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Har. Widely diffused in the high regions in the island. 
Drsrnm. The Philippines. 
Pieris taiwanensis HavarA (Pl. XIV.) Mater. Fl. l'ormos. p. 169. 
Har. Common in the high regions in the island. 
Rhododendron Kawakamii Havara (Pl. XV.) Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 
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Har. Mt. Morrison, Mt. Arisan, Mt. Randaisan. 
Chimaphila rhombifolia Havara sp. nov. (Pl. XVL). Suffrutescens, 
parva, caulis simples, 3-5 cm. altus, tetragonus in sectione, ad angulos sub- 
latus, l mm. in sectione, rubescens, glaber, foliis verticillatis et squamis alter- 
natis instruetus, squamis angustatis obtusis 1-2 mm. longis margine denti- 
culato-eiliolatis. Folia vertieillata, (fere semper ternata) breve petiolata, mem- 
branaceo-eoriacea, late rhomboidea, 10-12 mm.longa (cum petiolis), 10 mm. 
lata, apice acuta, basi subito cuneata, ad petiolum brevissimum | gradatim 
abeuntia, margine dentata, ima basi integra, dentibus aeutis triangularibus 
ascendentibus 1-14 mm. a se remotis, costis utrinque elevatis venis et venulis 
subtus inconspicuis, supra elevatis distincte reticulatis. — Flores terminales, 
solitarii, pedunculati, basi pedunculi perulati, perulis sepe 5-6 variabilibus, 
exterioribus minoribus ovatis 2mm. longis apice acutis ciliolatis, interioribus 
vel intimis magnis obovatis apice rotundatis concavis pedunculum involven- 
tibus  multinerviis elabris. ^ Pedunculi 2-7 em.longi erecti recti apice 
cernui, 2-3-bracteati, bracteis angustatis 4 mm.longis 1 mm.latis obtusis. 
Flores eernui. Sepala 5, basi plus minus connata, angustata, vel angusto- 
oblonga, apice obtusa vel rotundata, 3 mm. longa 1-15 mm. lata, glabra, mar- 
gine ciliolata, eiliolis obtusis, 5-7 nervia. Corollie tubus brevissimus, lobis 
vel segmentis ovatis apice rotundatis basi leviter contractis, 4J mm. longis 93 
mm.latis, glabris, margine pauce denticulatis basi integris, 5-7 nerviis, cras- 
siusculis imbricatis concavis patentibus. Stamina 10, a basi petalorum 
geminatim disposita et petalis opposita, 51 mm. longa, filamentis 13 mm. longis 
nigrieantibus complanatis incrassatis glabris, antheris adnatis (basi-fixis) ob- 
longis, apice apiculatis, basi emarginatis, 13 mm. longis, extrorse lateraliterque 
suleatis, basi 2-appendieulatis, appendieulis brevibus flavo-corolatis tubulosis 
i-i mm.longis  introrse incurvis apice truncatis  poratis. ^ Ovarium 
