Notes on Liukiu and Formosan Plants. 



(Continued from p. 55.) 



By 



J. Matsumura. 



Phaseolus radiatus, D. Sp. PL 725. var. typica, D. Prain. 

 Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. Vol. LXVI (1897) p. 422. 

 Hah. Formosa australi: territoris incults prope Hentsoon cult. (0. 



Owatari). 

 Planta villosa. Legumina patentia, teretia, ultra 70 mm. longa, 6 mm. 



lata, pilis fuscis patentibus vestita. Seminibus flavescenti-viridibus. 



Phaseolus lunatus, L. Sp. PI. 724. Baker in Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 Vol. II. p. 200 ; G. King. Journ. Asit. Soc. Beng. Vol. LXVI. (1897) 

 p. 48. 



Hab. insula Okinawa : ad Kimm cult. 

 Legumina 80 mm. longa, 20 mm. lata. IchiJcoku-mame (nom. 



indigen.) 



Putranjiva Roxburghii, Wall. Muell. Arg. in Dc. Prodr. XV, 2, 

 p. 443. Wight Ic. t. 1876 ; Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. p. 336. 

 Hab. insula Miyako, archipel. Liukiu, legit S. Tanaka ; ins. Okinawa 



legit Y. Tashiro ; in endem insula (ipse). 

 Fl. mas. : calyx 4-partitus, segmentis obtusis. 

 Stamina 3 ; antheris suborbicularibus, filamentis liberis, vel usque ad 



medium coalitis. 

 Fl. fern. : calycis segmenta 4, inaequalia, elliptica, obtusa, subvillosa, 



margine ciliolata. Ovarium 4 mm. altum, fulvo-tomentosum, 3- 



loculare, in quoque loculo biovulatum ; stylus 3, 4 mm. longus, 



recurvatus, apice bilobus. 

 Pedicelli 5-10 mm. longi, subvillosi demum glabrescentes, basi bracteis 



minutis cingentes. 

 Fructus 12 mm. longi, 7 mm, lati. 



