Notes on Some Liu-kiu Plants. 



By 



Prof. J. Matsumura. 



Musa sapientum L. var. liu-kiuensis Matsumura. 



Caudex cylindricus usque 6 ped. altus. Folia petiolata oblonga 

 basi subdeltoidea subtus glauca. Spica elongata sursum cernua ad 

 basin bractea 1 ped. longa instructs; bracteis floriferis ovato-oblongis 

 vel oblongis, obtusis vel subaenlis, supra sanguineis dorso valde 

 pruinosis deciduis 4 poll, longis, l|-2 poll, latis- 



Calyx albido-flavus, apice 5-dentatus. Petal urn albidum, obovato- 

 ellipticum breviter cuspidatura, ealyce ultra dimidio breviore. Fructus 

 immaturus oblongo-trigonus 1% poll, longus, glaucus. Semina ignota. 



Habitat in declivitate prope Ogimi, ins. Liu-kiu, m. maio florens. 

 Etiam per totam insulam culta. 



Obs. 1. Haec varietas certe ad subspeciem M. seminiferam Baker" 

 pertinet, et etiam cum forma pruinosa Baker 2) congruere videtur. 



Obs. II. Secundum auctores nounullos Musa Basjoo Sieb- et Zucc. in 

 insula Liu-kiu crescit, sed non vidi. 



Pandanus sp. ex aftinitate P. frmgrantis Broug., P. fascicularis 

 Lam., P. pedunculati B. Br." 



Truncus arboreus 3-4 poll, diametro, elatus, usque 8 pedalis 

 apicem v"r«"s ramosus, ramis s-udichotomis ascendentibus, ad basin 



1) Synop. of the Gen. and Sp. of Musa. 213. 



2) 1. c p. 214. 



3) Solms-Laubach, Mongr. Pandn. in Linuaae Band XLU Heft I p- 37-41- 



