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Ilex parvifolia HAYATA (I'l. XIX.) Materials for a Flora of Formosa 

 p. 57. Branches slender, branchlets ferrugiueo-tomentose. Leaves approxi- 

 mate, shortly petiolate, oblong, 12 mm. long, b' mm. broad, coriaceous, ob- 

 tuse at both ends or acute, aristately serrate, tomentose alnn-c on the 

 costas, veins obscure on both sides, tomentose above. Flowers axillary, 

 solitary, pedicellate, sepals 4, rounded, 1 mm. long. Drupes reddish, gloljose, 

 C mm. in diameter, with 4 stones. 



HAB. Mt. Morrison, Ari/an. 



Near Hex intricata HOOK, f.; but differs from it by the thinner, oblong, 

 leaves, which are more or less aristately toothed on the margin. I. intricata 

 has nearly obovate leaves, Avithout aiistate teeth. 



Ilex rotunda THUNU. Fl. Jap. p. 77 ; DC. Prodr. H. p. 1C ; MIQ. in 

 Ann. Mns. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. III. p. IOC ; HANCE in Journ. Bot. (1883) p. 

 29C; SIEB. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. I. p. 149; MIQ. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 

 2G9 ; MAXIM, m Mem. Acad. Sc. Pe'tersb. T serie, XXIX. (1881) p. 3C ; 

 FUANCH. et SAVAT. Enum. PL Jap. I. p. 77 ; FOIIBEH et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. 

 Hiii. I. p. 118; HENKY List PI. Formos. p. 27; ITO et MATSUM. Tent. Fl. 

 Lutch. p. 3C8 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PL Formos, p. 82. 



HAB. Hokuto, South Cape. 



DISTUIB. Japan and China. 



Ilex taisanensis HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 57. 

 Branches cinerascent, rugulose longitudinally, branchlets straight, 

 triquetrous towards the apex, shortly pubescent or subglabrous, red- 

 dish. Leaves alternate, long petiolate, chartaceo-eoriaceous, oblong, or 

 oblong-ovate, 37 mm. long, 15 mm. broad, acute at the apex, roundly 

 obtuse at the base, margin remotely creuate, veins and veinlets inconspicuous 

 on both sides, or very much slender, pallid beneath, petioles 1 cm. long, 

 slightly pubescent. Drupes solitary on the axils of the leaves, long pedun- 

 culate, (peduncles 2 cm. long, 2-bracteolate middway, bracteoles lanceolate 

 2 mm. long), globose, 5-C mm. in diameter, albo-punctate, or not punctate, 

 with calyx at the base. Stones 3-5, somewhat compressed dorsally, convex 

 on the back, acute at the apex, smooth, 4 mm. long. 



