NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PLANTS OF FORMOSA. 105 



New or noteworthy plants of Formosa. 



Magnoliaceae. 



Illicium arborescens HAYATA sp. nov. Arborescens, trancus subrectus 

 12 ra. altus, a medio siirsum rajnosus, ramulis cinerascentibus (petiolis fus- 

 oentibas) glaberrimis subangulatis, folia tis. Folia stibopposita, petiolata, lan- 

 ceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, 10-8 cm. longa 24- cm.-2 cm. lata, apice acunii- 

 nata, ad summum acuta, basi acuta, chartaceo-coriacea, raargine Integra, costis 

 supra impressis subtus elevatis, venis lateralibus supra, tenuissimis, subtus 

 non visis, subtus pallida, opaca, petiolis 1 cm. loiigis, fuscentibus, supra 

 sulcatis. Flores terminales vel axillares, solitarii vel gemini, pedunculati, 

 pedunculis 1-2 cm. longis, bracteati, semiclausi, depresso-globosi, 8 mm. 

 longi, 10 mm. in diumetro, rosei. Segmenta perianthii glabra crassiuscula, 

 12-15, margiue ciliolata, extimis minimis, interioribus magnis, extimis late 

 reniforme cordatis 4i mm. latis, basi auriculato cordatis, vel semirotundatis 

 5 mm. longis 7 mm. latis, apice rotundatis basi contractis subcordatis vel 

 rotundatis, ad insertionem 2f mm. latis, interioribus magnis rotundatis 

 8 mm. in diametro apice basique rotundatis, basi constrictis ad inser- 

 tionem 2 mm. latis valde concavis, utrique glabris, intimLs plus minus 

 angustioribus. Stamina co , 2-seriatim disposita 2-3 mm. longa, filamentis 

 complanatis, in latitudine variabillimis, antheris adnati> in forma variabilibus 

 apice triuicatis, li mm. longis. Carpella 10-14, 1-seriatim verticillata, latere 

 compressa, a latere visa basi ovata apice caudata, (partibus ovatis 2 mm. 

 longis li mm. latis, caudis 1 mm. vel If mm. lougis apice extrorse recurvis), 

 in sectione cuneiformia, dorso obtuse costata, facie acuta, 1-ovulata, glabra. 

 Toms conicas ultra insertionem carpellorurn productus, partibus pixxiuctis 

 breve coluninaribus 1-2 mm. longis. 



HAD. Inter Karapin et Funkiko, leg. B. HAYATA et S. SASAKI, Jan. 

 1912. 



The nearest congener of this plant is /. maji/s H. f. et T. (in HOOK f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. I. p. 40), which is different from our species in having much 

 longer petioles, longer peduncles ; another plant resembling ours is I. Giiffitlm 



