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the flowers above given are mainly based upon the account given by Dr. K. 

 NAGAI in his paper above referred to. 



Euchresta BENN. 



Euchresta Horsfieldii BENN. var. formosana HAYATA u. v. (Tab. 

 XVI.) = Euchresta Hortfiddii HAYATA Ic. PI. Formos. I. p. 207, (non BENN.). 

 Suffrutex 50-100 cm. alta, non ramosa vel pauciramosa, ramis sursnm 

 foliosis zigzag-forme flexnosis, sursum teretibus 3-4 mm. in diametro glabris, 

 apice tenuissime fulvo-pubescentibus. Folia impari-pimiata, cum petiolis 

 20 cm. longa 14 cm. lata, in ambitu oblonga, foliolis 5-4 omnibus conformi- 

 bus, foliolis lateralibus oppositis, chartaceo-membranaceis, oblongis vel oblongo 

 lanceolatis, apice acuminatis, basi obtusis, 10 cm. longis 3 cm. latis, supra 

 viridissimis subtus pallidioribus, margine integris, costis tenuissime impressis, 

 subtus elevatis, venis et venulis non distinctis, petiolulis 2 rnm. longis, petiolis 

 communibus foliolo brevioribus teretibus supra late sulcatis vel subalatis 

 glabris, jugis foliolorum 3-4 cm. a se remotis. Racemi terminates, circ. 15 cm. 

 longi, pedunculis 3 cm. longis dense floratis, rhachidibus et floribus brevissime 

 fulvo-pubescentibus, pedicellis 6-2 mm. longis, bracteis basi pedicelli lanceolatis 

 minutis 2 mm. longis. Calyx longe campanulatus, 8 mm. longus apice 6-7 mm. 

 latus, basi obtusus, basi superiore gibbosus, apice breve 5-dentatus, (dentibus 

 latis obtusis), extus intusque brevissime pubescens. Petala 5, supra basin calycis 

 sita ; vexillum spathulatum 1| cm. longum basi 2 mm. latum, apice 2-lobatum 

 vel emarginatum, 5 J mm. latum, (lobis rotundatis), deorsum gradatim angustatum, 

 non unguiculatum subplicatum recurvum integrum basin extus intusque 

 pubescens ; alse recurvse cultriformes unguiculatse, laminis semioblongis latere 

 superiore rectis latere inferiore curvis basi latere inferiore auriculatis 9 mm. 

 longis 3 mm. latis, unguibus linearibus 6 mm. longis f mm. latis glabris ; 

 carinse recto-cultriformes 13 mm. longse, laminis semioblongis 8 mm. longis 

 4 mm. latis apice obtusis latere inferiore curvis latere superiore subrectis 

 basi auriculatis, unguibus 5|- mm. longis -j mm. latis linearibus. Stamina 

 diadelpha, eo vexillo opposite libero, caetris connatis, tubo filamentorum 

 calycis basi connate, filamentis cum carina sequilongis basi extus pubescenti- 

 bus, antheris versatilibus oblongis. Ovarium complanatum obovato-lineare, 



