142 ART. 1.—B. HAYATA ¢ 
Thysanospermum CHAMP. 
Thysanospermum-diffusum Cuampe.; Warp. Ann. V. p. 118; 
Bentu. Fl. Hongk. p. 146; Forses et Hemst. Ind. FI. Sin. I. p. 371; 
Matsum. et Hayata Enum. Pl. Formos. p. 182. 
Has. Formosa in Herb. Taihoku-Museum. 
Distris. Kiangsu, Hongkong, Loo-choo islands. 
This species is represented in the Museum of Taihoku. — It 
is not yet represented from the island in the Herbarium at Tokyo. 
Hedyotis LIxn. 
Hedyotis nanteensis Havyata sp. nov. Herba basi suffrutescens, 
ut videtur scandens, vel volubilis, viridissimi, ramis angulatis, 
plus minus scabriusculis vel levibus, internodiis 6-7 cm. longis. 
Folia oblonga, oblongo-lanceolata, mutabilia in magnitudine, 
5-10 em. longa, 2-34 cm. lata, apice acuta, vel acuminata, basi 
acuta, subito attenuata ad petiolum abeuntia, integra, chartaceo- 
membranacea, pinninervia, venis lateralibus 5-6, basilaribus cum 
marginibus parallelis, caterum ascendentibus angulo acuto 
divergentibus, sursum recurvatis, supra impressis subtus tenui- 
ter prominentibus, supra viridissima subtus pallidiora, utraque 
pagine glabra, sed plus minus seabriuscula, petiolis 5 mm. longis, 
stipulis interpetiolaribus membranaceis, aristato-4-dentatis, sini- 
bus inter dentes truncatis. Flores paniculato-cymosi, cymis termi- 
nalibus, vel axillaribus, ramosis, floribus ad apicem ramulorum 
umbellatim 10-30 fasciculatis, bracteis lanceolatis, pedicellis 2 mm. 
longis. Calycis tubus campanulatus, 14 mm. longus, lobis 4, line- 
aribus 2 mm. longis 4 mm. latis, recurvis, sinibus inter lobos trun- 
