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DisTEiB. Eastern India, Japan and China. 



Altiiphyllum Matsümüea. 



Alniphyllum Fauriei Peekins in Engl. Pfl. -reich IV.-241, Styra- 

 cacese, p. 93. 



DiSTEiB. An endemic plant. 



Oleaceœ. 

 Fraœinus Linn. 



Fraxinus formosana Hayata sp. nov. Eami fnsco-rnbescentes, 

 lenticeUis orbicnlaribus obtecti, ramnlis novellis rubescentibus 

 pubescentibus. Folia opposita, petiolata, pinnata utrinque glabra, 

 foliohs 5 petiolulatis oppositis, foliolo terminali longissimo lanceo- 

 lato 5 cm. longo 17 mm. lato utrinqne attennato ad summum 

 obtuso, petiolulo 2 cm. longis, lateralibus brevioribus ovatis utrin- 

 que attenuatis, petiolulis 3 mm. longis, venis primariis inconspicuis, 

 petiolis 2 cm. longis. Panicula) terminales, ramis divaricatis 

 gracilibus, floribundis, bracteis et bracteolis parvis lanceolatis obtusis, 

 pedicellis 3 mm. longis. Calyx campanulatus, circ. 1 mm. longus, 

 truncatus, lobis obsoletis. Corolla profunde 4-lobata, lobis angus- 

 tatis 2 g mm. longis, § mm. latis, erectis, apice obtusis. Stamina 

 2, basin corollœ aßixa, 3 mm. longa, antheris oblongis, 2 mm. 

 longis apiculatis, basi sagittatis. (3varium ovatum apice attenua- 

 tiim, stylo lineari 2 mm. longo, stigmate 2-fido. 



Hab. Kosh un : Maripa, leg. G. Nakabaea, Feb. 1907. 



Near F. hracteata Hemsl., but differs from it in having smaller 

 flowers and very much smaller l)racts which in the other species are 

 very uuich larger and conspicuous. From F. ferrugwea this is 



