440 ITO ET MATSUMUEA : (173) 



Hal). in TJiikiu : Tiisiila Tshigaki, Yaeyama cnlt. (S. Tanaka, 

 no. 278) : in Formosa borcali : Shinteck (S. ITiraoka). 



Cassia mimosoides, L. DC. Prodr. IT, p. oOo ; Baker 

 in Hook. f. Vl. Brit. Tnd. II. p. 266 ; Bentb. I^J. Hongk. p. 98 ; 

 Bentb. Fl. Austral. IT, p. 291 ; HemsL in Journ. Tinn. Soc. 

 XXTIT, p. 210; Trimen, Fl. Ceyl. II, p. 110; Henry in Trans. 

 Asiat. Soc. Jap. XXIV, Suppl. p. 38 ; D. Prain in Journ. Asiat. 

 Soc. Beng. LXYI, p. 477. 



Hab. in Liukiu : insula Kumesbima (H. Kuroiwa) ; in 

 Formosa boreali : Shinteck (T. Makino). 



Bauhinia retusa, Ham.? 



Racemi deflorati 14 mm. longi. 

 Punhii-tieng (nom. indigen.) ex < )watari. 

 Hal). in Formosa boreali : Katooshoo prope Byolitsu (C. 

 Owatarij ; in Formosa centrali : Cboj^e-long (C. Owatari). 



Bauhinia sp. 



Hal). in 1^'ormosa australi : Subonsha (C. ( )watari) ; Formosa 

 l)oreali-centrali : Tsuibob-liu (C. Owatari). 



Bauhinia japonica, Maxim. in ]\Tel. Biol. TX, p. 75. 



Racerai 10-11 cm. longi, 4-6 cm. lati. Pedicelli fl. 1.")-20 

 mm. longi. I^lorcs 2 cm. diametro, viridescentes, in sicco 

 nigrescentes. Calycis tomentosis lobi triangulares vel ovati, aeuti. 

 Petala reflexa, extus tomcntosa. Stamina, sub anthesin incurva, 

 demum deflexa. Stylus^ sub initio recurvus, post authesin in- 

 curvus, stigmate terminale. Ovarium oblongum, in .'^tylnm 

 acuminatum terminatum, albo vel fulvo-tomentosum, 3-ovulatum. 

 Lcgumina rhomboidalia, plana, fulvo-tomentosuni, .'"15-38 mm. 

 longa, 22 mm. lata., 1-sperma. 



