Notes on Styracacese and Symplocacese from the 



Islands of Loochoo and Formosa, with 



descriptions of some new species. 



By 



J. Matsumura. 



STYRACACEJE. 



Styrax japonicum, Sieb. el Zucc. Fl. Jap. I. p. 53, t. 23; A. DC. 

 Prodr. VIII. p. 266 ; Miq. Prol. p. 265 ; Fr. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. 

 p. 309; Kegel, Gartenfl. t. 583; Forbes et Hemsl. in Jonrn. Linn. Soc. 

 Bot. XXVI. p. 76. Soomokn-zusetsu, Ark ined. IV. t. 45. 



Hab. in Liukiu : ins. Okinawa (Y. Tashiro, J. Matsumura), ins. Kume- 

 jima (H. Kuroiwa). 



Styrax serrulatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. p. 415; A. DO. Prodr. VIII. 

 p. 267; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. III. p. 588; Bot. Mag. t. 5950; 

 Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 229 ; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 Bot. XXVI. p. 77; Heury in Trans. Asiat. Soc. Jap. XXIV. Suppl. p. 59, 

 no. 609. var. virgatum, Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. III. p. 589. 

 S. Fortunei, Hance in Journ. Bot, 1882, p. 36. 



Hab. in Liukiu : ins Yaeyama (Y. Tashiro). 



Styrax formosanum, Matsumura sp. nov. 



Frutex, ramis glabris cortice fuscente, ramulis annotinis gracilibus tom- 

 entosis. Folia breviter petiolata, elliptica vel obovata, acuta vel acuminata 

 basi cuneata, subdenticulata vel subintegra, supra glabra subtus parce stel- 

 lato-puberula, venis primariis lateralibus paucis patentibus. Flores ad apices 

 ramulorum hornotinorum racemoso-fasciculati, racemis 2-4 cm. longis, louge 

 pedicellatis, pedicellis cano-tomentosis 10-13 mm. longis, saepe curvatis; calyx 

 campanulatus, lobis brevissimis tomentosis ; late triangularibus obtusis vel 

 brevi cuspidatis ; corolla fere 5-partita, extus tomentosa, lobis lanceolatis ; 

 stamina 8, filamentis basi hirsutis, antheris parce stellato-puberulis ; ovarium 



