61 CORNACE^. 63 



Marlea platanifolia Sieb. et Zuco. ; Matsum, ot Hayata Enum. PI. 

 Formos. p. 179. 



Hab. Basal region of Mt. Morrison ; Taiko. 

 DiSTRiB. Japan. 



2. Aucuba Linn. 



Aucuba japonica Thunb. ; Hayata F1. Mont. Formos. p. 111. 



Hab. in Mt. Morrison. 



DiSTKiB. From middle Himalaya through Central China to Japan and 

 the Corean archipelago. 



The flowers of the Formosan plant are much laxger and the leaves q,re 

 narrower, with more diverging veinlets ; I think the plant may be regarded 

 as a form of the Japanese species. 



