TasuLta 2936. 
TITANOTRICHUM OLDHAMII, Solereder. 
GESNERACEAE. Tribus DipyMOCARPEAR. 
. Oldhamii, Solereder in Ber. Deutsch. atest vol. xxvii. 
aed 27, 1909) pp. 393, 400. Species unic 
Herba perennis, rhizomate squamis carnosis obtecto, e collo copiose 
radicosa, caule ascendente saepe flexuoso villoso- vel sparse strigoso- 
basi rotundata vel ager de ntata, pie ee vekie oe ad 18 cm. 
longa, ad 8 cm. lata, tenuia, supra undique laxe, infra imprimis ad 
nervos strigilloso- edie et pilis minutis olanduligeris conspersa, 
nervis utrinque circiter 5 prorsus curvatis tenuibus, venarum rete laxo 
petiolus 1-5-8 cm. longus, eodem indumento ac caulis. J nflorescentia 
terminalis, racemosa, interdum multiflora, grup se eodem indu- 
steriles, raro cum flore rudimentario parvo ; pedicelli graciles, vd islet 5 ree 
longi. Calyx alte divisus, lobis ape ar tenuiter a 
dense glanduloso-pilosus, circiter 1 cm. lon. Corolla flava, eect ale 
anguste campanulata vel fokatetl i Rforasia m. longa, extus 
sparse pilosula, lobis latis 5 mm. longis. Capsula oblonga, 3 
0 Semi numerosissima, Rehmannia ? 
Oldhamii, Hemsl ourn. Linn. 8 l. xxvi 94 
inn. Soc. vo 
Bot. vol. ix. p. 154. Matsumuria Oldhamii, i. Yom: in Kew Bull., 
November 1909, p. 361. 
Formosa: Tamsui, Oldham, 400; between Kimpaoli and Pachena, 
on dripping rocks under the shade of coarse rank vegetation, Hancock, 4 ; 
summit of Ape’s Hill, growing on A ge rocks in dry caves and clefts 
of the mountain, A. Henry, 311, 1052. 
The systematic position of this plant as the representative of a 
distinct genus of the Gesneraceae was pointed out independently and 
almost simultaneously by Solereder and Hemsley, the latter having 
