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Bab. Ogasawara-zima [=Munin— Bonin Islands] (Herb.! Yosldo 

 Tanalca] Herb.! Sc Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Sept. 4, 1881), 1st. Chiohi- 

 zima (S. Reno ! Herb. Agric. Cdl. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, July 17, 1899). 



It seems to come near to Peperomia portulacoides A. Dietr. 



Actinidia callosa Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot. eel. 2, 183G, p. 439; Walp. 

 Ann. Bot. Syst. I. p. .15; Benth. in Jonrn. Linn. Soc. V. p. 55, excl, syn. 

 A. KolomiHa Maxim. ; Dyer in Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. I. p. 286, excl. syn. 

 A. Kohmikta Maxim. ; Gilg in Engl, et Prantl Die Nat. Pflanzemfam. 

 III. 6, p. 125; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XII. p. 423; Id. in Act. Hort. 

 Petrop. XL p. 35; Diels in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. p. 470. 



var. rufa (Sieb. et Zucc.) Makino. 



A strong voluble, rufo-tomentose in young shoot. Leaves long petiolate, 

 ovate, oval, elliptical ovate, obovato-elliptical, oblong, or subsquare-elliptical, 

 abruptly acuminate at apex, but acuminate in those of shoot, rounded, rounded- 

 obtuse, truncate, or sometimes subcordate at base, serrate or crenato- serrate 

 with rnucrona to-acuminate or setose-mucronate teeth, green shining and gla- 

 brous above, usually more or less glaucous and Usually rufo-tomentose along 

 the nerves and then glabrate beneath, coriaceo-chartaceous ; lateral veins 

 7-8 on each side. Cyme axillary, shorter than the petiole, pauci-floriferous 

 in those of hermaphrodite flower; peduncle and pedicels rafo-tomentose but 

 glabrate in fruit ; bracts usually scaly, or linear. Hermaphrodite flower 

 about 22 mm. in diameter. Calyx rufo-tomentose; sepals oblong, persistent. 

 Petals patent, obovato-elliptical, cuneate towards the base, white, rose-coloured 

 below. Stamens numerous, shorter than the corolla ; filament filiform, 

 white, but rose below. Ovary ovoid-globose, light yellow, tomentose ; styles 

 numerous, radiant-tufted, crowned on and longer than the ovary. Berry 

 ovoid-oval, brown, verrucoso-punctate, attaining about 3 cm. long, 2^ cm. 

 across, accompanied by reflexed persistent calyx below. Fl. June. 



Trochostigma rufa Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhandl. Akad. Muench. III., p. 

 727, et IV. 2, p. 164 ; A. Gray Bot. Jap. p. 383 ; Walp. Repert. Y. p. 131. 



Actinidia rufa Planch. ; Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 203 ; Franch. et Sav. 

 Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 58 ; Gilg 1. c. 



Actinidia arguta var. ? rufa Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XII. p. 424 ; Palib. 

 Consp. FL Kor. p. 45. 



Actinidia callosa Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Journ. Soc. XXIII. p. 

 78 ; Henry in Trans. Asiat. Soc. Jap. XXIV. SuppL p. 20 ; Ito et Matsum. 

 Tent. Fl, Lutch. I. p. 13, excl. syn. nonnul, non Lindl, 



