RHAMXE-E. 141 



As the specimen is very imperfect, the identification is rather con- 

 jectural. 



Rhamneee. 



Comp&Aiis of the Formo-san G< /> 



1 Scandent shrubs. Fruits dry. 1-celled, 1-seeded Vcidilwjo. 1 



Erect shrubs or trees. (2) 



Fruits dry or fleshy drupes with one stone. 



Fruits dry or fleshy of 3 pyrenes. .1 



(Fruits subglolKisi-, expanding in 

 v . y r _ rounded wing upwards Ftil.iuru*. '2 



nerved. I Fruits carnose glolxse. not <-x- 



' pandiug in wings Zizjpli /.. 3 



Leaves pinninerved Berchemia. 4 



(4) Disk thhi, lining the calyx-tube Itfiammis. 5 



Disk fleshy, filling the calyx-tube. 



(5) Slirub spiuose, leaves and branches opposite Soycretia. 



Unarmed shrub, leaves alternate Col"brina. 7 



1. Vent May o G.EETN. 

 Dichotomoua Key to tJie Formosan S[>ecies. 



(1) Leaves ovate or ovately lanceolate, longer than the other. . V. kiocai'iKi. 

 Leaves very much smaller, oblong or obovate V. clegans. 



Ventilago elegans HEMSL. Aim. Bot. IX. p. 151 ; HENRY List PL 

 MATSUM. in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XII. p. 21 ; MATSOI. et 

 rATA Enum. PI. Formos. p. 85. 



IB. Hinau, Apes Hill, Baukinsing. 

 DISTRIB. An endemic plant. 



Ventilago leiocarpa BEXTH. in Jouru. Unn. Soc. V. p. 77; BENTH. 

 Fl. Hongk. p. 67 ; LAWS, in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. I. p. o'ol ; FORBES et 

 HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 125. 



