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Bot. Jalirb. XXIX. p. 008 ; ITO et MATSUM. Tent. Fl. Lutch. in Journ. 

 Sci. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo XII. p. 297. 



The Formosv.i plant which was mentioned as C. Idrsuta in MATSUM. 

 et HAY ATA Enuin. PL For mo?. p. 23 should be divided into two, each 

 representing a variety of the type. 



var. rotundiloba HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 31. 

 Herb glabrous, stem simple 15 c:n. long, few-leaved. Radical leaves 

 pinnate spathulate in outline, 6 cm. long (including petals) 1 cm. broad, 

 piniire 4-5 on both sides, distant, subsessile rounded often oblique obscurely 

 lobate or entire, 5-10 mm. long, petioles 3 cm. long, complauate slight! v 

 dilate at the base. Racemes 10 cm. long remotely fknvered. Siliques linear 

 straight, 22 mm. long. 1 mm. broad, obtusely truncate at the apex. Seeds 

 minute scabrous, oblong, rounded at both ends, 1 mm. long. 



HAB. Formosa : Shintiku, Goshixan. 



The present variety is easily distinguishable from the type in having 

 much more rounded lobes of leaflets. There is a specimen very much like 

 this variety at Kew which is labelled Oardainine Idrsuta Lixx. with a question 

 mark. 



var. formosana HAY ATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 30. 

 Stems glabrous, branched, ascendent, 15 cm. high, with some leaves. Leaves pin- 

 nately-cleft, obovate in outline, 5 cm. long (including petioles), 2.1 cm. broad, 

 petioles 2 cm. long, complanate or winged, lateral segments obovate rounded 

 at the apex, 3-5 lobulate, abruptly attenuate at the base, 24- cm. long. 

 Racemes 4 cm. long, pedicels 1 mm. long, bracts obtuse f mm. long. 

 Sepals 4, oblong, 1 \ -mm long, f mm. broal. Petals 4, obovate, spathulate, 

 1-} mm. long, rounded or emargiuate at the apex, narrowed at the base. 

 Stamens Ilium, long, filaments complanate. Ovary cylindrical li mm. 

 long. Siliques linear, straight, 17 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, obtuse on both 

 ends. Seeds oblong, | mm. long, minutely scabrous. 



HAB. Taitj : Hakuhakusha. 



There is a specimen very much like this in the Kew herbarium. It is 

 labelled C. hirsuta Lixx., but quite different from the type. As the present 



