himalaya, 21 Decembris 

 1902 (Eev. KeiJcai Kaioagutclii ! n. 6j. An planta culta ? 



Distrib. Japonia. 



Planta albo-variegata, ramis ramulisque alternis compressis, foliis com- 

 pressis imbricatis, supra viridibus convexis, subtus niveis concavis marginatis. 



The Kev. Kawaguchi tells us that he has incidentally picked up the 

 specimens on the wayside in the mountainous region near Darjeeling, but 

 as our specimens apparently show some white variegation on their leaves, 

 we question if he has not collected some cultivated plants there. Whether 

 this Japanese plant is cultivated as well as indigenous in that Himalayan 

 district or simply introduced from Eastern Asia demands further investigation. 



