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from the island. The following two species and variety are the 

 first recorded from Formosa, and come from the hilly regions. 



Astilbe chinensis Feanch. et Savat. Euum. PI. Jap. I. p. 144 (var. 

 japonica); Feanchet, PI. David, p. 121 (var. Davidl); Foebes et Hemsl. 

 lud. Fl. Sin I. p. 2G5 ; Diels, Fl. Centr. Chin. p. 363. 



Hoteia cldnensls Maxevi. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 120 ; Walp. Ann. VII. p. 889. 



Astilbe odontophjlh MiQ. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. III. p. 96. 



Hab. Ganzan, in montibns Morrison, ad 9141 ped. alt., leg. 

 S. Nagasawa, Oct. 1905, (No. 036). 



DisTEiB. Amiirland, Japan, and central and northern China. 



There is a little doubt abont this being A. chinensis Fr. et Sav. 



Astilbe chinensis Feanch. et Sav. var. longicarpa TIayata, n. v. 

 Herba circ. 1 m. alta vel altior erecta, caulibus glabris. Folia ra- 

 dicalia ignota. Folia cauhna longe petiolata ternato-bipinnata, 

 foliolis lateralibus ovatis terminal ibus acuminato-ovatis dnplicato 

 serratis, serris acuminatis, petiolulatis. Racemi 30 cm. longi basi 

 12 cm. lati pyramidales, racemnlis deorsum pedunculatis sursum 

 snbsessilibns. Flores brevissime pedicellati basi calycis bracteolati. 

 Calyces Ih mm. longi, lobis ovatis truncatis. Petala spathnlato- 

 obovata vix 1 mm. longa apice minute apiculafca margine intégra 

 diffusa. Stamina 10 multo exserta, petalum duplo superantia. 

 Carpella 2, distincta. Fructus cylindraceo-ovoidei breve rostrati 

 cum rostris 4 mm. longi. 



Hab. Tappansha, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Mori, Oct. 1906, (No. 

 1743) ; in monte Morrison, ad 8500 ped. alt., leg. T. Kawakami et U. 

 Mori, Oct. 1906, (No. 1990). 



Very Mke the type ; but the fruits of this variety are much 

 longer than those of the type. 



Astilbe macroflora IIayata, sp. nov. Herba circ. 30 cm. alta, 



