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specimen (No. 20, A. Tashiko) collected on the sea shore. Except- 

 ing that the flowers of the former is almost as half as those of 

 the latter, I can find no distinction whatever between the two. 

 My specimen should, therefore, be regarded as a form of tlie 

 shore plant. 



Ciicubalus Linn. 



Cucubalus baccifer Linn. Sp. PI. ed-2, p. 591 ; DC. Prodr. I. p. 367 ; 

 Ledeb. F1. Pioss. I. p. 332 ; Maxbi. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 56 ; Kegel, F1. Radd. 

 p. 333 ; Fkanch. et Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 48 ; Komaeov, Fl. Manshurise, 

 II. p. 205 ; Wagner, Deut. Fl. ed-3, p. 244 ; DffiLS, Fl. Centr. Cliin. in Engl. 

 Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. p. 319 ; Thome, Fl. Deut. Ost. u. Schw. n. p. 98. 



Hab. in monte Morrison, ad 13000 ped. alt., et ad 7500 ped. 

 ait., leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moki, Oct. 1906, (Nos. 2253 et 1984) ; 

 Eakiirakusha, leg. Gr. Nakahaea, Aug. 1905, (No. 454). 



DisTRiB. The Himalayas, China throughout, eastward to Japan 

 as far as North America ; westward to Europe. 



Cerastium Linn. 



We have hitherto had no species belonging to this genus 

 from Formosa. The following Cerastium is the first recorded 

 from the island, 



Cerastium morrisonense Hayata, sp. nov. Herbae diflusa? v. 

 ca3spitos9e, glanduloso-pubescentes demum glabra\ Folia plemiiKpie 

 remota interdum approximata lineari-lanceolata vel spatlmlato- 

 acuminata basi interdum attenuata dilata semi-amplexicaulia apice 

 calloso-acuta vel aristato -acuta 1-2 cm. longa 2-2^ mm. lata. Cymixj 

 terminales, nunc uni-florae, nunc tri-flora?, bracteata?, bracteis 

 scariosis, pedicellis 2-1 J cm. longis glanduloso-pubescentibus. 

 Sepala 5, lanceolata 7^ mm. longa margine scariosa extus glan- 



