MATERIALS FOE A FLOEA OF FOEMOSA. 3G7 



Disporum Shimadai Hayata sp. nov. Herbi erecta 40 cm. 

 alta, caiilibus a basi usque acl prope apicem simplicibus efoliatis 

 squauiatis, (squamis vaginiformibus 4 cm. longis apice acuminatis 

 snporiore lanceolatis 3 cm. longis semi-amplexicaulibus rubes- 

 contibus), apice 2-3-raraosis foliatis. Folia ad ramos apicales 

 alternatim disposiia subsessilia ovato-oblonga vel ovato-lanccolata 

 7J- cm. longa 2 cm. lata 3-nervia, (nervis distinctis), inter nervös 

 tenuissime nervulosa apice acuta basi obtusa utraqiie glabra 

 subtus pallidiora. Flores solitarii terminales vel axillares opposi- 

 tifolii, pedicellis 18 mm. longis crectis. Perianthii segmenta 

 œqniformia erecta late spatliulata 19 mm. longa 8 mm. lata 

 apice rotundata deorsum sensim attenuata obscure 9-nervata, 

 (nervis 3 distinctis ad apicem convergeutibus), utraque glaberrima 

 basi calcarata, calcaribus 2 mm. longis 1^ mm. latis obtusis. 

 Stamina G, segmentis opposita 14 mm. longa, filamentis compla- 

 natis 11 mm. longis 1 mm. latis, antheris lineari-oblongis 3 mm. 

 longis 1 mm. latis, locellis plus minus undulatis. Ovarium ob- 

 ovatum 3 mm. longum 2 mm. latum apice rotundatum, stylo 

 13 mm. longo ûliformi-columnari apice 3-fido, ramis 4 mm. longis 

 siiborectis apice rotundato-patentibus. 



Hab. Kelung : Masoku, leg. T. Kawakami et Y. Shimada, 

 1907, Mart. (No. 4311). 



Near D. sessile Don., but differs from it in having quite 

 opened segments and narrower leaves. 



Paris LiNX. 



Paris formosana Hayata sp. nov. Herba robusta vcrisi- 

 militer cum })odanculis 120 cm. alta, caulibus glabris tcretibus 

 roctis 9 mm. in scctione. Folia ad apicom caulis 8-verticillata 



