(188) TENTAMEX FLOR^ LUTCHUENSIS. 455 



Dlstktb. Japan, Formosa, Hongkong, Cliina and 



Corea. 



Leaflets oval, roiinded at tlie base, glabrous, crenate-dentate ; 

 stlpules shortly and unequally dentate, adhering to the petiole ; 

 style pubescent. 



R. bracteata, Wendl. " 0])s. p. 50," et " Hort. Herrencli. 

 t. 23"; DC. Prodr. H, p. 602; '' Lindl. Kos. Monogr. p. 10 

 (incl. ,3 scabriusculus) "; " Bot. Mag. t. 1377 ; Crepin, in '' Bull. 

 Boc. Bot. Belg. XTV, p. 137 ", el in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. 

 Belg. XXY, pt. 2 (1887) p. 14 "; Forbes et Hemsl. Tnd. Fl. 

 Sin. T, p. 249; Baker, in Gard. Chron. n. s. XXIV (1885) p. 

 199 ; Hcnry, List Pl. Formos. p. 40. 



E. lucida, Lawr. " Koses, t. 84." 



R. mvolucrata, Braam, ** Tc. Pl. in Chin. Nasc. t. 17 " 

 (nec. I\oxb.). 



R. Macarlnea, i:)um.-Cours. " Bot. Cult. ed. 2, V, 483, 

 non ed. 1, ITT, p. 351." 



E. SerrcG, Dehnliardt, '' Pvivista Napol. T, 3, p. 103." 

 Archipelago Yema {TasJiirol Julio 1887, fl.) : insula 

 Ishigatchi {T. Itd, n. 1281, 11 Aug. 1894, fl. et frf.). 

 DiSTRiB. l^ormosa (Tamsui, 3Iaki7io !) and China. 

 Flowers bracteate, largc and solitar}^, petals white, obcordate. 

 Common on wayside near the village of Nagura, in the 

 island of Ishigachi. 



••'R. indica, L. Sp. Pl. cd. 1, p. 492, excl. syn. Petiv.; 

 DC. Prodr. 11, p. (300; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 323 ; I\[iq. Prol. 

 Fl. Jap. p. 227 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. I, p. 136 ; 



