MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. rai 
supra anguste alatis, infra longe setosis, setis 2 mm. longis, 
stipulis membranaceis acuto-ovatis 5 mm. longis, multinerviis 
margine Ciliato-serrulatis, basi latere interiore longe auriculatis, 
(auriculis angustatis, 2 mm. longis), apice truncatis. _Racemi breves 
3-5 mm. longi, recurvi, prope apicem ramulorum axillares, pedun- 
eulati, pedunculis 1-2 cm. longis, pedicellis 14 mm. longis — basi 
1-bracteatis, (bracteis hyalinis ovato-angustatis 8 mm. longis margine 
ciliato-setosis obliquis), apice 2-bracteolatis, bracteolis (ovato-acutis, 
5 mm. longis, utrinque acutis, margine setosis (setis 14 mm. longis), 
extus setulosis, intus glabris).. Calyx 2-partitus, segmento superiore 
late ovato, plicato, 6 mm. longo, 7-8 mm. lato, apice rotundato- 
emarginato, medio carinato, margine a medio sursum ciliato-setu- 
loso, deorsum integro, multinervio, extus ad carinam setuloso ; 
segmento inferiore obovato, 6 mm. longo, 384 mm. lato, ciliato- 
setoso, prope basin integro. Petala non visa. Legumina intra 
calycem inclusa, 2-plo spiraliter recurva, ad suturam superiorem 
inter articulos constricta, articulis 7-8 demum secedentibus, oblique 
late globosis, 14 mm. latis, minute irregulariter maculato-punctatis, 
ad suturam inferiorem carinatis, suturis superioribus convexo- 
rotundatis, suturis inferioribus rectis leviter incurvis. Semina 
reniformia, latere compressa 14 mm. lata, 14 mm. longa. 
Has. Kodensho, leg, 8. Nagasawa, Oct. 1905, (No. 743). 
The present plant bears some resemblance to Smithia ciliata 
Royiz, from which it is distinguishable by the truncated or rather 
round apex of the bracts. The bracts of S. ciliata are rather acute 
at the apex. 
Desmodium DEsv. 
Desmodium formosanum Hayara sp. nov. Rami su»recti, 
