MALVACEAE. 93 



Branches slender fusceiit, sometimes ashy coloured. Leaves arranged to- 

 wards the apex of the branches, alternate, petiolate, oblong, obovate, 10-12 

 cm. long, 3} cm. broad, subacute at the apex or acuminate, obtuse at the 

 extremity, margin serrate towards the apex, entire downwards, cuneate at 

 the base, veiulets elevated and reticulated beneath, minutely prominently punc- 

 tate, coriaceous, petioles short, 6 mm. long. Flowers solitary at the axils of 

 the apical leaves, shortly pedunculate, peduncles 3-4 mm. long, nearly 

 pilose. Flower-buds ovate. Flowers when opened 3-3| cm. in diameter. 

 Sepals 5, strong imbricate, deciduous, iuequal, margin ciliolate, coriaceous, 

 somewhat thick, sericeo-pubesceiit, outermost ones smaller, broadly orbicular or 

 broadly crescent-shaped, 4 mm. broad, 3 mm. long, innermost larger, embrac- 

 ing flower-buds, broadest, obtusely acute at the base, thick at the middle, thinner 

 towards the margin, 2 cm. broad. Petals 5-6, inequal, connate at the base, 

 obovately oblong, 3-exterior ones larger, obovately oblong, 1 1 cm. long, 12 mm. 

 broad, truncately emarginate at the apex, narroAved at the base, margin 

 curled, 2 interior ones smaller, narrowed. Stamens numerous, connate at the 

 base, shorter than petals, 8 mm. long. Ovary densely shortly sericeo -hirsute, 

 3-celled (placentas incrassate) 7 mm. long (including style) ovoid, gradually 

 narrowed at the apex to the style. Styles 3, connate to the iniddway, or 

 entirely connate, stigma 011 the apex of the branchlets of the style, 2- 

 lamellate. 



HAB. Shinko : liemogansha, coll. T. KAWAKAMI and U. Mom, 190(5, June. 



This comes very near T. rdiculata : but differs from it by the leaves 

 and flowers. 



Species imperfectly known. 



CAMELLIA EUEYOIDES LINDL.; MAT.SUM. et HAY ATA Enurn. PI. Formos. 

 p. 49. 



Malvaceae. 



Conspectus of the Formosan Genera. 



Malvaceae. Herbs or shrubs, ripe carpels separating from the axis. Styles 

 as many as the carpels. (1) 



