MATEEIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. 47 



16 mm. lata, apice acuta ad summ.um extremitatem obtusa, basi 

 cuneato-acuta, margine siirsnm distincte medio obscure serrulata, 

 deorsum subintegra, utrinque exsiccato glabra, (sed novella ad costam 

 pilosiuscula), utrinque pagine minute punctata, costis venis 

 vennlisqne distincte elevatis, petiolis 5 mm. longis. Flores sessiles 

 axillares solitarii. Sepala circ. 5, inaequalia, caduca, late rotundata, 

 pauce pilosa, coriacca, 4 mm. lata, margine ciliolata. Petala circ. 

 5, inaequalia, obovato-oblcnga, apice rotundata vel truncato- 

 rotundata, basi cuneata, 18 mm. longa, 10 mm. lata. Stamina 

 numerosa, 8 mm. longa, filamentis basi connatis. Ovarium minu- 

 tum rotundatum, 1 mm. longum, stylis 3, ad totam longitudinem 

 connatis, 3 mm. longis. 



Hab. Wantan, leg. T. Kawakami, Jan. 1904. 



Near T. sasanqua ; but differs from it in having round petals. 

 The petals of the present plant are usually oblong and round 

 at the apex, while those of 2\ sasanqua are generally, if not 

 always, notched at the apex. 



Malvaceae. 

 Sida Linn. 



Sida mysorensis W. et A. ; Hook. f. Fl. Erit. Ind. I. p. 322. 

 Hae. Akö ; Chöshüshö, leg. G. Nakahara, Sept. 1905, (No. 

 511). 



DiSïRiB. India and the Philippines. 



Observ. Leaves soft tomcntosc cordate, abruptly acuminate, 

 margin serrulate, cm. long, 7 cm. broad, petioles 5 cm. long ; 

 very like >S'. J turn II is Willd. 



