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more or less arcuate upward- ; veinleK finely anastomosing and finely im- 

 pressed on the upper surface. but sni miici n isj .'km i<;ti< underneath : petiole 

 5-16mm. long, glabrous, semiterete, tlat in trout. Inflorescence umbellate 

 on the top of the branchlet of last year, shorter than the leaves: pedicel ab>ut 



"long. Flower ' about 8 mm. Ion-, yellow. Calyx :,-sepal,-d. \vll.,wish- 



5-petaled, much exserted. tubuloso-eampaimlate ; petals narrow, revolute 

 above. Stamens .">, not exserted, erect: lilament subula to- filiform : anther 

 deltoid-lanceolate, rufous-ytdlow. Ovary 1. ovato-elliptieal. .''-or 4 -cavpellary, 

 green; style erect, about equal the ovan in length : stigma small, capitate. 

 Capsule trigonous- globose, about !)-13 mm. lon<i, verv shortlv stipellate at 

 the base, with a short erect persistent style on the top. "glabrous, 3- or 

 4-valved, many-seeded ; carpels ligneous, horizontally and U-ulicidalh 

 dehiscent, ovate with separated stvle on the to}), vartioallv place ntiferous 

 in the centre, dark-brown when dried externally but yellowish-fulvous and 

 viseous within. Seed red. oval or elliptical, more or less 'compressed, 3-5 mm. 



"Xom. Jap. Ko^asu-no-kl. 

 Hah. Prov. Harima : Kishima-mura in Iho-gori ( / '. (>tti/r ! Feb. M)()0). 



stern part of the main-land of Japan : from its external resemblance 

 m;<»nm amsahm Linn, after Mr. Uichi Ouye it has the local name 



Koyaau-no-h' in Kaibara's Vamato-Ifonzo vol. XIT, is a dif 

 plant, and Lindera prcecox Blume is also sometimes called so. 



Ilex (Prinos) Nemotoi Makino in Hot. Mag.. Tokyo, XIV. p. 32. 

 A shnib. Branchlet terete, uml>er, thinly din^-d with minute punctate 



-r ..blor.u. acut- 'm ll'tl 1 ," ends. Vl'enMdy mu e r „i to-crenulato^ 



<tl"' pid„-',vn!' ■' more Z.l'vinus V,,," th: '\nidrirVnd'' v.-ins) 1 ''i-T^'m. "ion-'. 

 |3-31cm. wide, decidu-us: midrib lender, imp.es.-d abw,-." p^mim-nt 

 beneath: veins 4-7 on each side, erect-patent ..r patulous somewhat 

 arcuate upwards, impressed above, prominent beneath : veinlets loose, not 



on the top of the peduncle, ven minim-, deltoid. H,uamiform. Flower 



I'nipe -lobo S( , trnrkt smooth, o mm. in each way. a<- eompanied I percent 

 sepals which are minute broadly ovato-deltoid ciliated-margined and slightly 



