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mncronatis, 1 mm. longis, IJ mm. latis. Petala 5, rotnndata, 

 3J mm. longa totiusque lata, apice rotnndato-truncata, prope 

 basin subito cuspidato-obtnsa, vel acuta, margine apice sub-emar- 

 ginata vel non emarginata. Stamina circ. 15, filamentis basi 

 leviter dilatata. Ovarium sub-inferius apice albo-tomentosum, 

 2-loculare, stylis 2, toto longitudine connatis, vel apice leviter 

 distinctis, basi hirsutis, stigmatibus oblique capitatis. Fructus 

 elliptico-pyriformes, 6 mm. longi, 4J mm. lati, longe pedunculati, 

 pedunculis 4 mm. longis. 



Hab. Taihoku, leg. T. Makino, Nov. 1896. 



The present plant is included in P. variabilis by W. B. Hemsley 

 in Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 263. While studying here at Kew, I 

 have examined all specimens included under the same name by 

 this authority, and found that the Formosan specimens are very 

 distinct from any of the other forms of the species collected in 

 continental China. I think, therefore, the present plant should be 

 regarded as a species distinct from P. variabilis. It is near 

 P. arguia, but differs in having more minutely toothed leaves. 



Prinsepia Eoyle. 



Prinsepia utilis Eoyle; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 323. 



Hab. Ganzan, ad 9141 ped. alt., leg. S. Nagasawa, Oct. 1905, 

 (No. 562) ; in monte Morrison, ad 8000 ped. alt., leg. T. Kawakami 

 ot U. MoEi, Oct. 1906, (No. 2025) ; in Montibus Centralibus, leg. 

 T. Kawakami et U. Moei, ad 12000 ped. alt., Nov. 1906, (No. 1855). 



DisTRiB. Temperate Himalayas. 



Obseev. l\ami virides glabri spinosi, spinis alternis IJ cm. 

 longis axillaribus solitariis. Folia viridia, alterna, petiolata, oblongo- 

 lanceolata 4 J cm. longa, IJ cm. lata, subintegi'a vel obscure sub- 



