MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. STF 
recurvo Achenia semilunaria, 1? mm. longa, 14 mm. lata, peri- 
earplis crustaceis flavescentibus glabris, stylis obliquis persistenti- 
bus. Semina achzenio conformia, testa membranacea. 
Has. Maruyama, leg. T. Kawakami et B. Havara, Juli. 1908. 
Near Ficus glandulifera Watt, but quite distinguishable by 
the cordate base of of the leaves. 
Ficus obscura Buvume.; Forsers et Hemst. Ind. FI. Sin. Il. p. 464 ; 
Marsum. et Hayata Enum. Pl. Formos. p. 379. 
Has. Uraisha, leg. N. Konisut, Sept. 1907, (No. 64). 
Ficus rapiformis Roxs. ‘“ Fl. Ind. ILI. p. 551”; Wieur Ic. PL Ind. 
Or. t. 637. 
Haz. Kotoshd, leg. T. Kawaxamr et U. Mori, 1907, Aprili. 
(No. 2470). 
DISTRIB. 
Compared with a specimen so labelled at Kew. The species 
is reduced to I’. leucantatoma Porr. by some authors. 
Ficus taiwaniana Hayara sp. nov. Ramuli glabri, graciles, 
fusco-cinerascentes, cortice nudo demum soluto. Folia alterna, 
petiolata, stipulata, obovato-rhomboidea, 8 cm. longa, 34 cm. lata, 
apice cuspidato-acuminata, basi cuneato-acuta, leviter obliqua, 
utrinque glabra, subtus pallidissima, venis primariis utrinque latere 
5-6, a costa angulo 40° egressis, prope marginem arcuatis anasto- 
mosantibus, margine sursum grosse 2-3-dentata, dentibus obtusis, 
deorsum integra, vel omnia integra, petiolis 8 mm. longis, stipulis 
lanceolatis 5 mm. longis. Receptaculum ad axillas foliorum superi- 
orum solitarium, pedunculatum, (pedunculis §-1 cm. longis, pyri- 
formi-ovoideum 12 mm. longum 8 mm. latum, apice acutum 
