B.HAMNE.E. 143 



Fain. Xat. I. p. 147 ; MAXDL Rluim. Or. As. p. 6 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. 

 Fl. Sin. I. p. 127; HENRY List PL Formes, p. 27; MAKING in Tokyo B..t. 

 Mag. X. p. 05 ; MATSUM. in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XII. p. 22 ; Ixo et MATSUM. 

 Tent. Fl. Lntoh. p. 37C ; DIELS Fl. Centr. Chin. p. 458; MATSUM. et 

 HAYATA Enum. PL Formos. p. 87. 



HAB. Shiiitikn. Hiuan, Boryo, Tamsni. 



DLSTRIR. Loo-choo, Hongkong, Cliiua, Himalaya. 



Berchemia racemosa SIEB. et Sure. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. I. p. 147 ; 

 BENTH. FL Hougk. p. 67; MAXIM. Rham. Or. As. p. 5; FORCES et HEMSL. 

 Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 127 ; HENRY List PL Formos. p. 27 ; DIELS FL Ontr. 

 Chin. p. 458 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Euura. PL Formos. p. 87. 



HAB. Keluug, Tamsni. 



DISTRIE. Japan, China : Shensi Kiang-si, Fokieu. 



5. J?/t fnttn its LINN. 



K>}/ t the Formosa n 



I Flowers shortly i^edicelbite ........................... 7?. formosana. 



Flowers elougat^ly }3edic9llat9 ......................... ft. NahtJiarai. 



Rhamnus Nakaharai HAYATA Materials for a Floi-a of Formosa p. 

 Gl. Branches quite glabrous, nearly alternately divaricate. Leaves roimdly 

 ov.-it?, rounded at the base or acnt\ acuminate at the apex or cuspidate, 7 cm. 

 long, 3i cm. broad, margin (except base and apex'i crennlato -serrate, serras ac- 

 uminate, recnrved, veins 5-6 on each side, spreading out at an acute angle, 

 slightly arched, membranaceons, petioles nearly 1 cm. long. Male flowers not 

 yet known. Female l!owers 5-6-clnstered at the axils of the lower leaves, 

 iightly supra-axillary, connate to the brauchlets, sometimes inserted 

 at the height of 5-6 mm. alx-ve the axils, pedicels slender, a little longer 

 than petioles, 1 cm. long, incrassate at the apex, reaching the calyx-tube. 

 Calyx-lobes 3-times longer than the tube, nearly 3 mm. long, lanceolate, 3- 

 nerved, callose at the apex. Rudiments of petals and stamens filiformed, 

 very minute. .1 mm. long. Ovary glolv**, 1 mm. long, much exseiixl fi-om 



