ERICACE.E. 65- 



pilorum instructo. Stamina 5 tubo corollae affixa, filameiitis brevibus, antheri& 

 linearibus 1| mm. longis I mm. latis. Stylus 7-8 mm. longus glaber alte 2- 

 fidus. Discus obconicus apieem ovarii obtectus. 



HAB. Chuho, leg. Y. SHIMADA, Sept. 1915. 



Near P. tomentosa ; but differs from it in having leaves wliich are very 

 scabrous above and densely villose beneath. 



Galium LINN. 



Galium trifidum. MICHX. ; MAXIM. Melang. Biol. IX. p. 260 ; MATSUM. 

 lud. PL Jap. H.-2, p. 588. 



HAB. Laco Suisha, leg. B. HAY ATA, Aprili. 1916. 



Exactly identical with the Japanese species. Fruits glabrous; corolla- 

 lobes 3, white. New to the flora of Formosa. 



Daninacanthus G^ERTN. 



Damnacanthus Tashiroi HAYATA sp. nov. Frutex scanrlentissimus ; rami et ramuli gracilea 

 glabri. Folia opposit.i crasse coriacea oblonga oblong*o obovata 6-7 cm. longa 2^-3 cm. lala apice 

 acutissima basi cunt'ato-attenuata margine Integra utraque pagine glabra supra nitida subtus 

 pallida, ccsta supra imprtssa sublus eltvata, venis supra baud vel vix elevatis subtus non vis-is 

 divaiicatis rectis, petiolis 1 cm. lougis glabris, stipulis ignotis. Flores ignoti. Frttctus ad axillas 

 foliorum solilariter vel fasciculatim dispositi, pedicellis 5mm. longis. Bacca depresso-globosa 4 

 mm. longa 5mm. lata apice dentibus calycis coronata 4-sperma, semiuibus ovoideis 3-4 mm. 

 longis. 



HAB. Loochoo, leg. Y. TASHIKO, Mart. 1887. 



Ericaceae. 

 Rhododendron LINN. 



Rhododendron formosanum HEMSL. in Kew Bulletin 1895, p. 183, 

 n. 200. 



"Kamulis floriferis cito glabrescentibus crassis cinereis, foliis confeitis distincte petiolatis 



prirnum lanato-tomentosis cito glabrescenlibus crassis coriaceis suberectis anguste oblanceolatis 



elongnti.s obtusissimis deorsum longe attenuatis margiue incrassatis supra subnitidis minute re- 



ticulnlis, costa angustissiira impressa subtus cinereis costa elevafa, petiolo subterete angustissime 



canaliculate, cataphyllis arete imbrioatis inferioribus coriaceis brevibus rotundatis ciliolatis super- 



ioubi^s Jaxis elongatis tenuibus mollibus fem.gineo-pulverulentis, floribns mediociibus racemosis 



zacemis terminalibus Tel pseudoterminalibus 7-10 floris, pedicellis longis, calyce fermgineo 



piabeiulo bievissimo obscnre lafe lobato, corolla iutus extusque g'abra breviter lateque lobata, 



lobo pcfctico emarginato, staminibus 10 inclusis, filamentis infra medium incrassatis birsutis, 



