80 AKT. 19. — B. HAY ATA: 



from the island. The following two species and variety are the 

 first recorded from Formosa, and come from the hilly regions. 



Astilbe chinensis Feanch. et Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 144 (var. 

 japonica) ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 121 (var. Dav'idl) ; Forbes et Hemsl. 

 lud. Fl. Sin I. p. 2m ; Piels, F1. Ceutr. Cliiu. p. 36B. 



Hoteia chinensis Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 120 ; Walp. Auu. VII. p. 889. 



Astilbe oclaiitophjVa Miq. in Ann. Mns. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. III. p. 96. 



Hab. Ganzan, in montibus Morrison, ad 9141 ped. alt., leg. 

 S. Nagasawa, Oct. 1905, (No. 036). 



DisTEiB. Amurland, Japan, and central and northern China. 



There is a little doubt about this being A. chineims Fk. et Sav. 



Astilbe chinensis Feanch. et Sav. var. longicarpa Hayata, n. v. 

 Herba circ. 1 m. alta vel altior erecta, caulibus giabris. Folia ra- 

 dicalia ignota. Folia cauhna longe petiolata ternato-bipinnata, 

 foliolis lateralibus ovatis terminalibus acuminato-ovatis duplicato 

 serratis, serris acuminatis, petiolulatis. Racemi 30 cm. longi basi 

 12 cm. lati pyramidales, racemulis deorsum pedunculatis sursum 

 subsessilibus. Flores brevissime pedicellati basi calj^cis bracteolati. 

 Calyces IJ mm. longi, lobis ovatis truncatis, Petala spathulato- 

 obovata vix 1 mm. longa apice minute apiculata margine integra 

 diffusa. Stamina 10 multo exserta, petalum duplo superantia. 

 Carpella 2, distincta. Frnctiis cylindraceo-ovoidei breve rostrati 

 cum rostris 4 mm. longi. 



Hab. Tappansha, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, Oct. 1906, (No. 

 1743) ; in monte Morrison, ad 8500 ped. alt., leg. T. Kawakami et U. 

 MoEi, Oct. 1906, (No. 1990). 



Very hke the type ;» but the fruits of this variety are much 

 longer than those of the type. 



Astilbe macroflora Hayata, sp. nov. Herba circ. 30 cm. alta, 



