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Aquifoliaceae 
1. Ilex asprella (Hook. & Arn.) Champ, in 
Kew Jour. 4: 329, 1852; Kanehira, Formos. 
Trees rev. ed. 370, f. 324, 1936; S. Y. Hu 
in Jour. Arnold Arb. 30: 269, 1950. 
Prims asprella Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. 
Voy. 176, pi. 36, f. 1, 2, 1833. 
Ilex arisanensisY2.m2SS\oio, Suppl. Icon. PI. 
Formos. 1: 30. f. 10, 1952; Kanehira, 
Formos. Trees rev. ed. 370, 1936. Syn. 
nov. 
Luzon to southeast China; Formosa, in the 
thickets from low to medium altitudes 
throughout the island. 
Formosa: Sozan, Taihoku-shu, T. Tanaka 
& Y. Shimada 11009 (US), Y. Kudo, S. Suzuki 
& K. Mori, April 21, 1929 (NTU); Mt. Kwan- 
non, Taihoku-shu, T. Tanaka & Y. Shimada 
11094 (US); Taipei, H. Keng 1024 (US), T. 
Tanaka 76 (US) ; Shirin to Sozan, E. H. Wilson 
10293 (US); Musha, Nanto, E. H. Wilson 
10063 (US); South Cape, A. Henry 1334 (US); 
Arisan, Faurie 186 (cotype of /. arisanensis 
Yamamoto, photo US). 
Photograph of Yamamoto’s type together 
with his original description prove that L 
arisanensis Yamamoto is clearly conspecific 
with /. asprella. This species has characteristi- 
cally thin leaves with caudate tips and long 
slender pedicels. Faurie’s plant, a mature fruit- 
ing specimen, has relatively larger leaves than 
others and also was collected at higher alti- 
tudes than most others. Ilex arisanensis Yama- 
moto was not considered in S. Y. Hu’s study 
of the genus, and it was maintained as a dis- 
tinct species by Kanehira. 
Icacinaceae 
1. Gonocaryum calleryanum (Baill.) Becc. 
in Malesia 1: 123, 1877. 
Phlehocalymna calleryanum Baill, in Adan- 
sonia 9: 147, 1896. 
Gonocaryum diospyrosifolium Hay. Icon. PI. 
Formos. 2: 106, 1912; Kanehira, For- 
mos. Trees rev. ed. 400 f. 359, 1936. 
Syn. nov. 
Luzon, Batan Islands; Formosa, in forests 
along the coast, rare in Hunchuen Peninsula 
only. 
Formosa: Koshun, Kuraru, Y. Kudo & S. 
Suzuki 13889 (NTU); Kuraru, B. Hayata & 
Sasaki 13621 (isotype of G. diospyrosifolium 
Hay., photo US). 
Gonocaryum diospyrosifolium Hay. proves to 
be the same as the Philippine G. calleryanum 
(Baill.) Becc. {G. tarlacense Vidal). The plant 
is a common tree in Luzon and is also found 
on the Batan Islands between Luzon and For- 
mosa. In Formosa, it is a rare plant grown 
only in the shore forests of Kuraru, Hun- 
chuen f^eninsula, sometimes on coral rocks. 
Melastomataceae 
1. Astronia ferruginea Elm. Leafl, Philip. 
Bot. 4: 1205, 1911; Merr. in Philip. Jour. 
Sci. 8: Bot. 342, 1913. 
Astronia formosana Kanehira, Formos. Trees 
259, 1917. Syn. nov. 
Astronia pulchra sensu Hay. in Jour. Coll. 
Sci. Tokyo 30(1): 114, 1911; (Mat. FI. 
Formos.), Icon. PI. Formos. 2: 25, 1912; 
non Vidal. 
Astronia cumingiana sensu Kanehira, For- 
mos. Trees rev. ed. 507. f. 469, 1939; non 
Vidal. 
Philippine Islands, from Mindanao to Lu- 
zon; Formosa, in forests, Hunchuen Penin- 
sula, Lutao and Lanyu (Botel Tobago). 
Formosa: South Cape, A. Henry 638 (US); 
Kuskus, Y. Kudo & S. Suzuki 16066 (NTU). 
The Formosan plant is neither a distinct 
species nor referable to either A. pulchra or 
A. cumingiana of the Philippines. The species 
is actually identical with A. ferruginea Elm., 
a more or less common species of the Philip- 
pines. The ferrugineous lepidote inflorescence 
and undersurface of the leaves are very dis- 
tinctive and characteristic of this species. 
Boraginaceae 
1. Cordia cumingiana Vidal, Phan. Cum- 
ing. Philip. 187, 1885, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 
192, 1886. 
