RUBIACE-E. 



LINN. 



Ophiorrhiza dimorphantha HAYATA (Fig. 23-1) Gen. Ind. p. 36. 



HAB. Daitonzan, Agioku, Kehmg. 



NOTE : Corolla hirsute inside, lobes 5, tube broader ; ovary sraojtli, but 



hirsute. 



Ophiorrhiza inflata MAXIM. (Fig. 23-2) Melang. Biol. XH. p. 729; 

 MATSUM. Ind. PL Jap. II.-2, p. 593. 



HAB. Ochubi ; Urai ; Agioku ; Shinjo ; Taiko ; Yeyama. 



NOTE : Flowers white glabrous. New to the flora of Formosa. 



Ophiorrhiza monticola HAYATA (Fig. 23-3) Gen. Ind. p. 36. 



HAB. Arisan, ad 2,500 m. alt. 



Ophiorrhiza parviflora HAYATA (Fig. 23-4) Gen Ind. p. 36. 



HAB. Kwashoto ; Kotosho ; Teraso ; Kusukusu. 



NOTE : Flowers white. 



Ophiorrhiza stenophylla HAYATA (Fig. 23-5) Gen. Ind. p. 36. 



HAB. Soseikyaku ; Togo et Kamiyodani ; Urai ; Raga ; Agioku, leg. 13. 

 HAYATA. 



NOTE : Corolla wliiie, lobes 4-5, tube very slender, glabrous within ; 

 ovary mmicate glabrous. 



Miisscvnda LINN. 



MussEenda albiflora HAYATA sp. nov. Frutex scandens, raniis et ramu- 

 lis teretibus hirsutis. Folia opposita oblouga 4-5 cm. longa 3-3 1 cm. lata 

 apice acuminata basi obtusa vel acuta margine integra chartacea utraque 

 pagine tenuissime hirsuta, petiolis 3-4 rnm. longis teuuiter hirsutis, stipuhs 

 interstipularibus dense hirsutis 2-partitis, partibus subulato-triaugularibus 4- 

 5 mm. longis apice subulatis glabris basi dense hirsutis. Cym?e terminalea 

 dense florifer?e liirsutae, bracteis triangulari-liuearibus 5 mm. longis hirsutis 

 acuminatis. Flores fere sessiles. Calyx tubiformis cum lobis 6-7 mm. longus 

 2 mm. latus, tubo 1-2 mm. longo, limbo 5-partito, partibus linearibus erectis 

 subulatis 4-6 mm. longis basi 1 mm. latis extus hirsutis intus glabris. Corolla 

 tubulosn 13-15 mm. louga extus hirsuta, tubo \ cm. longo 2 mm. lato, limbo 



