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established by Prof. J. MATSUMUBA. Soon afterwards, I found that the plant is 

 different from the same genus, to which matter I referred in my " Mater. Fl. 

 Formos. p. 449." In my excursion to the island in the earlier part of this 

 year, I was successful in finding out a fruiting plant which is quite the 

 same as the one which was formerly referred to TasJiirosa. The fruit is a 

 berry of light purple colour. It is quite clear that this does not belong to 

 TasJiiroea, the fruit of which is usually a capsule, but does to Pachycentria. 

 The latter is distinguished from the former by not auricled anthers and 

 berry, 



Medinilla formosana HAYATA sp. nov. Frutex ad tnmcos scandens, 

 ramis subteretibus, corticibus cinerascentibus, gracilibus, internodiis 7-10 cm. 

 longis, ad nodos setas numero.sas gerentibus. Folia opposita ternata vel ver- 

 ticillata, oblongo-obovata, vel ohovato-lanceolata, 10-20 cm. longa, 3-6 cm. lata, 

 sursurn obtusa apice breve caudato-acumiuata basi attenuato-cuneata, in vivo 

 crassiuscula, in exsiccato sub-membranacea integerrima vel Integra pinninervia, 

 venis lateralibus primariis oppositis arcuatis ad apicem costse attingentibus, 

 utraque glabra, in vivo supra nitida, subtus pallida, subsessilia vel breve 

 petiolata, petiolis 8 mm. longis. Paniculpo terminales vel quasi-laterales, 25 cm, 

 longre 10cm. latae, ramis verticillatis superpositim dispositis angulo 90 divari- 

 catis glabris, floribus ad apicem ramorum 2-plo subumbellatim dispositis, 

 pedicellis ultimis 6 mm. longis, glabris, bracteis minutis linearibus 3 mm. 

 longis. Calyx tetragono-subglobosus glaber 3 mm. longus 2 \ mm. latus, fauce 

 plus minus coustrictus, limbo ampliato, integro vel obscure 4-dentato, den- 

 tibus late rotundatis, vel non dentato. Petala 4, valde obliqua obovata 7 mm. 

 longa, 4 mm. lata, apice obtusa basi cuneata ad insertionem trancata coutracta 1 

 mm. lata. Stamina 8 requalia ad faucem calysis affixa, filamentis coniplanatis 

 subulatis 4 mm. longis, 4, mm. latis, antheris 3-4 mm. longis i mm. latis subu- 

 latis apice rostratis 1-porosis, connectivis basi antice 2-auriculatis, postice 

 1-calcaratis, auriculis J mm. -4- mm. longis, calcaribus augustioribus vel linearibus 

 -J- mm. longis apice tmncatis. Ovarium calycis tubo coh?erens, apice conico- 

 truncatum, stylo cohamnari 4 mm. longo sursum subclavato obtuso, stigma 

 punctiforme. Bacca subglobosa, 7 mm. in diametro, apice calycis limbo 

 annulariter coronata. Semina iiumerosa elongatoobovoidea, 1 mm. longa. 



