T 54 
Hemsley . — New Plants 
deltoidei, vix acuti, quam petala dimidio breviores, tubo intus hirtello ; 
peiala anguste ovato-lanceolata, vix acuta, medio indistincte carinata, 
persistentia. Capsula 2-3 lin. longa, saepius puberula, polysperma ; 
semina elongata, gracilia, fusiformia. 
Formosa'. South Cape, Schmiiser (Hb. A. Henry, 965, 1263, 
1322). 
Most nearly related to I. chinensis , differing in its narrow, thin 
leaves, smaller flowers, relatively broad petals, and puberulous 
capsule. 
Diospyros utilis, Hemsl. 
Ardor magna (A. Henry), ramulis fructiferis crassis sericeo-hirsutis. 
Folia alterna, breviter petiolata, crassa, coriacea, oblonga vel lanceolata, 
5-8 poll, longa, maxima 3 poll, lata, acute acuminata, basi biauriculata 
vel superiora minora interdum rotundata vel cuneata, undulata, supra 
glabra, costa impressa, subtus albida, dense arete appresseque sericeo- 
strigillosa, costa elevata; petiolus crassus, teres, 3-4 lin. longus. 
Flores .... Fructus edulis (A. Henry) subsessilis, depresso-globosus, 
fere 2 poll, diametro, tomentosus, saepius 8-locularis, sepalis amplis 
crassis sericeo-tomentosis fere orbicularibus persistentibus subtendus ; 
semina oblonga, compressa, testa nigra nitida crassissima dura, 
albumine non ruminato. 
Formosa : Bankinsing mountains (Hb. Henry, 815). 
Dr. Henry describes this as a large tree furnishing a good wood, 
used for making axles, and an edible fruit called mao-shih, that is, 
hairy persimmon. 
Rehmannia Oldhami, Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvi, p. 194; 
descriptio hie amplificata. 
Perenne , undique albo-hirsutum, caulibus saepius simplicibus graci- 
libus maximis cum inflorescentia 3-pedalibus sed saepius brevioribus. 
Folia distincte petiolata, membranacea, opposita, subopposita, vel 
inferiora saepe alterna, saepe obliqua, ovata vel obovata, maxima cum 
petiolo 9 poll, longa, sed saepius breviora, grosse et inaequaliter 
serrata, utrinque strigilloso-hirsuta. Racemi simplices vel interdum 
ramosi saepe valde elongati et gracillimi, supra medium proliferi, 
corporibus minutis carnosis fasciculatis instructi; pedicelli demum 
circiter semi-pollicares. Flores flavi (A. Henry), maculati, ij- ij 
poll, longi ; calycis segmenta lineari-lanceolata, acutissima, 4-5 lin. 
