138 CELASTRINEJE. 



2-4-lobate, 2-4-locular, truncate at the apex, ecliinate on the face, spines 

 sometimes nearly 30, sometimes 5-6, recurved, 1-2 mm. long, styles persistent. 

 Seeds quadrant-shaped, rubesceut, 5 mm. long, smooth, testa coriaceous. 



Eucmymus ecldnatus T. ITO in ITO et MATSUM. Tent. Fl. Lutch. p. 371; 

 HAY ATA Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 69. 



HAB. Mt. Morrison : Tozau ; Mushazan. 



DISTRIB. Loo-choo. 



When I mentioned the present plant in my " Fl. Mont. Formos.", I 

 was merely comparing it with a Loo-choo plant which had been determined 

 by Dr. T. ITO, and referred to E. echinata WALL, in his " Tent. Fl. Lutch. 

 p. 371." As the Formosau plant is exactly identical with Dr. ITO'S plant, I used 

 the same name for my plant. While working here at Kew, I have compar- 

 ed with Mr. SPRAGUE the present plant with the type of the named species, 

 and have found that they are clearly not identical. The former is easily dis- 

 tinguishable from the latter by many points, but especially by the very much 

 fewer and much more slender spines on the fruit. In WALLICH'S species, the 

 spines are much more numerous and stronger. Our plant is very near E. 

 siibsessilis SPRAGUE ( = E. ecldnatus LOUR.), but differs from it in having 

 much fewer and more slender spines. 



6. Euonymus trichocarpus HAYATA Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 69 ; Branch- 

 lets trichotomously divaricate, nearly tetragonous, glabrous. Leaves opposite, 

 petiolate, petioles nearly 1 cm. long, semi-terete, blades oblong-elliptical, 6-7 

 cm. long, 4 cm. broad, apex obtuse or acute, base rounded or obtuse, rarely 

 slightly narrowed, margin serrulate, serrulas obtuse, veins prominent on both 

 sides. Cymes (on lateral branchlets) opposite, few-flowered. Flowers not 

 known. Capsules depressingly globose, 6-7 mm. in diameter, shortly prickled, 

 prickles 1 mm. long. 



HAB. Mt. Morrison. 



This plant resembles E. ecldnatus WALL. ; but differs from it in having 

 very short and dense spines on the fruits. 



