76 CONVCLVULACE.E. SCEOPHULAEIKE2E. 



2i-3 cm. ]atn apice iicr.ta basi aciita obtusa vel rotun 'ata vel cuneala margine in'egra in exsic- 

 ato supra nitida utraque g'abra, c stis venis veni.l.sque supra phis minus elevatis subtus 

 l^romintnte graeiliterque e'evatis, petiolis 8 min. longis glabris. Cyrnre pauoi floratie axillares vel 

 terminales 3-4 cm. longre terna'.im ramos.T?, bracteis- cuspidato-triangu'aribns H mm. longis, 

 pedicellis ul imis g\ibris 1cm. longis. Sepala 5 late rotundata 1mm. longn ]|mm. lata apice 

 rotund ata margice minute ciliolata. Corolla rotala, tubo subnullo, profande 5-lobata, lubis 

 linearibus 7mm. lonpis lj-2mm. latis npi'-e acutis basi baud vel vix cantractis conduplicato- 

 valvatis vel valvatis facde interiore late sulcatis glabris. Stnmira 5 lobis corollas alterna nd 

 basin loboium affixa siibbessilia o^ at j-oblonga 3 mm. longa 1mm. la'a Ji, ice apiculata busi 

 2-Iobuta, connec:ivis crasi-simis. Ovarinm ovoideo-globosum 1mm. longum glabrum apioe ad 

 stylum abeuns, stylo 5 mm. longo glabro. 



HAS. Hongkong : Happy valley, leg B. HAYATA, Juni. 1917. 



Ntar Gttrilivri'i mult'iflora MAKIXO ; but (liffors from it in the leaves with very prominent 

 veins and vt inlets underneath, and in the glabrous connectives. 



As I \vus informed by Mr. DUXN, this interesting plant hal first been cV&covered in Hong- 

 kong in IDlO, a ytar before I colkcttd the sjime species in the same island. It is very so clo?e 

 to the Japanese species (j. mvlli flora that it Mas nssumid to be idtntical uith the latter. After 

 coming Lack home, I have compared the plant \\iih the type of G. mullijlora and found that 

 the Hongkong plant is a little different from the Japanese in the leaves which are very obtuse 

 or round at the base, and have very prominent veins and veinle's underneath. In G. multiflora, 

 tLe leaves are very cuneate at the base and have vtry s'endt-r scarcely prominent veins and 

 veinlets underneath. The leaves of the nov species are quite lrs'eil< a- d iridescent dark 

 green above, very pale beneath. 



In referring this plant to Gardr.tria, I have followed KEHDEI; (Fl. Wils 564) and have 

 retained the genus in the older and -wider sense, as the character on which EA,'XTSKI relied 

 to separate Pseudogardneria from Gnrdnerla is not constant; for G. lawe >l<it, as pointed out 

 by REHDEB, has the fLwers just intermediate between the two genera. 



Convolvulacese. 



Erycibe HOXB. 



Erycibe acutifolia HAYATA sp. nov. 



Erycibs cbtv sifolia HAYATA (non BENTH.) Ic. PJ. Formos. IT. p. 122 ; 

 Oen. Ind. p. 50. 



The Formosan plant was formerly identified with the Hongkong plant; 

 but the former is slightly different from the latter in having much acnter 

 leaves. 



Serophularineee. 



A'ttibulia LAM. 



Ambulia stipitata HAYATA sp. nov. Herba aqnatica ; caulis pauci- 

 ramosiis glal^er. Folia opposita verticillata glabra superiora a basi multi- 



