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diameter, lobes 5, triangular, pilose, tube very pilose inside. Petals 5, 

 orbicular, 3-4 mm. long as broad, ernargiiiate at tlie apex, slightly contracted 

 at the base. Stamens co . Carpels 5, mostly pilose, styles glabrous. 

 HAB. Taito. 



Cotoneaster Koizumi! HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 101. 

 Branches dark ashy, longitudinally rugose, branchlets divaricate, spinose towards 

 the apex, densely pubescent, (hairs soft), leafy. Leaves alternately 2-3- 

 clustered toAvards the apex of the brauchlets (leafy branches very short | mm. 

 long), obovate or spathulately obovate, 18 mm. long, 11 mm. broad, roundly 

 emargiuate and shortly apiculate at the apex, cuueately obtuse at 

 the base, quite entire, coriaceous, nearly shining above, pallid beneath, slightly 

 reddish on both surfaces when dried, petioles 3 mm. long. Cymes terminal 

 on the apex of the lateral brauchlets, sessile, 2]- cm. long, 3 cm. bro.id, 

 glabrous. Drupes depressingly globose, 4 mm. long, 5 mm. broad. Calyx 

 (fructiferous) suburceolate-globose, lobes persistent, broadly triangular, nearly 

 including stones. Stones 5, naked at the apex, roundly quadrantiformed 

 24 mm. long, 1J mm. broad, fusco-rubescent. 



HAB. Piuaii. 



The present plant is very distinct from other species of the genus, in 

 having obovate or even spathulate leaves which are emarginate at the apsx. 

 From C. formcsana, it differs in the inflorescence on the shortened brauchlets 

 standing nearly alternately on a side-branch. 



Cotoneaster taitoensis HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 

 102. Shrub, branches very ashy-dark, nearly shining, longitudinally 

 rugose, branchlets divaricate shortly sparingly pubescent, spines simple 

 1 cm. long. Leaves alternately approximately disposed on the shortest lateral 

 branchlets, or 3-4-clustered on the apex of the very short branchlets, ob- 

 ovately spathulate or spathulate, 3J- cm. long, 1 cm. broad, truucately emar- 

 ginate at the apex, shortly apiculate, entire on the margin, slightly pubescent, 

 at last glabrous, cuneately narrowed at the base, coriaceous, nearly shining 

 above, pale beneath, rubesceut when dried, petioles 3 mm. long. Fruits 

 paniculate, panicles terminal on the short brauchlets. Drupes globose, | cm. 



