lAIATERIALS FOR A FLOE A OF FORMOSA. 85 



Sopliova Linn. 



Sophora tomentosa Linn.; Forbes et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. 

 p. 203. 



Hab. Kötöshö, leg. Gr. Nakahara, Mart. 1906. 



DiSTRiB. Very widely dispersed on the sea- shores of the 

 tropics. 



Observ. Shrubby, profusely branched, velvety pubescent all 

 over the plant; leaves pinnate, 7-8 juged, imparipinnate, 15cm. 

 long, leaflets oblong, round at both ends, 3 cm. long, 2 cm. broad, 

 silky pubescent on both surfaces, at length glabrous on the npper 

 surface, pale yellow in a dry specimen ; racemes terminal ; 

 flowers \\ cm. long ; calyx campanulate, silky pubescent, nearlj'' 

 truncate or shortly dentate. 



Gleditschia Linn. 



Gleditschia formosana Hayata sp. nov. Rarauli graciles, glauco- 

 rubescentes spinosi. Folia alterna pari-pinnata, in ambitu angustata, 

 5J cm. longa, 2 cm. lata, 8-jaga, pinnis superioribus majoribus oblique 

 rhomboidalibus vel rhomboideo-oblongis, 13 mm. longis, 6 mm. 

 latis, apice truncatis minute mucronatis basi cuneato-acutis, 

 obliquis latere supcriore latioribus margine crenulatis, prope basin 

 latere superioro integris, cootrum crenulatis, oppositis, sessilibus 

 vel brcvissime petiolulatis, petiolulis brevissime pilosis, rachibus 

 pilosiusculis, supra sulcatis, pinnis inferioribus superioro con- 

 formibus sod paulo minoribus, petiolis brevibus 3 mm. longis. 

 Spina) ramosœ, supra-axillares, 2 cm. longa?, falvo-rubescentes. 

 Logaraina complanata, lineari-angustata, 21 cm. longa, 2J cm. lata, 

 fulvo-rubescentia apice acuta, stylis pcrsistentibus coronata, basi 



