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shorter styles, broader sepals and less hairy capsules. The genus is new to 

 the flora of Formosa. 



Alchornea loochooensis HAYATA sp. nov. 



Alchornea trewioides HAYATA Rev. Euph. Bux. Jap. in Journ. Coll. Sci. XX-3, p. 47, (non 

 MUELL. AEG.) 



HAB. Loo-choo : Kumejima. 



Euphorbia LINN. 



Euphorbia formosana HAYATA Gen. Ind. Fl. Formos. p. 66. 



Euphorbia orientalls HAYATA Gen. Ind. Fl. Fornios. p. 66, (non LINN.). 



Euphorbia garanbiensis HAYATA sp. nov. Pereuuis ; rliizorna incras- 

 satum ; caulis diffusus a basi ramosissimus, ratnis humifusis 10-15 cm. longis 

 glabris. Folia opposita oblique rotundato-ovata 8 mm. louga totinsqne lata 

 apice obtusissima basi valde oblique cordata mavgine integra vel obscure 

 serrulata nervoso-uiarginata, textura crassiuscula, subsessilia, vel petiolis 1 mm. 

 lougis, stipulis iuterpetiolaribus cuspidiformibus ,1 mm. longis. Cynia axillaris. 

 Involucrum semiglobosum 1 mm. longum 2 mm. latum glabrum, glandulis 

 4 late rotnudatis 1 mm. latis, appeudiculis reniformibus 1| mm. latis integris, 

 pedunculis 5 mm. lougis ; bracteolis iutra involucrum liuearibus laceratis 4- mm. 

 lougis. Fl. 1 : antliera didyuama, connectives haud productis. Fl. ? : ovariiim 

 glabrum la?ve, stylis 3 apice furcatim lobatis. 



HAB. Garanbi, leg. B. HAYATA, Juni. 1912. 



Near E. san guinea STEUD. ; but differs from it in the presence of petaloid 

 appendages of glands. 



Euphorbia liukiuensis HAYATA sp. nov. Perennis ; caulis humifusus, ramis cliff usis glnbris. 

 Folia opposita elliptica, 6-7 mm. longa 4 mm. lata apice obtusissima vel rotundata basi oblique 

 cordata margine subintegra versus apicem obscure serrvalata, textura tenuiter incrassata, utraque 

 glabra, pttiolis 1 mm. longis, stipulis interpetiolaribus digitalim tissis brevissimis. Cyma 

 axillaris. Inoliierum obconicum 1 mm. longum totmsque latum glabrum ; glanduiis 4, ap- 

 pendioulis integris J mm. latis ; lobis involucri triangularibus laceratis ; bracteolis intra involucrum 

 linearibus laceratis. Capsuln 3-cocca, coccis semi-ovatis 1 J mm. longis | mm. latis Irevibas. 

 Semina l:>3via 1 mm. longa angulato-ovoidea. 



HAB. Yonakuni, leg. Y. SHIMADA, Oct. 1917. 



Near Euphorbia sanguined STEUD ; but differs from it in the presence of the appendage of 

 glands. 



Euphorbia Peplus LINN.; DUNN et TUTCHER, Fl. Kwantung et Hongk. 

 p. 232. 



HAB. Tamsui. 



