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longa ; cotyledpnibus late rotimdatis | nini. latis totiusque longis. 



HAB. Kusukusu, Jan. 1912, (fructus). 



Near P. smilacifolia AVEDD., (Hooic. f. Fl. Brit. Intl. V. p. 553). 



Pilea taitOGnsis HAY ATA sp. iiov. Herba subsucculenta 30-60 cm. longa ; 

 caulis crcctns hand ramosus sursum approximatim foliatus glaber. Folia op- 

 posita ovato-lanceolata vel oblongo-ovata interdnm vakle obliqua rarius sequalia 

 10-1 5 em. longa 4-6 em. lata apiec snbito aenminata candato-acumiiiata 

 (aciuninibus 2 cm. longis ad summum obtusis faleato-recnrvis vcl rcctis) basi 

 rotundata obtusa vel cuneato-obtusa sed ad extremitatem basis semper minute 

 eordata J^-formia obliqua vel requalia margine iiitegra tenuitcr cartilaginco- 

 niarginata vel grosse undulata 3-nervia, ncrvis latcralibns cum margine 

 parallelis prope basin acuminis evanescentibus a margine 6 inni-1 em. distanti- 

 bus, vcnulis transverse dispositis grosse reticulatis, pagiiie supra cystolithis 

 miiintis eire. J mm. longis vermiformibus (nervis venis venulisquc exccptis) 

 eonspersa, subtus glabra sed ad nervos cystolithis longitudinaliter dispositis 

 cousjiersa, petiolis cystolithis longitudinaliter dispositis conspersis '|-^-plo 

 laminam foliorum Eequantibus, stipulis axillaribus triangularibus breviori- 

 bus. Floras dioeeii. Florcs J cymosi, cymis paiiiculiformibus ad axillas 

 foliornm snperiorum dispositis cum pechmcnlis 5-13 em. longis gracilibus 

 glabris laxe ramosis ad nodos braeteatis, (bracteis miiintis late triangularibus 

 mm. lougis -^ mm. latis), pedunculis 3-7 cm. longis rectis erectis ; flores ad 

 nodos glomeratim dispositi brevissime pedieellati glabri, pydieellis eirc. | mm. 

 longis glabris apiee leviter dilatatis flavis cum flore articulatis. Perianthium 

 glabruui 4-lobatum, tubo obconieo | mm. lougo totiusque lato, lobis oblongo- 

 liuearibus 1^ mm. longis f mm. latis apiee obtusissimis apiee rotuiidatis vel 

 obtusissimis dorso infra apieeui plus minus eallosis. Stamina 4, ad basin 

 loborum sita, lilamentis glabris complauatis linearibus cum lobo tequilongis 

 | mm. latis membranaceis multo fuseo-rubro-striatis, antheris Jl-formibus, 

 loculis basi divaricatis, dorso infra apicem glandula singula instructis. 



HAB. Taito: Haroye, leg. Z. KOBAYASIII, Got. 1907, (Xo. 6008), fl. J, 

 typus. 



Somewhat comparable with an Indian P. lane/folia HOOK. f. (Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. V. p. 553), but, widely different from it in having quite entire and fleshy 



