482 194. ULTICACEX : URTICER. 
Nearest to P. ambigua, Wedd., which differs in having sessile 
leaves with a semicoirdate base. 
[ Polychroa repens, Lour. Fl. Coch. p. 559, is perhaps a species 
of Pellionia. It is said by Loureiro to be cultivated in China 
and Cochinchina on account of the beauty of its many-coloured 
leaves.] 
1. Elatostema ficoides, Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. 
ix. (1856) p. 306, t. 10; DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 171; Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 563. 
Elatostema Marianne, C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. xv. p. 124. 
Procris ficoidea, Wall. Cat. n. 4635. 
Formosa: Bankinsing mountains (4. Henry, 1617!); YUNNAN: 
Mengtze (Hancock, 415!). Herb. Kew. 
Northern India. 
Dr. A. Henry’s 4169 from Ichang may be a form of this 
species. 
2, Elatostema involucratum, Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. 
i. p. 439, et ii. p. 495; Franch. Pl. David. i. p. 271; So Mokou 
Zoussetz, xx. t. 15. 
Elatostema umbellatum, var. majus, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 637. 
KrawGsI: Kiukiang (David, 879, 752, ex Franchet). 
Japan. 
3. Elatostema lineolatum, var. major, Thw. Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 
p. 260; Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. ix. (1856) p. 312; 
DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 182; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 562. 
Foxen (De Grijs in hb. Hance 6703!); Formosa: Bankinsing 
(A. Henry, 53! 53 A !); Hurrun: Ichang (A. Henry, 2303, 2731 !). 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Ceylon and Southern India. 
It is extremely difficult to separate some of the forms of this 
polymorphic species from Æ. sessile, Forst. 
4. Elatostema platyphyllum, JVedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 
Par. ix. (1856) p. 301; DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 175; Hook. f. Fl. 
Brit. Ind. v. p. 566. 
Formosa: Bankinsing (4. Henry, 154!). Herb. Kew. 
Tropical Himalaya, Khasia mountains, and Naga hills. 
