MATERIALS FOK A FLORA OF FORMOSA. 37' 



Stellaria stellato-pilosa H ay ata FJ. Mont. Formos. p. 58, t. II. 



Tliis is very near Stellaria nutans Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XXXÏV. p. 434, (Tibet Oriental ; Tatsin-Lon) ; bnfc differs from it 

 by its larger and broader leaves and also in leaving rongli velvety 

 hairs all over tlie plant. It is also near S. dichasioides Williams 

 in the same volume of the same Journal, p. 436, from which it 

 differs in having more hairy leaves. Besides, it comes very near 

 aS. saxatilis Ham. from which it is hardly distinguishable. All the 

 plants above mentioned are very similar in every respect, and 

 further study will prove that they are one and the same species,, 

 though some of them should be regarded as representing a 

 variety of another. 



Portulaceae. 

 Portiilaca Linn. 



Portulaca quadrifida Linn. var. formosana Hayata v. n. Herba 



incrassata prostrata, caulibus incrassatis basi 5 mm. in diametro, 

 superiore ramosissimis. Folia alterna crassa, obovata apice rotun-, 

 data, basi leviter angustata 0-7 mm. longa, 3J mm. lata, ad axillas 

 fasciculato-pilosa, piHs patentibus 2 mm. longis. Flores ad apicem 

 ramulorum solitarii a foliis verticillatis circ. 5 involucrati. Capsulas 

 membranaceoe 2J mm. in diametro. Semina subglobosa J mm. in 

 diametro, latere compressa, muricnlata. 



Poi'tulaca (/uadrinda IIavata in Matsum. et Hayata Enum. Pl.j 

 Formos. p. :V.) (non. Linn.) ; 



Hai;. Ivütöshö, leg. K. Miyake, Nov. 1899. 



Very neir the type from which it is distinguishable by its 

 far less hairy form. 



