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subglobose, 5-lobate. Drupes globose, 3 mm. in diameter, shortly acute, 

 stigma 5-lobed. 



HAB. Taito, by S. KUSANO, 1908, July. 



The present plant bears some resemblance to the Japanese Ilex macro- 

 poda MlQ. ; but the leaves of the Japanese plant are more or less 

 hairy, while those of the Formosan are quite glabrous. Besides, the former 

 has deciduous leaves, while the latter persistent ones. Also near /. unacro- 

 carpa OLIVE, but differs from it in having much smaller fruits ; from /. 

 talwamana HAYATA in having much thinner leaves and much larger 

 flowers. 



Ilex nokoensis HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 50. 

 Branches strong, cinerascent, leiiticellate, slightly pilose, hairs iiigricant, 

 many-branched, braiichlets divaricate, leafy, ciuereo-rubescent, shortly hirsute. 

 Leaves alternate, shortly petiolate, greenish, oblong, ovate or obovate, 2 cm. 

 long, 1] cm. broad, roundly obtuse at the apex, or obtuse, sometimes calloso- 

 mucronate, base acute or cuneately acute, margin upwards creuate, crenas 

 somewhat callose at the apex, entire downwards costas, veins and veinlets 

 impressed above, but slightly elevated below, petioles 2 mm. long. 



HAB. Nokosau, at an elevation of 9000 ft., by T. KAWAKAMI and U. 

 Mow, 1908, January, (No. 4582). 



This is very like Ilex crenata THUNB., but differs from it in having im- 

 pressed veins on the surface of the leaves, which are quite obtusely creuate 

 011 the margin. Iii /. crenata, the leaves are shortly aristate at the apex of 

 the teeth 011 the margin. Moreover, the lowersurface of the leaves of the 

 same species is minutely dotted, while that of the present plant is quite 

 smooth, but never dotted. It also bears some resemblances to I. luzonica HOLFE, 

 and also to 1. Tkomsoni ; but differs from the former in having obovate or 

 oblongo-ovate leaves which are crenate towards the apex, and from the latter 

 in having calloso-obtusely (but not mucroiiataly) creuate leaves. Those of 

 I. luzonica ROLFE are usually oblong, more acutely or mucronately creuate 

 from the base to the apex, while these are usually obovate, very obtusely 

 crenate only towards the apex. 



