92 63. KUBIACE.E. 



crassis. Corolla 14 mm. longa, extus glabra, tubo 10 mm. lougo, intus glabro, 

 lobis triaugulari bus 2 mm. longis intus minute tnberculatis. Stamina infra 

 faucem tubi affixa, filamentorum partibus liberis 2 mm longis, antlieris oblongis 

 1 mm. longis. Discus leviter 2-lobatus, 1 mm. longus. Stylus 1 cm. longus 

 glaber, stigma 2-lobatum, lobis rotundatis. 



HAB. Inter Urai et Laga, leg. K. MIYAKE, 1899. 



I saw the plant at the same localities in my last excursion to Formosa. 

 It exists in the northern, but not in the southern parts of the island. 



Ophiorrhiza Tashiroi MAXIM. '? Caulis subtetragoims, 30 40 cm. longus, 

 glaber vel breve pubescens. Folia lanceolata, utrinque atteiiuata, 13 cm. 

 longa, 2| cm. lata, remota. membranacea, supra fuscentia, subtus pallidiora 

 vel pallidissima, petiolis 3-1 cm. longis. Flores cymosi, cymis terminalibus 

 pedunculatis, bracteolis liueari-nliformibus, circ. 1 cm. longis, calycis lobis 

 acutis. Corolla 1] cm. longa, stylo 13 mm. longo hirsuto. 



HAB. inter Suiteiryo et Niki, leg. C. OWATARI, 1898. 



The plant was formerly referred to (>. />mniJa by Prof. J. MATSUMURA, bu, 

 differs from that species by the much shorter corolla. H comes tjuite near 

 0. Tashiroi MAXIM, from which this differs by only the leaves which are 

 very pale on the under side. The leaves of 0. Tadilrol are reddish purple 

 on the under surface in a dried specimen. 



11. 3fiissa*n,(la LESN. 



Dicliotoinons Key to the Formosan Species. 



Leaves oblong 7 cm. long 3} cm. broad acuminate at both ends. Floral 

 leaves white oblong or orbicular apiculate at the apex, nearly 3 cm. 

 long 31. parviftora. 



Leaves much larger, oblong or oblongo-ovate, 20-24 cm. long, 8-10 cm. broad 

 cuspidate-acuminate at the apex, cuiieately acute at the base, floral 

 leaves 1 or 2, large, white, ovately cordate, 11 cm. long, 7i cm. broad, 

 cuspidately acute at the apex, roundly cordate at the base. . . J/. fcotcensis. 

 3fxsscenda pubescens AIT. mentioned in HENRY'S list and " MATSUM. et 



HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos." is not yet represented in the Government 



collections. 



