137 



I. p. 118 ; HENRY List PL Fornios. p. 27 ; MATSFJI. et HAYATA Enum. PI. 

 Formos. p. 82. 



HAB. Kelnng. 



3. Euonymus Miyakei HAYATA in MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PL 

 Fornios. p. 83, t. VII. Shrub subglabrous, branches tetragonous. Leaves 

 ternate, petioled, obovate or elliptical, slightly acute or obtuse, at the apex at- 

 tenuate at the base, 6-7 cm. long, 2.5-3 cm. broad, petioles short, 5 mm. long. 

 Flowers patent, 1 cm. in diameter, loosely cymosely paniculate, terminal or 

 axillary, bracteate, bract very short. Sepals 5, incurved, rounded. Petals 5, 

 inserted under the disc, patent, margin fimbriate and recurved, orbicular, 

 base shortly narrowed. Stamens 5, inserted above the disc, filaments com- 

 plauate, subulate-, anthers broadly didymous. Disc camose, ample, broadly 

 explanate, entire. Ovary immersed in the disc, and confluent with it, 5-celled ; 

 style short ; ovules 2 in each cell. 



HAB. Kotosho. 



Resembles very much E. javamcm BL. ; but the leaves of the present 

 plant are always verticillate liemate in almost all cas*-**. while those of the 

 Javan species are always opposite. 



4. Euonymus Tanakae MAXDI. in Mel. Bid. XH. (1886) p. 428 ; 

 ITO et MATSUM. Tent. Fl. Lutch. p. 371. 



HAH. Taiton. 



DisTr.rn. Japan, Benin, Loo-choo. 



5. Euonymns Spraguei HAYATA iPl XX; Materials for a Flora of 

 Formosa p. 59. Bra-nckes terete, minutely papillose-punctate, striate, fnlvo- 



- subtetragonous, silicate, fulvo-fusceut, slender, divari- 



>pposite, ovately oblong or oblong, 6^ cm. long, 3 cm. broad, 



times 4-i cm. long. 23 mm. broad) chartaceo-coriaceous, ol)tusely acute 



or obtusely acuminate at the apex, acute or rounded at the base, margin 



serrulate, teeth obtuse, pallid alyove, more pallid below, costas and veins 



slightly elevated alwve, but costas elevated below, and veins not conspicuous, 



petioles 8 mm. long, snlcate inside. Capsules cymosely arranged (cymes 



axillary, peduncles slender, 3 cm. long') broadly globose, 6 mm. in diameter, 



