MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. 53 



Ilicineœ. 

 Ilex Linn. 



Ilex ardisioides Loîs. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. LXXVIII.-L 



(1901) p. ;]59. 



ÏÏAB. South Cape, Dr. A. Henry ! '' i 



I have seen the plant at Kew ; it is not yet represented in 



the Herbarium at Tokyo. 



, Ilex bioritsensis Hayata sp. nov. Rami validi, recti, corti- 

 cibus cinerascentibus obtecti, ramuhs rectis divaricatis, triquetris. 

 Folia alterna breve petiolata, valido-coriacea, margine spinosa, 

 rhomboideo-obovata, 3 J cm. longa, 2 cm. lata, margine utrinque latere 

 1-2-spinoso-dentata, lobo (vel dente) centrali triangulari apice acuto 

 valde aristato, aristis rectis, lobis (vel dentibus) lateralibus acutis 

 recto-aristatis validis, basi rotundata, vel cordata, supra nitida subtuä 

 pallidiora, costis et venis supra leviter impressis, subtus leviter 

 elevatis, petiolis 3 mm. longis nigricantibus. ürupgß axillares, 

 solitarige sessiles, obovoideœ 8 mm. longae, apice obtusae, basi sepaliö 

 4' persistentibus triangularibus instruct a? facie irregulariter minute 

 punctata} et leviter obscureque 2-3-cornutge. Pyrenes 2, a dorsd 

 compressa, dorso convexœ verticaliter circ. S-sulcatse, facie plance, 

 verticaliter cire, (»-sulcata?, 5 imn. longnc, 4 mm. latœ. '' 



Hab. Biöritsu : 'JViizan, \q.ii. T. Kawakami et U. Mori, Oct. 

 11)08, (No. 7185). 



Very like Ilc.v Pern;// Franch. var. Manipurensis Lœs. ; but 

 differs tVom it in the shape of the drupe which lias always two 

 stones. ■ ' ;i 



