2 43. SAXIFRAGACEJE. 



1. Astif be HAM. 



Conspectus of Hie Formosan Spcei< *. 



( 1 ) Flowers larger, in dense spike-like panicles, leaves nearly glabrous. 



J. iimrrojini-n. 



Flowers smaller, in looser panicles, leaves hirsute or nearly glabrous. 



.7. loiHjicfirpi. 

 [A. chinensls. 



Astilbe chinensis FRANCH. et SAV. ; HAYATA FI. Mont. Formos. p. 80. 



HAB. Ganzan in the Morrison ranges. 



DISTRIB. Amurland, Japan, and central and northern China. 



There is a little doubt about this being A. cliineims FIUXCH. et SAVAT. 



Astilbe longicarpa HAY ATA Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 10(5 ; Herb, nearly 1 

 m. high or higher, erect, stem glabrous. Radical leaves yet unknown. Cauline 

 leaves long petiolate ternately pinnate, lateral leaflets ovate, terminal one 

 acuminately ovate duplicately sen-ate, semis acuminate, petiolulate. Racemes 

 30 cm. long, base 12 cm. broad, pyramidal, racemules (lower ones) pedunculate, 

 upper ones subsessile. Flowers shortly pedicellate, bracteolate at the base of 

 calyx. Calyx 1.1mm. long, lobes ovate truncate. Petals spathulately obovate 

 nearly 1 mm. long, minutely apiculate at the apex, margin entire. Stamens 

 10, very much exserted, 2-times longer than the petals. Carpels 2, distinct. 

 Fruits cylindraceo-ovoid shortly rostrate, 4mm. long including beaks. 



HAH. Tappansha ; Mt. Morrison. 



Astilbe macroflora HAYATA Fl. Mont. Formos. p. Sfi, et Mater. Fl. 

 Formos. p. 10(5. Herb, nearly 30 cm. high, erect, base with scales which are 

 membranaeeous, dark, broadly ovate, acuminate, numerous, obvallate. Rhizomes 

 thick, with numerous fil3ers, stems and petioles dark hairy. Radical leaves 

 and cauline ones ternately- bi pinnate, petioles neary equally long as the 

 blades, long pilose at the nodes of the petioles, folioles ovate or oblong, base 

 cordate, rarely slightly 3-lobed, 3 cm. long 2] cm. broad, sparingly hairy, 

 above slightly pilose on the cost, biserrate, primary serratures larger shortly 



