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Ilex parvifolia HAY ATA (PI. XIX.) Materials i'ur a Flora of Formosa 

 p. 57. Brandies slender, braiichlets ferrugineo-tomentose. Leaves approxi- 

 mate, shortly petiolate, obloiig, 12 mm. long, 6 mm. broad, coriaceous, ob- 

 tuse at both ends or acute, aristately serrate, tomentose above on the 

 costas, veins obscure on both sides, tomentose above. Flowers axillary, 

 solitary, pedicellate, sepals 4, rounded, 1 mm. long. Drapes reddish, globose, 

 mm. in diameter, with 4 stones. 



HAB. Mt. Morrison, Arizan. 



Near Ilex uitricata HOOK. !'; but differs from it by the thinner, oblong, 

 leaves, Avhich are more or less aristately toothed on the margin. 7. intricata 

 lias nearly obovate leaves, without aristate teeth. 



Ilex rotunda THUNB. Fl. Jap. p. 77 ; DC. Proclr. II. p. 16 ; MIQ. in 

 Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. Ill, p. 106; HANCE in Journ. Bot. (1883) p. 

 296 ; SIEB. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. I. p. 149 ; MIQ. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 

 269 ; MAXIM, in Mem. Acad. Sc. Pe'tersb. T se'rie, XXIX. (1881) p. 36 ; 

 FRANCH. et SAVAT. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 77 ; FOIIBES et HEMSL. lud. Fl. 

 Siii. I. p. 118 ; HENUY List PL Formos. p. 27 ; ITO et MATSUM. Tent. Fl. 

 Lutch. p. 368 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Euum. PL Formos. p. 82. 



HAB. Hokuto, South Cape. 



DISTI.IB. Japan and China. 



Ilex taisanensis HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 57. 

 Branches cinerascent, rngulose longitudinally, branchlets straight, 

 triquetrous towards the apex, shortly pubescent or subglabrous, red- 

 dish. Leaves alternate, long petiolate, chartaceo-coriaceous, oblong, or 

 oblong-ovate, 37 mm. long, 15 mm. broad, acute at the apex, roundly 

 obtuse at the base, margin remotely creuate, veins and veinlets inconspicuous 

 on both sides, or very much slender, pallid beneath, petioles 1 cm. long, 

 slightly pubescent. Drupes solitary on the axils of the leaves, long pedun- 

 culate, (peduncles 2 cm. long, 2-bracteolate middway, bracteoles lanceolate 

 2 mm. long), globose, 5-6 mm. in diameter, albo- punctate, or not punctate, 

 with calyx at the base. Stones 3-5, somewhat compressed dorsally, convex 

 on the back, acute at the apex, smooth, 4 mm. long. 



