MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. 367 
Disporum Shimadai Hayara sp. nov. Herba erecta 40 em. 
alta, caulibus a basi usque ad prope apicem simplicibus efoliatis 
squamatis, (squamis vaginiformibus 4 em. longis apice acuminatis 
superiore lanceolatis 3 em. longis semi-amplexicaulibus rubes- 
centibus), apice 2-3-ramosis foliatis. Folia ad ramos apicales 
alternatim disposita subsessilia ovato-oblonga vel ovato-lanccolata 
7$ em. longa 2 em. lata 3-nervia, (nervis distinctis), inter nervos 
tenuissime nervulosa apice acuta basi obtusa utraque glabra 
subtus pallidiora. Flores solitarii terminales vel axillares opposi- 
tifolii, pedicellis 18 mm. longis erectis. Perianthii segmenta 
eequiformia erecta late spathulata 19 mm. longa 8 mm. lata 
apice rotundata deorsum sensim attenuata obscure 9-nervata, 
(nervis 3 distinctis ad apicem convergentibus), utraque glaberrima 
basi calearata, calcaribus 2 mm. longis 14 mm. latis  obtusis. 
Stamina 6, segmentis opposita 14 mm. longa, filamentis compla- 
natis 11 mm. longis 1mm. latis, antheris lineari-oblongis 3 mm. 
longis 1 mm. latis, locellis plus minus undulatis. Ovarium ob- 
ovatum 38 mm. longum 2 mm. latum apice rotundatum, stylo 
13 mm. longo filiformi-columnari apice 3-fido, ramis 4 mm. longis 
suberectis apice rotundato-patentibus. 
Has. Kelung: Masoku, leg. 
1907, Mart. (No. 4311). 
Near JD. sessile Don., but differs from it in having quite 
T. Kawaxamr et Y. Surman, 
opened segments and narrower leaves. 
Paris Linn. 
Paris formosana Hayara sp. nov. MHerba robusta verisi- 
militer cum pedunculis 120 ecm. alta, caulibus glabris teretibus 
rectis 9 mm. in sectione. Folia ad apicem ecaulis 8-verticillata 
