330 MR. B. HAYATA ON A 
On Taiwania, a New Genus of Conifere from the Island of 
Formosa. By Buxzo Havafa, Tokyo. (Communicated 
by Dr. Maxwzrr T. Masters, F.R.S., F.L.S.) 
[Read 5th April, 1906.] 
(PrATE 16.) 
Tue very interesting Conifer described in this paper was kindly 
sent to me by Mr. N. Konishi, Government Expert of Formosa. 
It was obtained by him with several other species on the 
western slope of Mt. Morrison, at an altitude of 2000 metres. 
Tatwanta*, Hayata, n. g. 
Flores monoici? d ..... @.Strobilus subglobosus, bracteis 
minutissimis; squam:e multiseriate laxiuscule spiraliter imbri- 
cate parum indurate apice squarroso-patentes persistentes 
obovate apice leviter mucronate basi cuneate. Semina ad medium 
squamarum fertilium 2 reversa oblonga, testa coriacea duriuseula, 
ala angusta cincta; embryo 2-cotyledoneus.—Arbor semper- 
virens dense foliata, ramis patentibus. Folia squameformia 
spiraliter conferta adnato-decurrentia, in ramis vegetis anguste 
lineari-falcata incurvo-erecta 4-gona, angulo dorsali prominente. 
Strobilus terminalis. 
TAIWANIA CRYPTOMERIOIDES, Hayata, n. sp. Arbor. Folia 
polymorpha, rami adulti squameformia triangularia breviter acuta 
carinata 5 mm. longa, 8 mm. lata per totam fere faciem ramo 
adnata; ramuli superioris faleato-incurva decurrentia 6 mm. longa, 
3 mm. lata ; rami vegeti aceroso-linearia latere compressa superne 
et subtus carinata, rhombeo-tetragona in sectione, 15 mm. longa. 
Strobilus subglobosus, 10-13 mm. longus, squamis numerosis 15, 
parum induratis margine tenuibus, apice mucronatis obcordatis 
vel obeonieis 8 mm. longis, 5 mm. latis, basi additis bracteis 
minutissimis, squamis inferioribus vaeuis minoribus. Semina 
oblonga cum alis 6 mm. in longitudine, alis utrinque sinuatis ; 
albumen carnosum; embryo oblongus, 23 mm. longus; cotyle- 
dones 2, plane. 
[* The generic name is derived from Taiwan, the Chinese name of the 
Island of Formosa; the generic name was originally and provisionally given 
as Taiwanites, an appellation now suppressed in favour of the permanent name 
Taiwania.] 
