2 43. saxtpeaCtACE^. 



1. A.itilbe Ham. 



Conspectus of tJie Formosan Species. 



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



A. macrqflara. 



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



I A. longicarpa. 

 [A. chinensis. 



Astilbe chinensis Feanch. et Sat. ; Hayata F1. Mont. Forraos. p. 86. 



Hab. Ganzan in the Morrison ranges. 



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



There is a little doubt about this being A. chinensis Feanch. et Satat. 



Astilbe longicarpa Hayata Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 106 ; Herb, nearly 1 

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

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

 acuminately ovate duplicately serrate, serras acuminate, petiolulate. Racemes 

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

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

 calyx. Calyx 1 J mm. long, k)bes ovate ti'uncate. 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, 4 mm. long including beaks. 



Hab. Tappansha ; Mt. Morrison. 



Astilbe macroflora Hayata Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 86, et Mater. Fl. 

 Formos. p. 106. Herb, nearly 30 cm. high, erect, base with scales which are 

 membranaceous, dark, broadly ovate, acuminate, numerous, obvallate. Ehizomes 

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

 and cauline ones ternately-bipinnate, 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 



