MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. 55 



ent from the Formosan plant. As is described by Maximowicz in 

 his Coriar. Ilic. Monoch. p. 33, I. Hanceana, has " cyniulse J 

 breve pedunculatœ, 5-6-flor3e, petiolnm bis vel ter superantes, 

 pedicelh calyce aequilongi, flores 4-meri circ. linam longi. Calyx 

 puberulus, lobis ciliatis ovatis." But, in the Loo-chooan plant, 

 we find " flores umbellati, nmbellis cymose 5-6-fasciculatis, pedun- 

 culis nmbellarum 5-6 mm. longis petiolum œquantibus, pedicellis 

 florium circ. 3 mm. longis florem 2-pIo superantibas.'"'' In comparing 

 the above descriptions, we see clearly that the Loo-chooan plant is 

 -* not identical with Maximowicz's species. As to the identification 

 of the Loo-choo plant with the present one, 1 am not as yet in a 

 position to decide it. I can only add that they are very similar. 



Ilex Kusanoi Hayata sp. nov. Rami rugosi atro-purpuras- 

 centes, ramnlis gracilibus, cinerascentibns, angulatis. Folia petio- 

 lata, alterna, chartaceo-membranacea, oblonga vel oblongo-ovata, 

 vel-obovata, leviter obliqua, 5 cm. longa, 3 cm. lata, apice obtuse vel 

 breve acuminata vel leviter cuspidata, vel obtuso-acuta, ad summum 

 extremitatem breve aristata, basi acuta, margine obscure crenulato- 

 serrata, apice serrarum aristata, prope basin subintegra. Flores 

 ad axillas 2-3-4-fasciculati, longe pedunculati, pedunciilis gracilibus 

 18 mm. longis, basi pedunculorum perulati, perulis minutis subu- 

 latis. Flores persimiliter hermaphroditi. Sepal a 5, rotundata 

 1 mm. longa, persistentia, margine ciliolata. Corolla 5-lobata, rarius 

 G-lobata, 3 mm. longa, lobis rotundatis 2 mm. longis, tubo 1 mm. 

 longo. Stamina 5 rarius 0, tubo coroUse affixa, 1 mm. longa, 

 antheris triangularibus cordatis ^ mm. longis apice acutis, filamentis 

 dilatatis. Ovarium globosum cum styhs 2 mm. longum, stylis 



* The description above referred to has been drawn np by myselE from a specimen from 

 the Loo-choo Archipflago, which is referred to Ï. Hanceana Maxim, by Dr. T. Itô. 



