EHAMNEJE. 143 



F;im. Nat. I. p. 147 ; MAXIM. Rliam. Or. As. p. G ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. 

 Fl. Sin. I. p. 127; HENRY List PL Formes, p. 27; MAKING in Tokyo Bot. 

 Mag. X. p. 65 ; MATSUM. in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XII. p. 22 ; ITO et MATSUM. 

 Tent. Fl. Lutch. p. 376; DIELS FL Geutr. Chin. p. 458; MATSUM. et 

 HAYATA Enum. PL Formos. p. 87. 



HAB. Shintiku, Hiuan, Boryo, Tamsui. 



DISTRIB. Loo-choo, Hongkong, China, Himalaya. 



Berchemia racemosa SIEB. et Succ. FL Jap. Fam. Nat. I. p. 147 ; 

 BENTH. Fl. Hongk. p. 67 ; MAXIM. Rham. Or. As. p. 5 ; FORBES et HEMSL. 

 Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 127 ; HENRY List PL Formos. p. 27 ; DIELS Fl. Centr. 

 Chin. p. 458 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Euum. PL Formos. p. 87. 



HAB. Keluug, Tamsui. 



DISTRTB. Japan, China : Shensi Kiang-si, Fokien. 



5. JHif minus LINN. 



Dicliotomons Key to the Formosan Species. 



(1) Flowers shortly pedicellate R. formosana. 



Flowers elongatsly pedicellate 7?. Nakaliarai. 



Rhamnus Nakaharai HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 

 61. Branches quite glabrouSj nearly alternately divaricate. Leaves roundly 

 ovat.^, rounded at the base or acute, acuminate at the apex or cuspidate, 7 cm. 

 long, 3| cm. broad, margin (except base and apex) crenulato -serrate, serras ac- 

 uminate, recurved, veins 5-6 on each side, spreading out at an acute angle, 

 slightly arched, membranaceous, petioles nearly 1 cm. long. Male flowers not 

 yet known. Female flowers 5-6-clustered at the axils of the lower leaves, 

 clusters slightly supra-axillary, connate to the branchlets, sometimes inserted 

 at the height of 5-6 mm. above the axils, pedicels slender, a little longer 

 than petioles, 1 cm. long, incrassate at the apex, reaching the calyx-tube. 

 Calyx-lobes 3-times longer than the tube, nearly 3 mm. long, lanceolate, 3- 

 nerved, callose at the apex. Rudiments of petals and stamens filiforined, 

 very minute, -} mm. long. Ovary globose, 1 mm. long, much exsertad from 



