124. URTICACEE: URTICE X. 483 
5. Elatostema sessile, J. et G. Forster, Char. Gen. p. 106; 
Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. ix. (1856) p. 294; DC. 
Prodr. xvi. 1, p 172; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 563, 
Elatostema pubescens, Pers. Syn. ii. p. 557. 
Procris sessilis, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech, Voy. p. 70. 
Procris australis, Spreng. Syst. iii. p. 846. 
Dorstenia pubescens, G. Forst. Fl. Ins. Austr. Prodr. p. 11. 
Hurrun: Ichang (4. Henry, 2235, 2928, 3266 !), Nanto and 
mountains to northward (4. Henry, 2593, 3266 A!), Patung 
(A. Henry,1791!); Yonnan: Fengchenlin (A. Henry, 11229 !). 
Herb. Kew. 
Extending through Japan and Malaya to the Pacific Islands. 
This species varies much in the texture and serration of the 
leaves. 
6. Elatostema umbellatum, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 
t. 19; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 438, et 1i. p. 493; 
Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 636 (excl. var. majus). 
Elatostema japonicum, Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. ix. (1856) 
p. 315; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 132. 
Procris umbellata, Sieb. et Zucc. in Abh. Akad. Muench. iv. 3, p. 217. 
Pellionia umbellata, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 167. 
Hurts: Patung (A. Henry, 4766 !), Nanto (A. Henry, 6388); 
SzECHUEN : Mount Omei, 3000 feet (Faber, 4421); Yunnan: 
Mengtze (4. Henry, 10501!). Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
The serrations of the leaves of the specimens from Nanto and 
Mount Omei are more numerous and more acute than those from 
Patung. 
7. Elatostema, sp. nov. ?, aff. E. Hookeriano, Wedd., Hance in 
Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 261; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 637. 
KiaNasr : Kiukiang (Moellendorff ex Hance). 
8. Elatostema, sp. nov.?, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 356. 
KwawarUNe: Yeungtin, near the river Lienchau (B.C. Henry 
ex Hance). 
“Very close to E. surculosum, Wight, and perhaps only a 
variety, but the upper leaves are broader, more oblique, and quite 
destitute of the long acumen of that plant."— Hance. 
