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tractum, (stigmatc scssili infra apiccm ovarii latcre sito brcvissimc pectiiiato) 

 rtibescens rubro-punctatum, poriearpio coriacco-crustacco. Scmina ovata 

 utrinquc acuta, testa membranacea. Embryo ignotus. 



HAB. Mt. Arisan : inter Heishana ct Nimandaira, Mart. 1914, leg. B. 

 HAYATA. 



Near Pilea umbrosa WEDD., but differs from it by the leaves which are 

 usually acute at the base. 



Pilea funkikensis HAYATA sp. nov. Herba subsucculenta altissima 

 erecta aggregatim abimdante crcscens. Caulis 60-200 cm. altus vel altior 

 glabcr simplex hand rainosus subtetragonus 4 mm. crassus medio sursum 

 foliatus erec-tus. Folia opposita (jngis a so 3-5 cm. rcmotis) longe petiolata 

 in cxsiecato chartacea in vivo crassiuscula elongato-ovato-oblong-a vel elono-ato- 



c 5 O O 



oblonga 12-1 4 em. longa 4|-5 cm. lata apiee breve caudato-acuta (acumini- 

 bus 1 cm. longis) basi cuneato-obtusa obtusa vel rotundata margine tenuiter 

 remoteque serrulata (serrulis ascendentibus ab apic-e ad apiccm 5 mm. distanti- 

 bus) trinervia, nervis .supra impressis subtus elevatis, pagiiie supra dense 

 subtus minus dense cystolithis vermiformibus conspersa, cystolithis ^-f mm. 

 longis, petiolis 3-6 cm. longis glabris, stipulis intra-axillaribus non satis notis. 

 Flores dioecii vel monceeii, (si moncecii tune infloresccntia3 floris foemiiici su- 

 periorcs, inflorescentisc floris masculini inferiores). Flores toto cymosi, cymis 

 axillaribus solitariis vel geniinatis. Cymie floris J : quani ea? fl. ^ longiores 

 et plus expanse 3-5 cm. longo? 2-4 cm. lat?e sessiles vel breve pedunculate 

 ramosissiuise glabriu ad iiodos glomeratini dense floriferaj ad nodos bracteatse, 

 bracteis late triaiigularibus 1 mm. longis 1^- mm. latis apice obtusis basi hand 

 contractis glabris ; flores 10-30 ad iiodos glomcrati sessiles basi 1-bracteati, 

 bracteis oblongis 1-Jmm. longis mm. latis vel minoribus apiee acutis glabris; 

 alabastrum floris J obovoideum 1 mm. latum apice cornibus erectis brcvissi- 

 mis scgmentorum breve apiculatum glabrum ; apertieutes levitcr rosei. 

 Perianthium campaiiulatum, tubo 1 mm. in diamctro intus eupulffiformi, 

 4-lobatum, lobis oblongis 1 mm. longis | mm. latis apice minute inflexis tri- 

 angulari-acutis basi hand eontractis intus valde concavis extus dorso infra 

 apicem brevissime cornutis, cornibus erectis niinutissimis triangulari-acutis ; 

 stamina 4 lobis perianthii opposita e basi loborum oriunda, filamentis lineari- 



