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punctate, points blackish purple. Petals 5, elougately obovate, 7 mm. long, 

 2| mm. broad, rouudedly truncate at the apex, sometimes slightly emarginate, 

 cuneately narrowed at the base, punctately maculate from the middle 

 upwards, points linear or orbicular, blackish purple. Stamens 25-30, 

 connate at the base, filaments filiformed 4-5 mm. long, anthers broadly 

 orbicular emargiuate at both ends, ^ mm. long, maculate on the back at the 

 apex, spots orbicular. Ovary oblongly ovoid 3 mm. long, 1 J mm. broad, 

 3-sulcate. Styles 3, distinct, 3 mm. long. Capsules elongately ovoid, 1 cm. 

 long, 4 mm. broad, crowned with persistent styles. Seeds numerous shortly 

 cylindrical, f mm. long, J mm. broad, obscurely mucrouate on both ends, 

 elegantly muricate under microscope. 



HAB. Taisan, coll. T. KAWAKAMI. 



Near Hypericum erect, ton THUNB. ; but differs from it in having elongated, 

 ovate leaves. 



Hypericum randaiense HAYATA (PI. XVII.) Materials for a Flora of 

 Formosa p. 39. Shrubby small, procumbent at the base, but ascendent 

 towards the apex, stems slender tetragonous, prominent at the angles, 

 glabrous, rubescent. Leaves opposite, sessile, linear, or linear-lanceolate 

 truncate at the apex, or shortly mucrouate, 13 mm. long, 2i mm. broad, 

 slightly punctate on the margin, or not punctate, but dotted with pelucid 

 dots. Cymes 3-5-flowered, or reduced to one flower, pedicels 1-2 cm. 

 long. Sepals 5, linear-narrowed, 5.]- mm. long, 1^ mm. broad, obtuse, dotted 

 with 2 or 3 black points on the margin, but dotted with a few pelucid 

 dots on the blades or not at all punctate. Petals 5, strongly oblique obovate, 

 rounded at the apex, obliquely cuneately acute at the base, 9 mm. long, 5 

 mm. broad. Stamens numerous, filaments 6-7 mm. long, anthers broad orbi- 

 cular, i mm. broad, emarginate on both sides, maculate on the back on the 

 apex. Ovary ovoid, 3-sulcate, 2} mm. long, styles 3, distinct, 5^ mm. long. 



HAB. Pvandaizan, coll. U. Mom and B. HAYATA, Aug. 1908, (No. 7108). 



This is very near H. perforatum but differs from it in having much 

 obtuse sepals. 



Hypericum Nagasawai HAYATA (PI. XVIII.) Materials for a Flora of 



