SATINLACE.T;. 157 



7.1 iiiiu. long, filaments filiformed, apex very slender, but incrassate at the 

 middle, :> nun. long, anthers cordate, ovate, 1 mm. long, apex obtuse, Gradate 

 ;it the base. Rudiment of ovary minute with style 1 mm. long, very pilose, 

 disks extra-stamiual 7-8- parted, segments clavate. incrassate. Flowers ? : 

 calyx 5-6-parted, 2 mm. long, segments oblong, rounded at the apex. Petals 

 the same as those of the male. Staminodes 0. Disks extra-stamina], 7-lobat<:. 

 Ovary broadly dilate, pilose, styles short. 

 HAD. Ako, Keluiig. 



Acer Oliverianum PAX. var. microcarpum HAYATA Materials for a 

 Flora of Formosa p. 69. Branches and leaves nearly the same as in the type. 

 Flowers unknown. Carpels glabrous, 21 cm. long, cells slightly uervose, 

 Avings oblong, 2-2-1 cm. long, rounded at the apex, narrowed at the base, 

 margin rounded on the exterior side, divaricate at an angle of 110 120. 



HAB. Shiutiku: Daitoge. 



Differs from the type in having extremely small carpels. I liave ex- 

 amined the fruits of the variety and ascertained tliat although they are extre- 

 mely small, they are quite in mature state, having albumen and embryo. This 

 differs also from the other variety XtikaJu'irrii in the sliape of wings. In this 

 variety, the wings are usually oblong, while in the other, they are always 

 semi-oblong or cultriformed. 



Acer rubescens HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 66. 

 KUIDZ. in Journ. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo XXXH-1, p. 21. 

 Branchiate pallid, blackish in a dried specimen, leaves cordate in outline, or 

 octagonal, slightly 5-lobed, lobes very short, cuspidate, terminal tail narrowed, 

 linear, Literal ones serrulate, basal ones shortest, base cordate, margin (except 

 tails) duplicately serrate, 9-10 cm. long, 7 cm. broad, coriaceous, long 

 petioled, petioles C-7 cm. long. 



HAH. Taito, Bataiankei. 



There is at Kew a specimen very much like this. The specimen is 

 lal jelled "Acer copi'IH^s MAXIM. Japonia, Nippon, Prov. Shinano, 1864, 

 leg. TSCHONOSKI." The preseut_ plant differs from it in having leaves with 

 larger seiration, and longer side loljes which are placed in a little UPJKJI portion. 



