Notes on Some Liu-kiu Plants. 



By 

 Professor J. Matsumura. 



(Continued from p. 2.) 



Rhododendron ellipticum Max. Mel. Biol, XII, 742. 

 In ins. Ishigaki Liukiu australis, m. Junio fr. Legit Prof. S. Tanaka, no. 



290. 

 Descrip. Maximowiczii adcle : pedicelli fructiferi erecti 20 mm. longi. Oapsula 



cylindracea, teretinscnle pentagona, 13-30 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata. 



Adnot. Rhododendron Oldhami Max. Ehod. Asia. Orient. 34. 

 In Formosa ad pedem montis Morison et circa Sintecc. Legerunt Dr. 



Honda et cl. Hiraoka. Emend, descrip. Maximowiczii: filamentis basi 



parce paleaceis, antheris in sicco brunneo-ochroleucis ellipsoideis molliter 



adpresso-pilosis. Oapsula mat. ovoidea setosa, 8 mm. longa. Semina 



miDuta ovoidea brannea. 



Fraxinus insularis Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. Linn. Jour. vol. XXVI, 

 86. 



In tractu Kunchan Liukiu borealis. (cl. Tashiro et ipse.) 

 Folia usque 4-juga. Foliola oblonga vel ovato-oblonga longe acuminata 



crenato-serrata glabra conspicue reticulata ; juniora supra parce lepidota. 



Petioluli 10-12 mm. longi. Pedicelli graciles 3 m. longi. Mores in 



sp. nostris nondum explicati. 



Fraxinus floribunda Wall. var. integerrima Wenzig, Engl. Jabrb. 

 vol. IV. 173. 

 In ins. Nishiomote ad pagum Furumi Liukiu australis, ubi Jingi dicitur. 



Legit Prof. S. Tanaka, sp. fr. Sp. unicum due fl. a me in regionibus 



montosis ad Kunchan lectum foliis 7-jugis glabris. Folia 3-7 juga. 



Foliola ovata acuta basi obliqua vel oblongo-lanceolata integerrima, 



