MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. o0L 
nigricante rugoso, lenticellis minutis transverse longis dispersi, supra 
cicatricibus late globosis foliorum cicatricibus ramorum majoribus 
elevato-depressis notati. Folia coriacea alterna petiolata longe 
ovata 8$cm. longa 32 mm. lata cuspidato-acuminata, (acuminibus 
1 em. longis 3 mm. latis), basi rotundata vel acuta vix obliqua 
margine integra infra acumen paullo serrata vel omnio integra, supra 
nitida, subtusprimum tenuiter adpresse pubescentia interdum argenteo 
tenuissime pubescentia demum subglabrata, costis et venis supra 
planis subtus elevatis, venis secundariis utringue latere 7 a costa 
angulo 40° egressis vix arcuatis prope marginem evanescentibus, 
venis secundariis inconspicuis, venulis minute reticulatis inconspicuis, 
petiolis longioribus 2 cm. longis supra planis subtus rotundatis basi 
calloso-incrassatis. Spice fructiferee incrassate. Fructus 5-6, 
Spicatim dispositi, sed maturo in unum reducti. Involucrum fructi- 
ferum late globosum cam spinis 64cm. longum 44 cm. latum, 
Spinis fasciculatis et ramosis echinatum, (spinis basi pauce ramosis, 
rectis 2 cm. longis) apice irregulariter 4-5 fissum intus pilis sericeis 
adpresse obtectum. Nuces solitaria involucro incluse late ovato- 
globose 17 mm. longe 20 mm. late tenuiter sericeo-pubescentes 
apice breve apiculatee basi truncato-rotundate, (cicatricibus globosis 
16 mm. in diametro rugosis convexis). 
Has. Horisha ; Shohakurin, leg. N. Konrsuz, (No. 38); Nanto: 
Naibunsha, leg. G. Nakanara, Feb. 1907; Suisha, Nankokei, leg. 
T. Kawakami et U. Mort, Aug. 1906, (No. 1196); Giochi, leg. Y. 
Samana, Dec. 1907, (Nos. 5171 et 5170); Bioritsu: Sensuizan, leg. 
T. Kawakami et U. Mort, Oct. 1908 ; Randaizan, leg. T. Kawaxamr et 
U. Mort, Juli. 1907, (No. 3300). 
Near C. javanica A. DC., but quite distinguishable by the fruits 
covered with straight, but not curved, spines and quite glabrous 
leaves with fewer primary lateral veins. 
