MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. 189 
Distriz. Eastern India, Japan and China. 
Alniphyllum MatsuMURA. 
Alniphyllum Fauriei Perris in Enat. Pfl.-reich IV.-241, Styra- 
cacez, p. 93. 
Distris. An endemic plant. 
Oleaceee. 
Fraxinus Linn. 
Fraxinus formosana Hayata sp. nov. Rami fusco-rubescentes, 
lenticellis orbicularibus obtecti, ramulis novellis rubescentibus 
pubescentibus. Folia opposita, petiolata, pinata utrinque glabra, 
foliolis 5 petiolulatis oppositis, foliolo terminali longissimo lanceo- 
lato 5em. longo 17 mm. lato utrinque attenuato ad summum 
obtuso, petiolulo 2 cm. longis, lateralibus brevioribus ovatis utrin- 
que attenuatis, petiolulis 3 mm. longis, venis primariis inconspicuis, 
petiolis 2cem. longis. Panicule terminales, ramis  divaricatis 
gracilibus, floribundis, bracteis et bracteolis parvis lanceolatis obtusis, 
pedicellis 3 mm. longis. Calyx campanulatus, cire. 1 mm. longus, 
truncatus, lobis obsoletis. Corolla profunde 4-lobata, lobis angus- 
tatis 22 mm. longis, 3 mm. latis, erectis, apice obtusis. Stamina 
2, basin corolle affixa, 3 mm. longa, antheris oblongis, 2 mm. 
longis apiculatis, basi sagittatis. Ovarium ovatum apice attenua- 
tum, stylo lineari 2 mm. longo, stigmate 2-fido. 
Has. Koshan: Maripa, leg. G. Naxasara, Feb, 1907. 
Near F. bracteata Hemst., but differs from it in having smaller 
flowers and very much smaller bracts which in the other species are 
very much larger and conspicuous. From Ff. ferruginea this is 
