FLOlîA MONTANA F0RM(3.S.E 45 



a pure forest on tlie boundary between tlie Conifer and broad 

 leaved tree regions. The trunk is here so large as to attain a 

 diameter of even 15 ft. 



llllciuni LiNX. 



In this genus, /. anisatum Linx.^^ has been tlie only species 

 recorded from Formosa. We have another plant from the high 

 elevations of the island. The specimens, however, are all want- 

 ing of flowers, so that accurate identification is impossible. 



Illicium sp. Folia versus apicem ramorum plerunKjue appro- 

 ximata opposita vel sub-verticillata petiolata, petiolis U cm. longis, 

 superne sulcatis sub tus convexis crassis, laminis oblongis oblongo- 

 ellipticis vel obovatis utrinque attenuatis vel apice cuspidato- 

 acuminatis integris coriaceis, superne nitidis et lœte viridibus 

 subtus pallidioribus, 10-12 cm. longis 3-4 cm. latis, nervo medio 

 crasso leviter prominulo, venis lateralibus evanidis. Pedunculi 

 circ. 4 cm. longi, Carpella plerumque 13, libera, stylo breviore 

 extrorsum recurvato. Semina oblonga compressa Ü mm. longa 

 6 mm. lata. 



Hab. in montibus centralibus, ad 8000 ped., alt., leg. U. Mori, 

 Nov. 1906, (No. 1918) ; in monte Morrison, ad 6500 ped. alt., leg. 

 T. Kawakami et U. Mori, (Xo. 2028) ; Tözan et Arisan, in montibus 

 Morrison, leg. G. Nakahara, Oct. 1900. 



The carpels are, in most cases, thirteen, in which respect, it 

 resembles ver}^ much /. Taahirol Maxim.-^^ 



Kadsnra Juss. 

 Kadsura japonica Lixx. ; DC. Prodr. I. p. 83 ; Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. 



1) Matsum. et Hayata, Eunm. PI. Formos. \). 9. 



2) S. Matsuda, in Tokyo Rot. M.-ig. XXI. -p. •24'$. 



