MELASTOMACE/E. 109 
Melastomacese. 
Pachycentria formosana Havsra sp. nov.  T' cshiraom  okinawansis 
HavarA in Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 114 et p. 449 (non MarsuwUvRa). Frutes- 
cens, ad truncos scandens; caulis subteres, cinerascens, rugosus, lenticellis 
albieantibus multis notatus, ramulis fusco-rubescentibus lenticellis parce notatis. 
Folia opposita ovato-lanceolata vel obovato-lanceolata, apice acuta, ad. summum 
obtusa, basi obtusa vel plus minus cuneata, (7i cm.longa 2ecm.lata vel 
latiora, integerrima vel subintegra, distincte. 3-nervia, nervis supra tenuibus 
planis vel impressis inconspieuis, subtus prominente elevatis, nervis latera- 
libus a. costa supra basin divaricatis margine parallelis prope apicem 
coste attingentibus, erassiuseula, supra in exsieeato fuscentia subtus flaves- 
centia vel pallidissima, utrinque glabra, petiolis S-10 mm.longis supra sul- 
eatis.  Cym:e terminales vel juxta apicem axillares, 4-5 em. longs (cum 
peduneulis) totiusque latz, ternatim 2-3-p!o ramosz, ad nodos 2-bracteat:e, 
pedicellis 7 mm.longis. Calyx globoso-eampanulatus, 4 mm.longus, glaber, 
tubo subgloboso-eampanulato, fauce plus minus contracto, limbo subintegro, 
plus minus obscure 4-dentato, margine minute ciliolato. Petala 4, valde 
obliqua rotundata, vel obovato-rotundata, 1 em. longa totiusque lata, margine in- 
tegerrima obseure 8-10 nervia, apice oblique rotundata, basi subeuneato-truncata, 
ad insertionem contracta 1 mm.lata. Stamina 8, wqualia ad faucem calysis 
affixa, filamentis complanatis 5 mm.longis ereeto-crucurvis, glabris, antheris 
erectis latere compressis, ovato-linearibus 31 em. longis apice obtusis 1-porosis, 
basi locellis parallelis non produetis, connectivis basi postice breve calearatis, 
caleare brevissimo 1 mm.longo. Ovarium calyce adhrerens, 4-loeulare, ovulis 
in loenlis numerosis, placentis ab angulo interiore loeulorum, apice conieum alte 
8-sulcatum, stylo filiforme 6 mm. longo apice minute truneato. Baeea sub- 
globoso-turbinata, vel subglobosa purpurascens limbo calysis persistenti coro- 
nata, T mm.in diametro. Semina flavescentia, minuta, cylindrica, utrinque 
obtusa, testa erustacea nitida. 
Har. Shintiku: Kareisha, leg. U. Monr, Juni, 1908, (No. 1434); Mt. 
Arisan, leg. B. HaxarA et S. Sasakr Jan., 1912. 
'The present plant was erroneously referred by myself to "'ashircca, a genus 
