MATEKIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. 357 



tincte o-iiervia, etiamque 2-iierviis basilaribiis prope inargiiiem arete 

 ascenclentibus, petiolis 5 mm. loiigis basi cam sfcipiilis ramos semi- 

 ampleetantibus, stipiilis potiolum in longitucline J-plo aeqiiantibas cmn 

 petiolis coniiatis, ad apicom stipularum cirrhiferis, clrrlns 4-5 cm. 

 longis révolu tis. Flores umbellati, umbellis longe pedunculatis, 

 pedunculis axillaribns solitariis 5 cm. longis gracillimis sub- 

 teretibiis simplicibas. Fructus pedicellati, pedicellis 8-10 mm. 

 longis a basi cernuis. Baccse globosse 4 mm. in diametro S-spermae. 

 Semina facie subplana dorso convexa 3J mm. longa 3 mm. lata 

 sub lente minute reticulata subnitida fusco-rubescentia. 



Hab. Arizau, leg. il. Nakahara, Nov. 1906; Randaisan, leg. 

 B. Hayata et U. Mori, 1908, Aug. (No. 7046). 



Near S. lanceœfoUa Roxb., but differs from it in having much 

 naiTowor leaves and fi'uits nodding on a common peduncle ; 

 also near ^S. ßacclda Wright, from which this differs by the entire 

 lanceolate leaves quite rounded at the base ; from S. glabra Roxb. 

 by the long common peduncles. 



Smilax elongato-reticulata Hayata sp. nov. Suffrntex, caulibus 

 ut videntur basi prostratis, ascendentibus erectis teretibus plus 

 minus complanatis Lnevibus subrectis plus minus liexuosis par- 

 cissime spinulatis, spinis patentibus 2 mm. longis. Folia lineari- 

 Lmceolata vol lanceolata 8J cm. longa 1 cm. lata apice gradatim 

 attenuata mncronato-obtusa basi rotundata utrinque glabra 

 sabtus plu-A miiuis glauca margine I'cvolnta 3-nervia, nervo 

 centrali supra, levitcr subtns prominente elevate, nervis lateralibus 

 plus minus prominulis, venulis inter nervös utrinque plus minus 

 distincte reticulatis, reticnlis elongatis. Flores umbellati, 

 umb;4Hs 1 cm. longis totiusque latis longe pedunculatis, pedun- 

 cnlis gi'acilil)us plus minus complanatis 2 cm. longis solitariis 



