114 HAMAMELIDE^. 



longis 2J mm. latis subintegris utraque pagine subglabris margine et basi 

 leviter et paucissime pilis stellatis insiiractis multinerviis, nervis subparallelis. 

 Petala 5, ad faucem tubi calycis affixa, cum lobis calycis altema, cmiei- 

 formia in circumscriptione, 2 mm. longa apice tnmcata 2-lobata vel emarginata 

 introrse recurvata crassiuscula extus sulcata intus costata vel deorsum 

 angustata supra basin lateraliter compressa latere complanata ad basin ± 

 dilatata 1 mm. lata utraque pagine glaberrima. Stamina 5, ad basin lobi 

 calycis aflSxa et iis opposita (episepala), antheris sessilibus vel subsessilibus 

 ovato-rotundatis apice obtusis vel truncatis 1 mm. longis, longioribus quam 

 latioribus, locuKs introrsum valvis 2 medio solutis dehiscentibus. Ovarium 

 inferius 2-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis, ovulis pendulis anatropis ; styli 2, in 

 longitudine insequales, longe exserti, altro 8 mm. longo, altro 12 mm. longo, 

 erecti basi dense medio parce pilis stellatis obtecti, sursum subglabri, ad 

 apicem dilatati tuberculati stigmatosi. Capsula lignosa ovoidea 13 mm. longa 

 10 mm. lata tenuiter 7-8-costata pilis stellatis obtecta, ad apicem truncata, 

 basi ad stipitem incrassatum abeuns, sursum 2-valvatim loculicide dehiscens, 

 deorsum indehiscens, valvis sursum solutis sed deorsum connatis, endocarpio 

 apice soluto. Semina ovoideo-ellipsoidea 8-9 mm. longa 4-5 mm. lata leviter 

 compressa facie subplana dorso convexa, utraque extremitate obtusa, testa 

 glabra nigricanti snbnitida lignoso-crustEUjea ; albumen carnosum ; radicula 

 supra brevis, cotyledonibus amplis oblongis 5 mm. longis 3 mm. latis, costis 

 elevatis. 



Hab. Nanto : Nankokei, leg. U. MoKi, 1908, Aug. (No. 1193) ; Jinrin, 

 leg. U. MoEi, 1910, Juli. ; Hokkokei, Sholiakurin, Holisha, leg. C. Owatari ; 

 B. Kanahika, 



This plant seems slightly different from the species described in 

 Benth. F1. Hongk. in having introrse anthers. It is widely distributed in 

 Formosa. 



