MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. 2138 
Has. Nantd: Rakurakusha, leg. G. Nakanara, Aug. 1905, 
(No. 476). 
Acanthaceee. 
Hemigraphis NE&rs. 
Hemigraphis reptans T’. Anprers. ex Hemst. in Bot. Voy. Chal- 
lenger, I.-3, p. 173. 
Has. Kotosho, leg. G. Naxanara, Mart. 1906. 
Distris. Ins. Arou. 
Lepidagathis Wi. 
Lepidagathis formosensis CLARKE sp. nov. (in sched.), Typ. in 
Herb. Kew. 
Lepidagathis hyalina Hayata in Matsum. et Hayara Enum. Pl. 
Formos. p. 293, (non Nrzs). Suffrutescens erecta, gracilis 45 cm. 
alta, caulis tetragonus, (anzulis acutis), angustissime alatus, sub- 
glaber, vel parcissime pubescens. J olia oblongo-ovata, cum petiolis 
8-10 cm. longa, 2-24 cm. lata, apice obtusa, basi subito angustata, 
in petiolum 2 cm. longum attenuata, margine repandata, chartacea, 
utrinque brevissime parcissime pubescentia, supra  exsiccato 
fuscentia, subtus pallidissima, costis et venis utrinque tenuiter 
elevatis, venis lateralibus utrinque 4, prope marginem anastomo- 
santibus. Spice terminales vel axillares, sessiles, 3-5-congeste, 
oblongo-ovate, 1-2 em. longs, floribus dense secundatim dispositis, 
bracteis lanceolatis, extus hirsutis, 5-6 mm. longis imbricatis. 
Calyx tubulosus 6 mm. longus, 5-fidus, extus barbatus, laciniis 
lanceolatis acuminatis, longe aristatis, 1-costatis, marginatis, in- 
sequalibus, posteriore latissimo, lateralibus angustissimis, anteri- 
oribus longissimis. Corolla 8-9 mm. longa, tubuloso-campanulata, 
