ROSACE JE. 210 



long, pubescent. Calyx-tube pubescent, urceolately tubuliformed, 4 mm. long, 

 limb 5-lobed, lobes patentj narrowed, 3 mm. long, acuminate, glandiiloso-serrulate 

 on the margin. Petals 5, obloug, 8 mm. long, 4 mm. broad, 2-lobed at the apex, 

 (lobes 1^ mm. long, obtuse) or emarginate at the apex. Ovary ovate, 1 

 mm. long, glabrous, style 7} mm. long, sparingly barbellate downwards, but 

 glabrous towards the apex, stigma capitellate. Fruits ellipsoid G mm. 

 long, 5 mm. broad, apiculate, with calyx-cupule at the base, long pedunculate, 

 peduncles 2 cm. long. 



HAB. Naiito : Musha. 



Somewhat near Primus pendula MAXIM., but distinguishable by the 

 smaller flowers with narrower and more deeply emarginate petals. 



2. Pritisepia HOYLE. 



Prinsepia utilis BOYLE HAY ATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 

 105. Branches greenish, glabrous, spinous, spines alternate, 1^ cm. long, 

 axillary, solitary. Leaves greenish, alternate, petiolate, oblong, lanceolate, 4} cm. 

 long, l! cm. broad, subeutire or obscurely subcreuate, acute shortly aristate at the 

 <ipex and shortly attenuate at the base, petioles 7 mm. long. Flowers shortly 

 racemose or 3-5-clustered, racemes axillary, 2- 3 cm. long, few-flowered, pedicels 1 

 cm. -2 cm. long. Flowers 1| cm. in diameter. Sepals 5, very unequal 2-outer 

 ones smallest, rounded, 2 mm. long, incrassate, 3-inuer ones larger, rounded 

 4 mm. long, margin scarious. Petals 5, ovately rounded, 6 mm. long, 5 mm. 

 broad, rounded at the apex, shortly obtuse at the base. Stamens co inserted 

 on the margin of the disc, filaments 2 mm. long, anthers 2- celled, connectives 

 broader, emarginate at the apex. Ovary globose, 1 mm. long, style 2-3 mm. 

 long, lateral, spirally recurved or ascendent, stigma capitato-peltate. Fruits 

 not yet known. 



Very interesting genus closely allied to Celastrinese. 



HAB. Ganzan, Mt. Morrison, the central mountain ranges. 



DISTEIB. Temperate Himalayas. 



