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other, it is very near to I), lax/forum in the inflorescence, flowers and fruits. 



Uraria DESV. 



Uraria formosana HAYATA n. n. 



Desmodium fcrmosanum HAY ATA Mater. Fl. Forinos. p. 77 ; Gen. Ind. 

 Fl. Formos. p. 19. 



Uraria latisepala HAYATA Ic. PI. Formes. III. p. 70 ; Gen. Ind. Fl. 

 Formos. p. 22. 



HAB. Jicchori, Raisha. 



Uraria yaeyamensis HAYATA sp. nov. Frutescens circ. SO cm. alta. Caulis teres tenuiter 

 pubescens. Folia alterna simphcia ovato-rotundata 3cm.-6cm. longa 2*-4cm. lata apice per- 

 fecte rotundata ad centrum aristis minutis mucronata basi late truncato-cordata vel tenuiter 

 cordata margine Integra supra minus subtus plus pubescenlia, oostis venis subtus distincte elevatis, 

 petiolis l-2j cm. longis tenuiter pubescentibus apice stipellis dnabus snbulato-linearibus 3-4 mm. 

 longis instructis, stipulis cuspidate -triangxilaribus 7 mm. longis 3 mm. latis apice cuspidatis 

 tenuiter pubescentibus. Spicte terminates cylindricre 5-6 cm. longre lj-2cm. late apice acute, 

 densissime floriferfe, bracteis imbricatis ovato-rotundatis apice longe cuspidatis cum cuspidibus 

 9 mm. longis 6 mm. latis extus dense hirsutis intus glabris, pedicellis 3 mm. longis dense 

 hirsutis. Calyx obconico-campannlatus usque ad medium 5-lobatns extus hirsutus, lobis superio- 

 ribus elongato-triangularibus 1| mm. longis 1 mm. latis apice acuminatis margine ciliatis, lobis 

 lateralibus longe seiiformibus 5 mm. longis teretibus longe setuloso-hirsutis, lobo infimo lobis 

 lateralibus conformi. Petala 5 : vexillum ovato-rotundatum, ungue obtriangulari-cnneiformi 1| 

 mm, longo, lamina 3 mm. longa 3|- mm. lata late OTato-rotundata integra ; alre cultriformes, ungue 

 lineari 1 mm. longo, laminis oblongo-cultriformibus 3J mm. longis 1J mm. latis apice late truncatis 

 basi latere siiperiore truncatis latere inferiore acutis ; carina; spatliuJato-cultiformes 5 mm. longre 

 1^ mm. latre apice obtusissimse basi longe attenuate. Stamina diadelpha, nlamentis fere connatis, 

 partibus liberis | mm. longis, antheris oblongis 1 mm. longis imm. latis. Ovarinm lineare \\ 

 mm. longum, stylo i mm. longo glabro filiformi sxirsum crassiusculo, stigmate terminal!. 



HAB. Yaeyama, leg. Kanasliiro, Juli. 1912. 



Perhaps identical with U. laffopoides DC. ; but differs from it by the nearly equally elongated 

 lower calyx lobes and in the leaves \vi1h nearly cordate bnse. 



Glycine LINN. 



Glycine pescadrensis HAYATA sp. nov. Humilis scaudeutissima. Caulis 

 teres adpresse liirsutns, pilis reflexis. Folia 3-foliata, foliolo terminali oblougo 

 vel lanceolate 142 cm. lougo 6-8 mm. lato apice obtusissimo basi obtusissimo 

 supra subglabro subtus adpresse liirsuto, foliolis lateralibus paullo minoribus, 

 petiolulis 1 mm. longis, stipellis 1 mm. longis subulatis, petiolis coinnuinibus 

 1^-2 cm. longis adpresse liirsutis, stipnlis subidato-lauceolatis 2J mm. longis. 

 Kacemi axillares simplices 6 cm. lougi laxe florati, pedicellis 2 mm. longis- 



