IOC TTLTAfTJE. 



lobes acute, outside villose, inside pubescent, glanduliferous, marginate. 

 Petals 5, oblong-spathulate, truncate or emarginate at the apex. Stamens 5, 

 opposite the petals, filaments dilate, connate, stamiuodes ; anther-cells pa- 

 rallel, connectives slightly produced, emarginate. Ovary sessile, 1-celled, 2- 

 ovulecl. Styles exceutric, upwards fimbriate, flexuose. Capsules obovoid 2- 

 valved on the back, 1 -seeded. Seeds ascendent, glabrous, pentagonous in 

 section, albuminose. Embryo straight, cotyledons flattened, radicule near the 

 hilum. 



HAB. Shiutiku. 



. An endemic plant. 



Tiliaceee. 



s of the Formosan Genera. 



(1) Anthers globose or oblong, opening by slits. (2) 

 Anthers linear, opening by terminal pores. (4) 



(2) Petals glandular at the base. Stamens springing from the apex of a 

 raised torus. (3) 



Petals not glandular. Stamens springing from a contracted torus 



Corchorus. 2 



(3) Fruits not at all prickly Greivia. 1 



Fruits prickly TriumfeUa. 3 



(4) Stamens on a depressed torus. Truits Oapsular. (5) 



Stamens on a raised torus. Fruits drupaceous El&ocarpm. 6 



(5) Sepals 4-5, petals v. rarely 1-4, imbricate Sloanea. 4 



Sepals 4, 2-seriately imbricate, petals 4, incised, subimbricate 



Eclt.inocarpiis. 5 



1. Greivia LINN. 







Dicliotomous Key to the Formosan Spe.cies. 



(1) Leaves obliquely cordate at the base Grewla tilicefdia. 



Leaves cuneate or slightly cordate at the base. ('2) 



