106 AKT. I. B. HAYATA : 



.crennlata apice acuta brève aristata, basi brève attenuata, petiolis 

 7 mm. longis. Flores breve racemosi vel 3-5-fasciculati ; racemis 

 axillaribns 2-3 cm. longis, paucifloratis, pedicellis 1 cm.-2 cm. longis. 

 Flores IJ cm. in diametro. Sepala 5, valde inaequalia 2-exteriora 

 minora rotnndata 2 mm. longa crassiucula, 3-interiora majora 

 rotnndata 4 mm. longa, margine scariosa. Petala 5, ovato-rotmi- 

 data, 6 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, apice rotnndata, basi brève obtusa. 

 Stamina oo ad marginem discornm inserta, filamentis 2 mm. longis, 

 antheris 2-locnlaribus, connectivis latioribns apice emarginatis. 

 Ovarium globosnm 1 mm. longnm, stylo 2-3 mm. longo laterali 

 spiraliter recurvo vel ascendente, stigmate capitellato-peltato. 

 Frnctns ignotus. 



Very interesting genus closely allied to Celastrineœ. 



Saxifrageae. 

 Astilbe Ham. 



Astilbe longicarpa Hayata n. n. 



A. chinensis var. longicarpa Hayata Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 86. 



As the present plant is very remarkable for its flowers which 

 are all turned on the same direction on a spikelet, it should be 

 raised up to a specific rank, distinct from A. chinensis. There is 

 nothing like this at Kew. 



Astilbe macroflora Hayata Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 86. 

 The present plant is near A. rubra Hk. et T., but differs fi'oni 

 it in having smaller carpels and much broader petals. 



Schizophragnia Sieb, et Zucc. 

 Schizophragma hydrangeoides S. et Z. var. Fauriei Hayata n. n. 



