BOSACEJE. 235 



Leaves simple, coriaceous, ovate in outline, slightly coivlate at the base, 

 acuminate at the apex, 5| cm. long, 4-J- cm. broad, 3-lobed, central lobe 

 elongately ovate, 3- cm. broad, acuminate at the apex, slightly contracted 

 at the base, margin slightly dentately serrulate, teeth serrulate, dentate on 

 the sinus between lobes, basal lobe ovate acute at the apex, roundly acute at 

 the base on loAver side, trinerved, central nerve 51 cm. long, 2-times as long as 

 lateral nerves, lateral nerves 2.J- cm. long, divaricate from the central nerve 

 at an angle of 45, slightly pubescent above, glabrous at last, glaucous beneath, 

 pubescent on the nerves and veins, veinlets above impressed, elevated 

 beneath, petioles 1 cm. long, pubescent, stipules inserted at the base of the 

 petioles, lanceolate pubescent, 7 mm. long. Flowers terminal, solitary, peduncles 

 1 cm. long, villosely pubescent. Calyx campanulate, 2-2^ cm. in diameter, 

 villosely pubescent 011 both sides, aculeate, prickles minute, 1 mm. long, 

 sparingly dispersed, 5-lobed, lobes triangular-acuminate, 6-12 mm. long, 4 mm. 

 broad. Fruits (syncarp) couico-globose, 1 cm. in diameter. Drupels 2 mm. 

 long, styles 2 mm. long, hirsute. 



HAB. Taito : Shinsuikei. 



The present Riibus is also near R. conduplicatus and R. incisus, but 

 differs from them in prickled calyx. 



Rubus taiwanianus MATSUAL in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XVI. p. 3 ; MATSUM. 

 et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. p. 123. 



HAB. Taihoku, Sharyoto, Hikaku, Pachina, Maruyama, Okaseki. 



5. F i' ay aria LINN. 



Key to the Formosan Species. 



Leaflets thinner slightly pubescent, outer sepals much larger than the inner, 

 foliaceous F. indica. 



Leaflets a little thicker, densely villose beneath, outer sepals as large as the 

 inner, small, lanceolate F. vesca var. minor. 



Fragaria indica ANDH. ; SEE. in DC. Prodr. II. p. 571 ; S. MOORE iu 

 Jouru. Bot. (1878) p. 138 ; HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. H. p. 343 ; FRANCHET 



