MATEEIALS FOE, A FLOEA OF FOEMOSA. 359 



raajiiscalis latissimis 8 mm. longis 13 mm. latis plicatis basin 

 pedunculorum ampleetanfcibus medio coriaceis margine mem- 

 branaceis. Umbellse 3 cm. longse 4 cm. latse, pedicellis divaricatis 

 basi dilafcatis, sub quoque pedicello 1-bracteatis, bracteis lanceolatis 

 IJ mm. longis, rhachibns nmbeilarum 6 mm. longis. Flores erecto- 

 patentes 6J mm. loiigi, segmentis perianthii erecto-patentibus 3- 

 exterioribus majoribns oblonge -ovatis apice obtusis 6 J mm. longis 

 3 mm. latis integris margine plus minus incurvis, 3-interioribus 

 angustioribus 6 J mm. longis IJ mm. latis lanceolatis apice obtusis 

 plicato-recurvis. Stamina 6, segmentis perianthii opposita 5 mm. 

 longa, filamentis basi cum segmentis connatis, antheris ovatis 

 1§ mm. longis '^ mm. latis apice acuto-obtusis. Eudimentum 

 ovarii 0. 



ÏÏAB. Arizan, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, 1908, Mart. 

 (No. 3639). 



This is very distinct from any species of the genus, in having 

 elongate radies of umbels. 



Smilax glabra Roxb. ; Hange in Journ. Bot. (1 872) p. 102 ; Benth. 

 F]. Hongk. p. 369 ; A. DC. Monogr. Phanerog. I. p. 00 ; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. p. 302 ; Foebes et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. III. p. 97. 



Hab. Goshizan, leg. T. Kawakami, 1905, Dec. (No. 1254). 



Smilax gracillima Hayata sp. nov. Rami gracillimi glaber- 

 rimi subangulati latere sulcati pallidissimi. Folia petiolata 

 non cirrhatci chartacea oblonga oblongo-ovata rarius plus minus 

 obliqua utrinque acuta vel cuspidato-acuta vel basi subito- 

 attenuata 6 J cm. longa 3 cm. lata intégra 3-nervia, nervis ad 

 apiccm couvcrgentibus, supra pallidissima glabra, (nervis et venis 

 distincte teuuissime clevatis), subtus glaucissimo-albicantia, nervis 



