MELASTOMACE.E. 109 



Melastomaceee. 



Pachycentria formosana HAYATA sp. nov. Tusldrcm oUtiawce-nxi* 

 HAYATA in Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 114 et p. 449 (non MATSUMUBA). Frutes- 

 cens, ad truucos scandens ; canlis subteres, cinerascens, rugosus, lenticellis 

 albicantibus multis notatus, ramulis fnsco-rubescentibus lenticellis parce notatis. 

 Folia opposita ovato-lanceolata vel obovato-lanceolata, apice acnta, ad summum 

 obtusa, basi obtusa vel plus minus cuneata, 7-i cm. longa 2 cm. lata vel 

 latiora, mtegerrima vel subintegra, distincte 3-nervia, nervis supra tenuibus 

 plants vel impressis inconspicuis, subtus prominente elevatis, nervis latera- 

 libus a co-ita supra basin divaricatis margine parallelis prope apicem 

 costfe attingentibus, crassiuscula, supra in exsiccate fuscentia subtus flaves- 

 centia vel pallidissimn, utriuque glabra, petiolis 8-10 mm. longis supra sul- 

 catis. Cymre terminates vel juxta apicem axillares, 4-5 cm. longfB (cum 

 pedunculis) totiusque lata?, ternatim 2-3-plo ramospe, ad nodos 2-bracteat?e, 

 pedicellis 7 mm. longis. Calyx globoso-campanulatus, 4 mm. longus, glaber, 

 tubo su'ogloboso-campanulato, fauce plus minus contracto, limbo subintegro, 

 plus minus obscure 4-dentato, margine minute ciliolaio. Petala 4, valde 

 obliqua rotundata, vel obovato-rotundata, 1 cm. longa totiusque lata, margine in- 

 tegerrima obscm-e 8-10 nervia, apice oblique rotundata, basi subcuneato-trancata, 

 ad insertionem contracts 1 mm. lata. Stamina 8, requalia ad fauce m calysis 

 attixa, filamentis complauatis 5 mm. longis erecto-rucurvis, glabiis, antheris 

 erectis latere compressis, ovato-linearibus 31 cm. longis apice obtusis 1-porosis, 

 basi locellis parallelis non productis, connectivis basi postice breve calcaratis, 

 calcare brevissimo -J mm. longo. Ovarium calyce adhrerens, 4-loculare, ovulis 

 in loculis mimerosis, placentis ab angulo interiore loculorum, apice conicum alte 

 8-sulcaturn, stylo filiforme 6 mm. longo apice minute truncate. Bacca sub- 

 globoso-tm-binata, vel subglobosa purpurascens limbo calysis persistenti coro- 

 nata, 7 mm. in diametro. Semina flavescentia, miuuta, cylindrica, utrinque 

 obtusa, testa Crustacea nitida. 



HAB. Sliintiku : Kareislia, leg. U. MORI, Juni., 1908, (No. 1434) ; Mt. 

 Arisan, leg. B. KA.YATA et S. SASAKI Jan., 1912. 



The present plant was erroneously referred by myself to Tashircea, a genus 



