480 194. URTICACEH: URTIÍCEF. 
20. Pilea, sp. 
Cuextane: Ningpo mountains (Faber, 312!) ; Huren: South 
Patuug (A. Henry, 7295 !). Herb. Kew. 
Allied to P. peltata, Hance, but differing in the basal insertion 
of the petiole. The specimens are in fruit only. 
1. Achudemia japonica, Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Pétersb. xxii. 
p. 241; Mél. Biol. ix. p. 627. 
Huren: Ichang (A. Henry, 2896 !), Nanto (A. Henry, 4461 !); 
Harnan (A. Henry, 8745!). Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
1. Lecanthus Wallichii, Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4™° sér. i. 
p. 187. 
Lecanthus major, Wedd. l. c. ? 
Lecanthus Wightii, Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 559, ex parte. 
Lecanthus peduneularis, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 164, ex parte. 
Procris peduncularis, Wall. Cat. n. 4634; Royle, Illustr. t. 83. fig. 2. 
SzEcHUEN: Mount Omei, 8000 feet (Faber, 432!) ; YUNNAN : 
— Mengtze (A. Henry, 9738, 9738 A). Herb. Kew. 
Northern India. 
This species has sometimes been united with L. Wightii, Wedd., 
from which it can be diagnosed thus :— 
L. Wightii.—A low, weak herb. Female perianth of three 
very unequal segments. 
L. Wallichit.—A more robust herb. Female perianth of four 
subequal segments. 
2. Lecanthus Wightii, Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4™¢ sér. i. p. 187; 
Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. ix. (1856) p. 280, t. 9. fig. C; 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 559, ex parte. 
Lecanthus peduncularis, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 164, ex parte. 
Elatostema ovatum, Wight, Ic. t. 1985? 
Elatostema oppositifolium, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. iii. (1851) p. 179. 
Procris obtusa, Royle, Illustr. t. 83. fig. 3. 
— Yunnan: Mengtze (A. Henry, 9031 !); Kwanetune : Lofau 
mountains (Ford, 108, 326!). Herb. Kew. 
India, from the Himalayas to Ceylon, Java, Tropical Africa. 
1. Pellionia ambigua, Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. ix. 
(1856) p. 285 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 560. 
