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cylmdrico-ellipsoidouTn glalivuin IJmm. louguni ^- mm. latum ; stylus filiformia 

 2 cra. longus gLiber. Capsula 2-valvata 12 mm. longa 4-sperma, retiuaculis 

 acutis ; semina oblonga 2| mm. longa 1} mm. lata adpresso-hirsuta valde 

 ^omplanatn,. 



Hab. Rankanzan, ad 4,600 pcd. alt., leg. B. HL\yata, Mai. 1916. 



Near S. flexicaulis IIay. ; but diifers from it in tlie very mucli sraaller 

 leaves. 



Strobilanthes Tashiroi Hayata sp. nov. Herba; c.iilis basi repens ad nolos rndicang 

 siirsuin ascendens, j^arte ascendenti 25-30 cm. 1 nga, tetrngoniis snbglaber. FoMa opposita 

 oblongo-lanceolata vel lanceo'ata 8-9 cm. longa 3cm. lata apice acnminata b;isi subito vel 

 gradatim ad petiolum abeunlia margino obscure et (enuiter serrulata vel subintegra utraque 

 pagine subglabra subtus ad venas temiiter Lirstita membranacea. Florcs racemosi, racemis 

 paucifloratis terminalibus, pedicellis 1-2 mm. longis, bracteis singulis bracteolis duabus instructi, 

 bracteis lineari-spathiilatis 13 mm. longis ; bractcoli-s limaribus calycem in longitudine jequanti- 

 bus 1 cm. lonpis 1| mm. latis obtusis birsutis. Calyx ^-iiartitiis, parte superiore 3-fida, jiarte 

 inferiore 2-fida, segmentis 13 mm. longis pauce birsutis. Corolla campanu!ata 2 cm. longa, limbo 

 5-lobato. S'.amina didynama, filamentis hir.sutis. Stylo glabro. Discus 1 mm. longus infra 

 ovarium insitus ; ovarium obovoideo-cylindricum glabrum 2] mm. longum. Capsula 13 mm. 

 longa glabra 4-sperma, retinaculis linearibus 3mm. langis iicuminatis; semina val.le comijlanata 

 2^ mm. longa brevissime hirsuta 1| mm. lata. 



Hab. Loo-choo : Okinawujima, leg. Y. Tashiro, Mart. 1837. 



Somewhat resembles ti. formosanus Moore ; but differs from it in the total absence of the 

 baracts in the mnch narrower linear calyx-lobes and in the much thinner smaller leaves. 



Jtungia Nees. 



• 



Rungia cMnensis Benth. F1. Hongk. p. 266 ; Dunn et Tutcher Fl 

 Hongk. et Kwangt. p. 200. 



JL\B. Raislia, leg. U. F.vurie, Mavt. 1914, No. 725. 

 New to the flora of Formosa. 



jyicliptera Juss. 



Dicliptera uraiensis HLvyata sp. nov. Herba basi sufii-utesceus ; caulis 

 ramosissimus, ramis gracilibus tenuiter liirsutis. Folia opposita mernbranacea 

 lanceolata 7 cm. longa 1| cm. lata apice acuminata ad summum obtusa basi 

 obtusa margine obscure crenata vel uudulata utraquo pagine tenuiter hirsuta, 

 petiolis l cm. longis. Flores quasi-cymosi, cymis terminalibus ; bractece oppo- 

 •sitfe lanceolatte apice olitusfe basi rotundat» JO-12 mm. longse 4 mm. latse 

 intus glabrie extus hirsutse margine ciliolata) flores sessiles 2-4 includentes ; 



