48 ART. I.—B. HAYATA: 
Thespesia Corr. 
Thespesia populnea Corr.; DC. Prodr. I. p. 456; Wiaur, Ie. 
t. 8; Bepp. FI. Sylv. t. 63; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. pt.-2, p. 150; 
Masters, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit, Ind. I. p. 345; Merri, in Philip 
Journ. Sci. [V.—Suppl. pp. 78 et 419. 
Has. Koshiin : Manshi, leg. G. Naxanara, Dec. 1905, (No. 873). 
Distris. India, Tropical Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Africa, 
OssEry. Leaves cordate oblong, acute, or abruptly acute. 
entire, glabrous 13 cm. long, 10 em. broad, long petiolate, petioles 
10 em. long; flowers in my specimen subterminal, solitary, pedun- 
culate. New to the Formosan flora. 
Gossypium LINN. 
Gossypium Nanking Myer. in Herb. Kew. 
Has. Nantod: Nankokei, leg. T. Kawaxamr et U. Mort, 1907, 
Aug. (No. 1169). 
DISTRIB. 
I am following Sir Groraze Wart’s determination who has 
most cordially examined the plant at my request. 
Sterculiacesce. 
Sterculia Linn. 
Sterculia nobilis R. Brown. in Herb. Kew. 
Nom. indig. Pin-pon. 
Has. Tainan, leg. T. Kawaxami, Aug. 1906, (No. 1440). 
Distris. China and Sumatra. 
