MÂTEKIALS FOR A FLOE A OF FORMOSA. 41 



Near II. longistylum Oliv. ; but differs from it in the apex of 

 the style and in having smaller flowers, acute and elongate leaves. 

 Also near H. trinerve Hemsl. from which it is distinguishable by 

 ovate capsules and elongately oblong leaves. ■ 



Hypericum subalatum Hayata sp. nov. 



Hypericum, formosanum Hayata in Matsum. et Hayata Enum. 

 PJ. Formos. p. 41, pro parte, (non Maxim.) 



Kami lasves tetragoni, subalati, alis 1mm. latis. Folia opposita, 

 oblongo-lanceolata, cm. longa, 13 mm. lata apice obtusa, vel 

 brevissime mucronata, gradatim angustata, sessiha, punctata. Flores 

 ad apicem ramulorum axillarium solitarii, pedunculati, bracteati, 

 bracteis sœpe 2-3 cm. longis, cum foliis conformibus sed minoribus, 

 ad basin pedunculorum perulati, perulis squamosis lanceolatis 2 mm. 

 longis. Sepala 5, oblonga, 7 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, obtuso-acuta. 

 Petala 5, valde obliqua. Ovarium ovoideum 5-sulcatum, stylis ad 

 totam longitudinem connatis. 



Hab. Kusshaku, leg. U. Faueie, 1903. 



The present plant difiers from. H. formosanum Maxim, by 

 much longer leaves. The leaves of the other species are always 

 ol)long and shorter than those of this plant. 



Hypericum taisanense Hayata sp. nov. Suffrutex, caulis erecto- 

 acsendens, teres rubescens, simplex, eramosus, 30-40 cm. altus, 

 superiore foliosus basi nudus. Folia opposita, elongato-ovata, 

 sessilia, apice obtusa basi cordata, supra ad paginam marginemque 

 punctata, chartacea, costis et vcnis primariis supra impressis, 

 subtus elevatis. Cymoc terminales 2-4 cm. longne, 3-4 cm. lata?, 

 bracteis folio minoribus. Sepala 5, basi connata, ovato-lanceolata, 

 obtusa, vel acuta, 'J.} mm. longa, punctata, punetis a tro -purpureis. 



