46 UKTICACE.T;. 



bus glabris 1^ mm. longis quam labo plus minus longioribus in alabastro 

 inflexis, antheris oblongis dorso infra apiccm glandula singula mm. longa 

 rctrorse elev r ata rtibra instructis ; mdimentum ovarii conicum minutissimum. 

 Cymee floris ^ quam cte fl. breviores superiorcs 1-1 J cm. longre totiusque 

 latre sessiles vcl breve pedunculate ; florcs ad iiodos densissirne glomerati ; pcri- 

 aiithium achreniferum 2-4-partitum vel lobatum, segmentis Hnearibus vel 

 quadrangularibus f- mm. longis margine erosis apice truncatis hand cornutis 

 glabris ; rudimeiita staniinis 2 vel 4, filamentis ad millum reductis, antheris 

 abortis scssilibus minutissimis quadrangularibns ^-^ mm. longis. Achteniuui 

 oblongum plus minus obliquum IJmm. longum | mm. latum apice brevissime 

 ct lateque apiculatum ad summum stigmate terminatum basi contraetum acutum 

 brevissime stipitatum biconvexum complanatum Icntiformc l;eve minute rubro- 

 puiiftatum, maturun ignotum ; embryo ignotus. 



HAB. J\It. Arisan : inter Toroven et Fimkiko, leg. B. HAY ATA ct 

 TAKEO ITO, Mart. 1914; Nimandaira, leg. T. SOMA, Jan. 1915. 



Near Plica pctiolaris BLU^IK, but differs from it in having much longer 

 and thicker leaves. 



Pilea kankaoensis HAY ATA sp. nov. Annua. (\iulis 15-25 cm. longus 

 succulentus glaber dcorsum efoliatus sur.su m foliatus 5 nun. in diametro sec- 

 tioiiis. Folia versus apiccm caulis oppositim disposita a se 3-21 cm. distantia 

 longe petiolata ovato-oblonga vcl obovato-oblonga 2^-5 cm. longa l|-2|cm. 

 lata apice caudata ad summum caudte obtusissima basi obtusissima rotundata 

 vel truncata scd ad apicem petioli semper minute cordata .A. formia margine 

 integcrrima crassiuscula plus minus succulcuta supra fusco-viridia plus minus 

 iridescentia supra cystolitJiis vermiformibus |-f mm. longis conspersa subtus in 

 exsiccate- alveoli-forme elcvato-reticulata in vivo hand reticulata glaberrima 

 3 iiervia, nervis in exsiccate supra impressis subtus tenuissime elevatis 

 gracillimis, nervo central! ad acumen ipsum extenso, nervis lateralibus a 

 margine 2-3 mm. distaiitibus margini parallelis sursum gradatim evanescenti- 

 bus, venis transverse dispositis tenuissimis ; pctiolis 2-3 cm. longis teretibus 

 eystolithis conspersis, stipulis intra-axillaribus latere intcriore se connatis 

 late triangularibus apice acutis vcl obtusis 1 mm. longis 2 mm. latis. Flores 

 moncecii corymboso-paniculati ; paniculis ad folia superiora axillaribus cum 



