48 URTJCACE^E. 



parallelis prope basin acuminis cvancscentibus, norvis supra imprcssis subtus 

 elevatis, pagine supra (nervis excoptis) cystolithis minutissimis -/^-^ mm. longis 

 densissime conspersa subtus toto glabra, petiolis maximis 1^ cm. longis teretibus 

 glabris, stipulis triangularibus minntis axillaribus. Flores dioecii, masculini 

 ignoti. Fl. foeminei cymosi, evmis gracilibus glabris ad folia supcriora axillari- 

 bus pedimculatis cum pcdunculis 3-4 cm. longis ramosis ad nodos glomeratim 

 floratis, ad nodos bracteatis, bractcis triangularibus minutissimis mm. longis 

 obtusis ; flores brcvissimc pedicellati, pediccllis f mm. longis apicc peltato- 

 dilatatis cum flore articulatis, peltis fulvo-flavis ; scgmenta perianthii miiiutissima 

 ignota. Aehrenium fiisco-rubcscens ovatum obliquum complanatum lentiforme 

 utrinque acutum muricatum. Semina conico-ovata apicc acuta basi rotundata com- 

 planata | mm. longa ^f mm. lata, testa mcmbranacca castanca ; albumen paucum ; 

 embryo conico-ovatus cornplanatus -|f mm. longus ^ mm. latus apicc acutus 

 basi rotundatus ; radicula coniformi apicc acuta -^ s mm. longa cotyledones in 

 longitudinc tcquans ; cotyledonibus late rotundatis ^ G 5 mm. longis -/ s mm. latis. 



HAB. Pokupokusha, leg. U. Mom, Jim. 1912. 



Differs from P. kankaoensis HAY., in Jiavimx smaller leaves with much 



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smaller vcrmiformcd cystolithcs on the upper surface. 



Pilea ovatinucula HAYATA sp. nov. Hcrba subsucculenta 40-60 

 cm. longa glaberrima. Caulis erectus rectus sursum foliatus. Folia tenuissinie 

 membranacca ovato-oblonga vel ovato-lanccolata ; mcdioeria 11 cm. longa 

 4cm. lata apice acuminata, acuminibus linearibus 1J r cm. longis 1-2 mm. 

 latis ad summnm obtusis, liasi semper obtusa margiue (basi acumincque 

 intcgro excepto) serrulata, scrrulis asccndentibus obtusis a se 4 mm. reniotis 

 brcvissimis, o-nervia, nervis supra tenuiter imprcssis subtus clevatis, 

 iitraq_uc pagine cystolithis vermiformibus tV~i mm - longis minute cou- 

 spersa, nervis lateralibus medio a margine 8 mm. distantibus cum margine 

 subparallelis usque ad acumineni attingcntibus ct ibi evaiiescentibus, venis 

 venulisquc transverse reticulatis, petiolis 1J 3cm. longis teretibus glabris, 

 stipulis intra-axillaribus triangulari-cuspidatis castaneis mcml^ranaceis. Flores 

 dioecei. FL ^ : spicato-paiiiculati, paniculis axillaribus 10-13 cm. longis 

 glabris gracilibus erectis ramosis, ramis patentissimis ; floribus secus rhachin 

 spicatim glomeratim dispositis, bractcis minutis oblongo-triangularibus' glabris. 



