FLORA MONTANA FORMOSJE 109 



obsolete dentatus. Petala 5 valvata intus glabra ovato-triangularia 

 li- mm. longa vel longiora caducissima. Stamina 5, filamentis 

 brevissimis, antheris oblongis ; discus explanatns. Ovarium 2- 

 loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis, stylis 2 brevibus distinctis ercctis, 

 stigmatibus terminalibus. Fructus late globosi 4J mm. longi 5 mm. 

 lati lœves abortu 1-spermi compressiusculi tomentulosi drupacei, 

 stylis persistentibus valde recurvis. Semina ovoidea subtriquetra 

 4 mm. longa, albuminibus ruminatis. Embryo hilo proximus 

 minutus. 



Hab. Taitö : Bataiankei, ad ßOOO ped. alt., leg. N. Konishi, 

 Juni. 1902, (Xo. 34, A); Arizan, in montibus Morrison, leg. G. Na- 

 KAHAKA, Oct. 1906 ; in monte Morrison, ad 8000 ped. alt., leg. T. 

 Kawakami et U. Moei, Xoy. 1900, (Xos. 1871 et 1709); Taitö: in 

 monte Iryokukaku, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, Dec. 1906, (Xo. 

 1914. 



In " Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. I. p. 939 ", it is stated tliat the 

 ovary of the genus Oi-copancLX is 5-celled. But, in "Engl, und Peantl, 

 Nat. Pfl.-fam. III.-S, p. 39 ", the generic character of this genus is a 

 little broadened in such an extent that the ovary is sometimes 2- 

 celled and the flower is usually hermaphrodite. Accepting the latter 

 statement, the present plant which has two celled- ovaries should 

 be referred to Oreopcmax, on account of capitate and sessile 

 flowers, ruminate albumens, simple leaves, and the existence of 

 three bracts under each flower. The style of this plant is 

 exceptionally short. The occurrence of this genus in the island 

 is very remarkable. So far as I am aware, we have had no 

 representative of this American genus in any other region on 

 the olobe. 



