CLEISOSTOMATIS SPECIEM NOVAM. 359 



each end. Style equalling stamens. Stigma capitate. Fruit glo- 

 bose, scarcely 1 lin. diameter. — Tamsui, Oldham, Nos. 388, 389 ; 

 Waiters, Nos. 23, 82. At the foot of hills on S.W. side of Formosa, 

 Wilford, No. 493. Also fi-om Gregory and Sicmhoe. Apparently 

 endemic. The native name given by Mr. Watters is Ts'u ICang ; 

 he says, " The buds of the leaves and flowers are pounded and 

 made into poultices for cuts and bruises." 



Breynia patens (^lelauthesopsis patens, Mull. Arg. in DC. Prod, 

 vol. XV. pt. 2, p. 437). — The limits of the three varieties into which 

 Muller divides this plant entirely break down when a good series of 

 specimens are examined. It appears common in Formosa, where 

 it is called Shan- chi- chin. The leaves and roots are used to make a 

 wash, said to be effectual in removing blisters, &c., caused by 

 paint and varnish. 



DioscoREA SwiNHOEi, sp. n. — Stem slender, volubile, glabrous. 

 Leaves 3-lobed, cordate based, side lobes rounded, central lobe 

 subulate, acute, 3-nerved, ^1 in. long, Kacemes simple, 4-12- 

 flowered, ^1 in. long. Male flowers sessile, 1 lin. long; seg- 

 ments broadly oblong, the inner ones somewhat smaller than 

 outer; bracts ovate-lanceolate, minute. Female flowers unknown. 

 — S.W. For-mosa, Swinhoe, No. 33. 



CLEISOSTOMATIS SPECIEM NOVAM 

 DEScRiBiT H. F. Hance, Ph.D., &c. 



Cleisostoma ceeinum. — Foliis carnosis introveniis late linearibus 

 carinatis apice oblique emarginatis siuu baud mucronulatis 5 poll, 

 longis 7 lin. latis, paniculis pedunculo communi folio a^quilongo 

 fultis ramis circ. 4 viridibus angulatis arcuato-recurvis 4 poll, 

 longis e basi fere circ. 30-floris, bracteolis ovato-lanceolatis 

 deciduis, floribus 4^ lin. latis sessilibus, ovario flore paulo longiore, 

 perigonii phyllis cerinis fasciis 2-3 purj)urascenti-bruneis percursis 

 linearibus acutiusculis summo subcucullato lateralibus exterioribus 

 subfalcatis quam interior es duplo latioribus, labelli trilobi lobis 

 lateralibus erectis truncatis antice inflexis intermedio tridentato 

 dentibus erectis inter dentes denticulo postice spectante aucto, 

 calcare horizontaliter producto obtuso verticaliter compresso 4 lin. 

 longo fauce processu quadrato glanduloso secus medium crista 

 elevata lineari sulcata levi albida praedito occluso. 



In jugo Lo-fau-shan, seu " montibus Tigridum," prov. Can- 

 tonensis, vere 1181, leg. rev. E. Faber. (Herb, propr. n. 22065). 



Forte juxta C. sagittatum, Bl., parum notum, collocandum. 



En tertia e plagis Sinarum generis concinni species, ex 

 specimine vivo descripta ; duas nempe e silvulis Hongkongensibus 

 jamjam in hocce diario protuli.* 



♦ ' Joui'n. Bot.,' xiv., 45 ; xv., 38. 



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