MATEKIALS FOR A FLOEA OF FORMOSA. 3ßl 



Hab. Okinawa, leg. Y. Tashiro, Mart. 1887. 



Smilax nervo-marginata Hayata. Rami teretes falvo-cineras- 

 ccntes inermos sub lente minute muricato-asperi, ramnlis foliatis 

 valde fiexuosis. Folia coriacea lineari-lanceolata vel ovato-lanceo- 

 lata vel ovato-oblonga circ. 10 cm. longa 1-4 J cm. lata apice 

 acuminata vel acuta basi rotundata vol cordata, margine nervis 

 validissimis prominentibus marginata repandato-integra utraque 

 pagine glabra distincte elevato-reticulata 3-nervia, petiolis 1^ cm. 

 longis subteretibus non sulcatis prope basi 2-cirrhiferis, cirrbis 

 2-5 cm. longis revolatis, stipulis circ. obsoletis. Flores ignoti. 



Hab. Okinawa, log. S. Tanaka, 1891, (No. 238, b.). 



As the leaves of tlio present plant are very remarkable and 

 distinct from any species of the genus, I have taken this occasion 

 to describe it, though the specimen is very imperfect and gives 

 no complete account for the* species. 



Smilax Oldhami Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 111. p. 150; 

 A. DC. Monogr. Phanerog. I. p. 53 ; Forbes ot Hemsl. lud. Fl. Sin. 

 III. p. 100 ; Matsum. et Hayata Eaum. PI. Formos. p. 434. 



Hab. Tarako, log. G. Nakahara, Juni. 1906, (No. 722). 



Smilax plani-peduncula Hayata sp. no v. Caulis suffrutescens 

 plus minus complanatus obtuse angulatus vel snbteres glaber 

 foliatus. Folia alterna a se 10 cm. remota, petiolata, membra- 

 naceo-chartacea ovata oblongo-ovata vel rotnndato-cordata 6-8 cm. 

 longa 4-7 cm. lata apico breve cuspidato-acuta plus minus sub- 

 plicato-recnrva basi late acuta rotimdata vel leviter cordata 

 margine subundulato-intcgra vel subintegra, interdnm angustissime 

 marginata vel non marginata, utraque pagine glabra, nervis et 

 vonulis distincte elevatis, subtus pallidiora 5-nervia, inter nervös 



