58 URTICACEJE. 



capituli peltiformibus rotundatis 7-8 mm. in diametro supra leviter convexis 

 subtus leviter concavis marginc bracteis exterioribus 5 majoribus linearibus 

 2 mm. longis et interioribus linearibus minoribus ^ mm. longis mtiltis involncratis ; 

 palese inter flores densissime dispositee lineari-spathulatse %- mm. loiiga? 

 ^-^ mm. latse apicc truncats? et dense piloso-setulosse ; flores brevissinie peclicellati, 

 pedicellis -^ mm. longis glabris ; perianthium fl. t minutum $ mm. longum 

 yL mm. latum 3-4-lobatum, lobis linearibus. Ovarium ovoideum \ mm. 

 longum, stigmatc sessile pectinate. 



HAB. Formosa, loco non indieato : Description above given is drawn from 

 premature flowers. It is desirable to repeat the description when perfect 

 materials are collected. Near Elatostcma lineolatum WIGHT, but distinguishable 

 from it in having much thinner leaves and quite glabrous branches. 



Elatostema lineolatum WIGHT var. major THW. ; MATSUM. et 

 HAYATA Enum. PL Formos. p. 384. Herbaceo-suffrutcsceiis 60 cm. altus, ramis 

 et ramulis terctibus fuscentibus densissime brevissiine hirsutis (pilis transverse 

 patentibus vel desccndentibus) sursum foliatis. Folia altcrna obovato-lancco- 

 lata vel oblanceolata membranacea sessilia vel brevissiine petiolata G-10 cm. 

 longa 2-3 cm. lata apicc caudato-acumiiiata (acuminibus 12^- cm. longis basi 

 4 mm. latis ad summum aristato-acumiiiatis) basi plus minus obliqua recto- 

 cuneato-acuminata ad extreniitatem obtusa margine medio deorsum Integra 

 medio sursum grosse serrata, (serris latere superiore 2-3 latcre inferiore 5, 

 triangulari-acutis apice breve cuspidatis), vein's lateralibus primariis utroque 

 latere costte 4-5 a costa angulo acuto egressis, costis venisquc supra planis 

 subtus clevatis, pagine supra pilis liberis f mm. lougis et cystolithis brevissimis 

 - mm. longis vermiformibus conspersa, pagina subtus ad vcnas nervosq_ue pilis 

 liberis hirsuta, petiolis brevissimis 2 mm. lougis adpresse hirsutis vel subnullis, 

 stipulis linearibus 7 mm. longis singulis 1 mm. latis apice acuminatis aristatis 

 hirsutis castaneis niembranaceis extra-axillaribus latere superiore caulis sitis. 

 Flores dioscii. Fl. ^ : ad axillas foliorum fasciculati ; fasciculi solitarii basi 

 bracteis castaneis 3-4 lanceolatis 1-2 mm. longis medio carinatis acuminatis 

 margine ciliatis instruct]' capituli formes peltiformes 6 mm. in diametro bracteis 

 4-5 exterioribus majoribus involucrati, bracteis involucralibus majoribus plus 

 minus connatis late ovatis 2 mm. latis toti usque longis apice obtusis vel acutis 



