On Alniphyllum, a new Genus of Styracacese 



from Formosa. 



J. Matsumura, 



Alnipb.yllum f gen. no v. Calyx campanula tus, omnino liber, ore 

 5-dentato, Corollae segmenta 5, basi connata, erecto-patentia, elliptica, 

 imbricata. Stamina 10, filamentis inter se fere ad apices in tubum latum 

 connatis, subaequalibus, tubo stamineo basi corollae affixo ; antherarum 

 loculi lineares, adnati, parallel]*, discreti. Ovarium omnino liberum, ova turn 

 tomentosum, 5-loculare ; stylus crassiusculus, stigmate terminali parvo 

 capitato obscure 3-lobo ; ovula oblonga, in quoque loculo 5-8, medio axi 

 2-seriatim affixa, asceridentia. Fructus oblongus, ©rectus v. cernuus, 

 epicarpio subcarnoso, deinde cleciduo, endocarpio coriaceo in valvas 5 

 loculicide dehiscente, valvis ereeto-patentibus linearibus. Semina linearia 

 parva, testa Crustacea, foveolata, apice basique alis membranaceis costatis 

 instructa. Albumen carnosum ; embryo rectus, raclicula tereti longiuscula. 

 x\rbor ?-, omnibus partibus stellato-tomentosis. Folia alterna, leviter serrata. 

 Flores albi v. carnei, in ramos racemosos dispositi. 



Obs. Styrax polyspermism, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 

 p. 593, a me n on visum, ad hoc generem accedere videtnr. 



Alniphyllum pterospermum, mihi. Eami glabrescentes, ramulis 

 fulvo-stellato-puberulis. Folia longe petiolata, elliptica v. oblongo-lanceolata, 

 apice acuta, basi subobtusa vel subacuta denticulata, supra parce subtus 

 densius stellato-pubsrula. Eacemi florif. 8 cm, fructif. 10 cm. longi. Flores 

 15 mm. alti. Calyx 6 mm. altus, fulvo-tomentosus, dentibus lanceolatis. 

 Corolla tomentosa, lobis obtusis. Tubus stamineus 9 mm. latus. 



Hab. in Formosa Centrali : Chokachilai, Kasinlosha (C. Owatari). Fl. 

 et fr. Aprili. 



