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interiore recurvi semi-rotundati mm. longi \ mm. lati margine liirsuti. 

 Fl 10-15 in involucre inclusi, stamina 1, iilamentis ^ mm. longis, antheris 

 reniformibus basi apiceque 2-lobatis ; bracteis inter stamina laciniatis. 

 Ovariuin longe stipitatum exsertum globosum trilobum, stylis trifidis, segmentis 

 2-ramosis. 



HAD. inter Batakan et Uchitaroko, leg. B. HAYATA et S. SASAKI, Aprili. 

 1917. 



Comparable to some extent to Euphorbia pekinensis, but differs from it 

 by the much smaller form with perfectly entire leaves and denticulate glands 

 on the involucres. 



Urtieacese. 



Ficns LINN. 



Ficus kaukauensis HAYATA sp. nov. Arbor. Kami et ramuli cinereo- 

 rubescentes cicatricibus foliorum rotundatis et cicatricibus stipularum an- 

 nnliformibus remote notati, cortice longitudinaliter rugoso, lenticellis hand 

 manifestis. Folia alterna obovato-oblonga vel oblonga 11-16 cm. longa 6-10 



o o o 



cm. lata apice breve acuminata vel breve cuspidata basi versus extremitatem 

 subito cuneata margine Integra vel subintegra coriacea utraque:glabra, costis 

 venisque supra tenuiter elevatis vel rarius iinpressis subtus distincte elevatis 

 rubro-col oratis venis lateralibus primariis utroque latere costre 7-8 arcuatis 

 sursum furcatis, petiolis *2-'2 cm. longis teretibus glabris supra tenuiter 

 sulcatis ; stipulis caducis ovato-lanceolatis 3 cm. longis 1 cm. latis apice 

 acuniinatissimis basi subtruncatis. Keceptaculum florum galliferorum versus 

 apicem ramorum lateraliter solitariter vel geminatini dispositum depresso- 

 globosum circ. 2 cm. in diametro 14 mm. longum apice plus minus convexum 

 basi depressum circ. lO-costatum fulvescens minute verrucoso-lenticellatum 

 basi bracteis 3 instructum, bracteis brevissimis 1^- mm. longis circ. 3 mm. latis 

 late triangularibus apice subrotundatis vel obtusis ; bracteis circum orem 

 apicis receptaculi semi-rotundatis multis imbricatis'. Flores galliferi longe 

 stipitati vel sessiles ; perianthia subgamophylla ad ovarium arete adnata 

 et id includentia niembranacea. Ovarium oblique obovoideum 1^ mm. longum, 

 stylo laterali ascendenti 1 mm. longo, stiguiate truncate. 

 HAR. Kaukaukei, leg. B. HAYATA, Mai. 1916. 



