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thickets w け h other trees and shrub も such as 成が a が eurum octa が lyllum, 
Viburnum odomti が Imum, Cycas revoluta, Ardisia Sieholdi, Mcesa Doraena ， 
JEl 化 agnm macro が t/y な a, Smiiax stenopetala, Psydiotvki sev^pens, & じ 
I saw also several times sterile plants of this species at diffeirnt places 
in the south げ n pa バ of Osumi and Saiisuma. ^>^6 natives call it " Hato- 
banoki，，， "Hadara，，’ or く‘ Hadon り ki,，' and use its foliage as : fodd が for ca け le 
and hoi's が， Kefbre my excursion to Kmshiu Mr. Antei Tasliiro collected 
this species in these district and also in Looclm リ 887) ; but at that time 
the flowers being wanting, he considered it as identical witli Villdmm れ a 
frutescens， which also grows in southern Japan. Indeed their leaves are 
much alike, but the difference of inflorescence is very great, that of the 
one being Iod gly pedunculate, and that of the other alino が sessile. As to 
tlie minor points of difFercrice of the leaf, the finer serrat:ur も the 化 icker 
a-ud firm げ texture, aud tlie absence of soft hairs on the under surface, are 
the chief 〇 11 なむ 1 が 6 の which distinguish the fbrmer む on] the latter. lu 
Ffanchet and Savatiei.’s バ Enumeratio が a 打 tarum り only one speci が of I it- 
lebrunea mentioned as occur Id g in Japan. Sin が that time , nothing has 
been written aliout the discovery of any new Japanese Villelrrunea. 1 口 
De Camlolle’s 。 Prodromus ，， there are mentioned 9 specie of this が nu も 
but none of them agree with my s;pecimen. I have also consulted Bentham s 
‘‘ Flora Hongkou が 118 知 ノ， and other works but could not find any species 
が sembling ray plant. I venture theirefore to name and describe my specimen. 
I have figured in the arme;s:ed plate not only this new 'species but also 
Villehrunea frut が cens , が whicli we じ kewise lack a が o(l figure in our 
botanical works. In the cou が e of studying the IHerature が garding 
