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HAB. Widely diffused in the high regions in the island. 



DISTREB. The Philippines. 



Pieris taiwanensis HAY ATA (PL XIV.) Mater. FJ. Formos. p. 169. 



HAB. Common in the high regions in the island. 



Rhododendron Kawakamii HAYATA (PI. XV.) Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 

 171. 



HAB. Mt. Morrison, Mt. Arisan, Mt. Randaisan. 



Chimaphila rhombifolia HAYATA sp. nov. (PI. XVI.). Suffrutescens, 

 parva, caulis simplex, 3-5 cm. altus, tetragonus in sectioue, ad angulos sub- 

 latus, 1 mm. in sectione, rabescens, glaber, foliis verticillatis et squamis altcr- 

 natis instiiictus, squamis angustatis obtusis 1-2 mm. longis margine denti- 

 culato-cih'olatis. Folia verticillata, (fere semper temata) breve petiolata, mem- 

 brauaceo-coriacea, late rhomboidea, 10-12 mm. longa (cum petiolis), 10 mm. 

 lata, apice acuta, basi subito cuneata, ad petiolum brevissimum gradatim 

 abeuntia, margine dentata, ima basi Integra, dentibus acutis triangulaTibtis 

 ascendentibus 1-1 mm. a se remotis, costis utrinque eievatis veuis et veuulis 

 subtus inconspicuis, supra eievatis distincte reticulatis. Flores termiuales, 

 solitarii, peduncutati, basi pedunculi perulati, peralis saepe 5-6 variabilibus, 

 exterioribus minoribus ovatis 2 mm. longis apice acutis ciliolatis, interioribus 

 vel intimis maguis obovatis apice rotundatis concavis pedunculum involven- 

 tibus multinerviis glabris. Pedunculi 2-7 cm. longi erecti recti apice 

 cernui, 2-3-bracteati, bracteis angustatis 4 mm. lougis 1 mm. latis obtusis. 

 Flores cernui. Sepala 5, basi plus minus counata, augustata, vei angusto- 

 oblonga, apice obtusa vel rotundata, 3 mm. longa 1-1 1 mm. lata, glabra, mar- 

 gine ciliolata, ciliolis obtusis, 5-7 nervia. Corollre tubus brevissimus, lobis 

 vel segmentis ovatis apice rotundatis basi leviter contractis, 41 mm. longis 3^- 

 mm. latis, glabris, margine pauce denticulatis basi integris, 5-7 uerviis, cras- 

 siusculis imbricatis concavis patentibus. Stamina 10, a basi petalorum 

 gemiuatim disposita et petalis opposita, 3| mm. louga, filamentis 1^ mm. longis 

 nigiicantibus complanatis incrassatis glabris, antheris adnatis (basi-fixis) ob- 

 lougis, apice apiculatis, basi emargiuatis, 11 mm. longis, extrorse lateraliterque 

 sulcatis, basi 2-appendiculatis, appendiculis brevibus flavo-corolatis tubulosis 

 | - i mm. longis introrse incurvis apice truncatis poratis. Ovarium 



