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This plant is well-known among the formosan aboriginies so 

 that their villages are often named after this plant. This plant 

 is called " Take sashibcr in Ako; district and ^^ Alan sac?" at 

 Horisha, both ^^ Take ^^ and '^Alan^^ signifying a tribe. It is 

 said that among the aboriginies of the Paiwan tribe of Taito 

 district, their villages are often named after this plant. The 

 Chinese inhabitants, however narne it differently at Ako it is 

 called Shahurai and at Rinkiho Soan-sha. The fruit is often 

 pickled in salt and sold by Chinese grocery dealers in towns in 

 the vicinity of the savage district. They cost on an average 

 about 6 sens per dozen, I bought some of the fruit myself at 

 AkoL and Rinkiho. The seed of the fruit germinating very easily, 

 itcpuldvin my opinion^ be succesfully grafted with good Eu- 

 ropean apples. Tills is, however a practical question requiring 

 an £xperiment. In April of this year, I made a scientific research 

 into- the :na:ture of tbe said plant in collaboration with Mr. G. 

 ^©iztJMl: of the Scieace. College of the Tokyo University, which 

 resulted in our identifying it as a new species. The following 

 isithe description of the plant. 



: Malus lormp^^^^ 

 , Pirus formosana Kaw. et Koiz., Kawak. in List. pi. Formos. 

 {1910). No., 471., 



: Arbor, ultra 50 ped. altus ; ramis glabris nigro-castaneis ; 

 innovationibus puberulis. Folia alterna, membranacea, 

 glabra ijuniora utrinque albo tomentosa ; oblonga vel elliptico- 

 oblonga, acuta, basi rotundata vel obtusa, crenata vel 

 inaequaliter grosse arguteque serrata. 9-15 cm. longa, 

 4-6}cm, lata ; petiolis mox glabris circ. 2-3 cm. longis ; 

 stipuli^ .lineari-lanceolatis caducis. Corymbi ad 5 flori ; floribus 

 ^Jbjs, 2Jcm.- in diametro ; pedunculis albo-tomentosis 1.5-30cm. 

 loagis*: Calyx utrinque albo-tomentosus, tubis turbinato- 

 campanulatis ; lobis ovato-lanceolatis caudato-acuminatis, 

 demum reflexis. Petala ovalia breve unguiculata pallide lutes- 

 bente-suffusa. Stamina circ. 30, filamentis glabris subulatis ; 

 antheris flavis. Styli (4)-5 basi coaliti lanati. Discus carnosus 



