MELASTOMACEiE, 109 



Melastomaeeae. 



Fachycentria formosana Hayata sp. nov. Tasldrcea oJdnaiacensis 

 Hay ATA in Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 114 et p. 449 (non Matsumuea). Frutes- 

 cens, ad trnncos scandens ; caulis subteres, cinerascens, rugosiis, lenticellis 

 albicantibus mnltis notatus, ramulis f nsco-rubescentibus lenticellis parce notatis. 

 Folia opposita ovato-lanceolata vel obovato-lanceolata, apice acuta, ad summum 

 obtasa, basi obtusa vel plus minus cuneata, 7^ cm. longa 2 cm. lata vel 

 latiora, integerrima vel subintegra, distincte 3-nervia, nervis supra tenuibus 

 planis vel impressis inconspicuis, subtus prominente elevatis, nervis kitera- 

 libus a costa supra basin divaricatis margine paralleKs prope apicem 

 costffl attingentibus, crassiuscula, supra in exsiccato fuscentia subtus flaves- 

 centia vel pallidissima, utrinque glabra, petioKs 8-10 mm. longis supra sul- 

 catis. Cymse terminales vel juxta apicem axillares, 4-5 cm. longse fcum 

 pedunculis) totiusque latse, ternatim 2-3-plo ramosse, ad nodos 2-bracteat8e, 

 pedicellis 7 mm. longis. Calyx globoso-campanulatus, 4 mm. longus, glaber, 

 tubo subgloboso-campanulato, fauce plus minus contracto, limbo subintegro, 

 plus minus obscure 4-dentato, margine minute ciKolato. Petala 4, valde 

 obliqua rotundata, vel obovato-rotundata, 1 cm. longa totiusque lata, margine in- 

 tegerrima obscure 8-10 nervia, apice oblique rotundata, basi subcuneato-truncata, 

 ad insertionera contracta 1 mm. lata. Stamina 8, sequalia ad faucem calysis 

 affixa, filamentis complanatis 5 mm. longis erecto-rucurvis, glabris, antheris 

 erectis latere compressis, ovato-linearibus 3^ cm. longis apice obtusis 1-porosis, 

 basi locellis paralleHs non productis, connectivis basi postice breve calcaratis, 

 calcare brevissimo ^ mm. longo. Ovarium calyce adhserens, 4-loculare, ovulis 

 in loculis numerosis, placentis ab angulo interiore loculorum, apice conicum alte 

 8-sulcatum, stylo filiforme 6 mm. longo apice minute truncate. Bacca sub- 

 globoso-turbinata, vel subglobosa purpurascens limbo calysis persistenti coro- 

 nata, 7 mm. in diametro. Semina flavescentia, minuta, cylindrica, utrinque 

 obtusa, testa Crustacea nitida. 



Hab. Sliintiku : Kareislia, leg. U. MoKi, Juni., 1908, (No. 1434) ; Mt. 

 Arisan, leg. B. Hayata et S. Sasaki Jan., 1912. 



The present plant was erroneously referred by myself to Tasldrcea, a genus 



