MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. 1 
Disrris. Southern and Central China. 
OpsERy. Plant slender, pubescent; internodes 8 cm. long ; 
leaves trifoliolate, about 10 cm. long, petioles 4 em. long, twining, 
petiolules almost equal 8 mm. long, leaflets cuspidato-lanceolate 
the terminal one 6 cm. long, 1 em. broad much larger than the 
lateral ones, margin entire, with three distinct and two obscure 
nerves, velns impressed on the surface, prominent beneath 
scarcely hairy, turned black when dried ; achenes flattened ina dry 
specimen, with two ridges, ovate, 2 mm. broad, hairy, tails 2 em. 
long with soft hairs; somewhat resembles C. formosana O. Kuntze. 
Clematis crassifolia Bentu. Fl. Hongk. p. 7; Kuwnrze, Monog. 
Clemat. p. 152; Forsrs et Hemsu. Ind. Fl. Sin. I p. 3; Frver et 
Gacnepain, Contrib. Fl. Asi. Orient. p. 16. 
Has, Sbintiku, Goshorin, leg. T. Kawaxamt, Dec. 1905, (No. 
1245), | 
Distris. Central and Southern China. New to the Formosan 
flora. 
Opserv. Rather stout, glabrous, climbing plant; leaves fleshy, 
trifoliolate, leaflets elliptical, obtuse or acute, narrowed at the 
base, nerves very obscure, reddish brown when dried; sepals 
angustate with white hairs on the margin, 18 mm. long; stamens 
1 cm. long, with brownish undulated filaments ; anthers oblong, not 
mucronate, five times shorter than the filaments; achenes long 
hairy, with hairy tails; remarkable for its undulate filaments. 
Clematis Leschenaultiana DC. “Syst. I. p. 451;”. Kuntze, 
Monog. Clemat. p. 167, (C. acuminata 9.); Fixer et GAGNneparn 
Contrib. Fl. Asi. Orient. p. 27. 
Clematis Wightiana? Hayata Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 43. 
