24 51. MELASTOMAdK.T:, 



tetragonous, base abniptly attenuate 7 mm. long, '> mm. broad, 4-yalvatp. 

 Seeds cuneiformed, laterally compressed, scarcely 2 mm. long with wings, 

 wings subcultriformed. 



This is very near B. cJiinensis Benth of Hongkong. I have examined 

 the type of the Hongkong j)lant in the herbarium of Hongkong, and found 

 that my plant is distinct from its congener. The leaves of the Formosan 

 plant is much thinner or even membranaceous, while those of the Hongkong 

 one are much thicker or even coriaceous. 



H.vr,. Mushazan, Mt. Arisan, Randaizan, usually on higher elevations. 



4. Blastiis LouE. 



Blastus cochinchinensis Loue. ; Matsum. ot Hayata Enum. PI. For- 

 mos. p. 147. 



Hab. Goshorin, Kusshaku, Kusukusn. 



PiSTEin. Western India China, Kwangtung, Hongkong, Ijno-chno. 



5. Bredia Blume. 



Kiy io fhe Formosan Species. 



( 1 ) riant scandent, leaves roundly ovate, obtuse at the apex, cordate .it 



tlie base B. scamleus. 



Plant erect, leaves lanceolate or elongately oblong Z>. Ohlliami. 



Bredia Oldhami Hook, f . ; ]\Iatsom. ot Hayata Enum. PL Formos. p. 

 148. 



Hap.. Huzan ; Bokusekikaku, Koshiiii, Kusukusn, Taiton, Wantan, 

 Tamsui. 



DrsTEiE. An endemic plant. 



Bredia scandens (Ito et Matsum.) ITayata INlatorials for a Flora of 

 Formosa p. 114. 



Hah. Hosan, Taito, Suiteiryo, Kusukusn. 



6. Savcopyramis W.\ll. 

 Sarcopyramis nepalensis Wall ; Hayata F1. ^Nlont. Formos. p. 98, 



