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1. Astilbe HAM, 



Conspectus of tJ/e Formosan 



(1) Flowers larger, in dense spike-like panicles, leaves nearly glabrous. 



............ A. macroflora. 



Flowers smaller, in looser panicles, leaves hirsute or nearly glabrous. 



(A. loinjicni'jxi. 



(A. cMnensis. 



Astilbe chinensis FKANCH. et SAY.; HAY ATA Fl. Mont. Fonnos. p. 80. 



HAB. (ranzan in the Mon-ison ranges. 



DISTRIB. Amurland, Japan, and central and northern China. 



There is a little doubt about this being A. cJtinensift FKAXCU. et SAY AT. 



Astilbe longicarpa HAYATA Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 100 ; Herb, nearly 1 

 m. high or higher, erect, stem glabrous. Jladical leaves yet unknown. Caulinc 

 leaves long petiolate ternately pinnate, lateral leaflets ovate, terminal one 

 acuminately ovate duplicately sen-ate, serras acuminate, petiolulate. Kacemes 

 30 cm. long, base 12 cm. broad, pyramidal, racemules (lower ones) pedunculate, 

 upper ones subsessile. Flowers short! y pedicellate, bracteolate at the base of 

 calyx. Calyx 11 mm. long, lobes ovate truncate. Petals spathulately obovate 

 nearly 1 mm. long, minutely apicnlate at the apex, margin entire. Stamens 

 10, very much exserted, 2-times longer than the petals. Carpels 2, distinct. 

 Fruits cylindraceo-ovoid shortly rostrate, 4 mm. long including beaks. 



HAB. Tappansha ; Mt. Morrison. 



Astilbe macroflora HAYATA Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 86, et Mater. Fl. 

 Formos. p. 106. Herb, nearly 30 cm. high, erect, base with scales which are 

 membranaceous, dark, broadly ovate, acuminate, numerous, obvallate. Rhizomes 

 thick, with numerous fibers, stems and petioles dark haiiy. Iladical leaves 

 and cauline ones ternately-bipinnate, petioles neary equally long as the 

 blades, long pilose at the nodes of the petioles, folioles ovate or oblong, base 

 cordate, rarely slightly 3-lobed, 3 cm. long 2-i cm. broad, sparingly hairy, 

 above slightly pilose 011 the cost, biserrate, primary serratures larger shortly 



