MATEKIALS FOE A FLOE A OF FOEMOSA. 77 



supra auguste alatis, infra longe setosis, setis 2 mm. longis, 

 stipulis membranaceis acuto-ovatis 5 mm. longis, multinerviis 

 margine ciliato-serrulatis, basi latere interiore longe auriculatis, 

 (auriculis angustatis, 2 mm. longis), apice truncatis. Eacemi breves 

 3-5 mm. longi, recurvi, prope apicem ramulorum axillares, pedun- 

 culati, pedunculis 1-2 cm. longis, pedicellis 1 J mm. longis basi 

 1-bracteatis, (bracteis hyalinis ovato- angustatis 3 mm. longis margine 

 ciliato-setosis obliquis), apice 2-bracteolatis, bracteolis (ovato- acutis, 

 5 mm. longis, utrinque acutis, margine setosis (setis IJ mm. longis), 

 extus setulosis, intus glabris). Calyx 2-partitus, segmento superiore 

 late ovato, plicate, 6 mm. longo, 7-8 mm. lato, apice rotundato- 

 emarginato, medio carinato, margine a medio sursum ciliato-setu- 

 loso, deorsum integro, multinervio, extus ad carinam setuloso ; 

 segm.ento inferiore obovato, G mm. longo, 3J mm. lato, ciliato- 

 setoso, prope basin integro. Petala non visa. Legumina intra 

 calycem inclusa, 2-plo spiraliter recurva, ad suturam superiorem 

 inter articules constricta, articulis 7-8 demum secedentibus, oblique 

 late globosis, IJ mm. latis, minute irregulariter maculato-punctatis, 

 ad suturam inferiorem carinatis, suturis superioribus convexo- 

 rotundatis, suturis inferioribus rectis leviter incurvis. Semina 

 rcniformia, latere compressa IJ mm. lata, 1 J mm. longa. 



Hab. Kodensliö, leg. S. Nagasawa, Oct. 1905, (No. 743). 



The present jjlaiit bears some resemblance to Smithia ciJinta 

 1Î0YLE, from which it is distinguishable by the truncated or rather 

 iouiid aj)cx of the bracts. The bracts of S. ell lata are rather acute 

 at the apex. 



IJesinodiuni Des v. 

 Desmodium formosanum ITay.vta sp. iiov. Ixanii su'.necti, 



