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estabKshed by Prof. J. Matsumuka. Soon afterwards, I found that the plant is 

 different from the same genus, to which matter I referred in my " Mater. Fl. 

 Formos. p. 449." In my excursion to the island in the earlier part of this 

 year, I was successful in finding out a fruiting plant which is quite the 

 same as the one which was formerly referred to Tasliirosa. The fruit is a 

 berry of light purple colour. It is quite clear that this does not belong to 

 Tashircea, the fruit of which is usually a capsule, but does to Pachycentria. 

 The latter is distinguished from the former by not auricled anthers and 

 berry. 



Medinilla fonuosana Hayata sp. nov. Frutes ad truncos scandens, 

 ramis subteretibus, corticibus cinerascentibus, gracilibus, intemodiis 7-10 cm. 

 longis, ad nodos setas numerosas gerentibus. Folia opposita temata vel ver- 

 ticiUata, oblongo-obovata, vel obovato-lanceolata,, 10-20 cm. longa, 3-6 cm. lata, 

 sursum obtusa apice breve caudato-acuminata basi attenuato-cuneata, in vivo 

 crassiuscula, in exsiccato sub-membranacea integerrima vel integra pinninervia, 

 venis lateraHbus primariis oppositis arcuatis ad apieem costse attingentibus, 

 utraque glabra, in vivo supra nitida, subtus pallida, subsessilia vel breve 

 petiolata, petiolis 8 mm. longis. Paniculse terminales vel quasi-laterales, 25 cm. 

 longse 10 cm. latse, ramis verticillatis superpositim dispositis angulo 90° divaii- 

 catis glabris, floribus ad apieem ramoram ■2-plo subumbellatim dispositis, 

 pedicelUs ultimis 6 mm. longis, glabris, bracteis minutis Knearibus 3 mm. 

 longis. Calyx tetragono-subglobosus glaber 3 mm. longus 2|- mm. latus, fauce 

 plus minus constrictus, limbo ampHato, integro vel obscure 4-dentato, den- 

 tibus late rotimdatis, vel non dentato. Petala 4, valde obliqua obovata 7 mm. 

 longa, 4 mm. lata, apice obtusa basi cuneata ad insertionem truncata contracta 1 

 mm. lata. Stamina 8 sequalia ad faucem calysis affixa, filamentis complanatis 

 subulatis 4 mm. longis, ^J mm. latis, antheris 3-4 mm. longis ^ mm. latis subu- 

 latis apice rostratis 1-porosis, connectivis basi antice 2-auriciilatis, postice 

 l-calcd,ratis, auriculis } mm.-^ mm. longis, calcaribus angustioribus vel linearibus 

 ^ mm. longis apice truncatis. Ovarium calycis tubo cohserens, apice conico- 

 truncatum, stylo columnari 4 mm. longo sursum subclavato obtuse, stigma 

 punctiforme. Bacca subglobosa, 7 mm. in diametro, apice calycis limbo 

 annulariter coronata. Semina numerosa elongato-obovoidea, 1 mm. longa. 



