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crassis. Corolla 14 mm. longa, extns glabra, tube 10 mm. longo, iutus glabro, 

 lobis triangularibus 2 mm. longis intus minute tuberculatis. Stamina infra 

 faucem tubi affixa, filamentorum partibus liberis 2 mm longis, antherls oblongis 

 .1 mm. longis. Discus leviter 2-lobatus, 1 mm. longus. Stylus 1 cm. longus 

 glaber, stigma 2-lobatum, lobis rotundatis. 



Hab. Inter Urai et Laga, leg. K. Miyake, 1899. 



I saw the pla,nt at the same localities in my last excursion to Formosa. 

 It exists in the northern, but not in the southern parts of the island. 



OpMoinchiza Tashiroi Maxim. ? Caulis subtetragonus, 30 — 40 cm. longus, 

 glaber vel breve pubescens. Folia lanceolata, utrinque attenuata, 13 cm. 

 -longa, 2^ cm. lata, remota, mambranacea, supra fuscentia, subtus pallidiora 

 vel pallidissima, petiolis 3-1 cm. longis. Flores cymosi, cymis terminaUbus 

 pedunculatis, bracteolis lineari-filiformibus, circ. 1 cm. longis, calycis lobis 

 acutis. Corolla IJ cm. longa, stylo 13 mm. longo hirsuto. 



Hab. inter Suiteii-yo et Niki, leg. C. Owataei, 1898. 



The plant was formerly referred to 0. pumila by Prof. J. Matsumuba, bu, 

 differs from tliat species by the much shorter corolla. It comes quite near 

 0. Tashiroi Maxim, from which this differs by only the leaves which are 

 very pale on the under side. The leaves of 0. Tasldroi are reddish purple 

 on the under surface in a dried specimen. 



11. Ilusscenda Linn. 



DicJiotomoits Key to the Formosan Species. 



Leaves oblong 7 cm. long 3} cm. broad acuminate at both ends. Floral 

 leaves wliite oblong or orbicular apiculate at the apex, nearly 3 cm. 

 long .M. parviflora. 



Leaves much larger, oblong or oblongo-ovate, 20-24 cm. long, 8-10 cm. broad 

 cuspidate-acuminate at the apex, cuneately acute at the base, floral 

 leaves 1 or 2, large, white, ovately cordate, 11 cm. long, 7i cm. broad, 

 cuspidately acute at the apex, roundly cordate at the base. . . J/. Jcotcends. 

 MusscBnda pubescens Air. mentioned in Henry's, list and " Matsum. et 



Hayata Enum. PI. Formos." is not yet represented in the Government 



collections. 



