from Eastern Asia, 15 1 
elliptica vel interdum fere orbicularia, cum petiolo 2 5 J poll, longa, 
maxima 2\ poll, lata, saepius obtuse acuminata, basi rotundata, 
obscure denticulata, subtus nunc insigniter glauca nunc quam supra 
pallidiora. Flores flavi, 3-4 lineas diametro, saepius in racemos 
elongatos 4-9 poll, longos terminales dispositi, interdum cymosi, cymis 
axillaribus 3-5-floris, pedicellis 3-9 lineas longis ; calycis lobi deltoidei, 
obtusissimi; peiala quam sepala duplo longiora, oblonga vel fere 
elliptica, crispula, infra medium biauriculata et deorsum attenuata. 
Capsula sphaeroidea, nuda, circiter 3 lineas diametro, valvis 3-4 
tenuibus crustaceis. 
China', various localities near Ichang, Hupeh (A. Henry, 2837, 
6771, 6811); South Wushan, Szechuen (A. Henry, 5887). 
Ventilago elegans, Hemsl. (Plate VII.) 
Frutex scandens (A. Henry), dense ramosus, ramulis gracillimis 
flexuosis striato-angulatis puberulis, internodiis quam folia brevioribus. 
Folia disticha, bre viter petiolata, subcoriacea, ovali- oblonga vel ob- 
ovata, 6-12 lin. longa, apiculata, utrinque glabra, supra subnitida, venis 
primariis lateralibus utrinque saepissime 4 in dentes minutissimos excur- 
rentibus, venis ultimis transversis creberrimis eximiis ; petioli circiter 
1 lin. longi, puberuli ; stipulae minutae, setaceae, deciduae. Flores 
albi (A. Henry), circiter i\ lin. diametro, glabri, axillares, brevissime 
pedicellati, solitarii vel 2-3 aggregati ; calycis lobi crassi, deltoidei, vix 
acuti, intus carinati ; petala quam sepala breviora, 3-lobulata, lobo 
intermedio multo minore, lateralibus complicatis stamen amplecten- 
tibus; ovarium 2-loculare, loculis i-ovulatis, stylo crasso. Fructus 
glabri ala anguste oblonga, circiter 9 lineas longa ; semen unicum, 
testa membranacea, embryo intense viridis. 
Formosa : Ape’s Hill (Hb. A. Henry, 489). 
Vitis formosana, Hemsl. Species V. umhellatae similis sed cymis 
compositis brevissime pedunculatis. 
Frutex alte scandens (A. Henry), omnino glaber, ramulis floriferis 
graciliusculis angulatis, internodiis quam folia saepe brevioribus. Folia 
trifoliolata, breviter petiolata ; foliola brevissime petiolulata, sub- 
carnosa, inaequalia (lateralia minora plus minusve obliqua), oblonga, 
anguste lanceolata vel interdum fere ovata, 1-2J poll, longa, subacuta, 
obtusa vel rotundata, basi saepe cuneata, interdum rotundata, obscure 
paucidentata, venis subtus (in foliis siccis) prominulis ; petiolus J-i poll. 
