102 EUPHORBIACEjE. 



Near C. indicum ; but differs from it in tlie quite glabrous leaves and 

 racemes. 



Claoxylon indicum HASSK. ; HOOK, f Fl. Brit. Ind. V. p. 410. 

 HAB. Hainan, leg. Z. KATSCMADA, Juli. 1908. 



Ali-Jiornca Sw. 



Alchornea kelungensis HAYATA sp. nov. Frutex ; rami valicli glabri 

 fusco-purpurascentes. Folia alterna Mangulari-cordata triangular i-rotuudata 

 vel cordata 9-12 cm. longa 8-12 cm. lata apice Irreve cuspidato-acuta basi 

 rotundata vel cordata margine remote serrulata, seiTiilis a se 5 mm. distautibus, 

 distincte 3-uervia, nervis a se 30-40 egressis, cbartacea vel tenuiter coriacea 

 basi glandulis 5 notata, glandulis rotuudatis 1 mm. in diametro rubescentibus, 

 pagine supra glabra subtus teuniter liirsuta, petiolis 3-5 cm. longis tenuiter 

 hir&utis, stipulis caducissimis cuspidiformibus 4-5 mm. longis. Flores monoecii 

 spicati, spicis unisexualibus vel bi-sexualibus terminalibus 7-10 cm. longis 

 tenuiter hirsutis. Fl. J ad nodos spicarum glomerati, glomerulis braeteis siugulis 

 iustructis circ. 10-floratis, bracteis triangulari-cuspidatis 2 mm. lougis dorso 

 liirsutis margine ciliolatis, l^racteolis inter flores J multo iusitis lanceolatis 

 1 mm. longis ciliatis, floribus pedicellatis, pedicellis 1-2 mm. longis ; sepala 

 4-5 oblonga 21mm. longa 1.1- mm. lata apice obtusa glabra; stamina 8-10, 

 filamentis glabris basi dilatis connatis patentibus, antheris cordatis 1 mm. 

 longis apice liaud vel vix apiculatis. Fl. ? : ad iiodos spicse solitarii, bracteis 

 singulis friangulari-cuspidiforniibus 3 mm. longis 2| mm. latis apice cuspidatis 

 ciliatis extus liirsutis, l^racteolis duabns miuutis ciliatis instructi, pedicellis 

 incrassatis 1 mm. longis glabris ; sepala 5 triai^gulari-cuspidiformia 24- mm. 

 longa 2 mm. lata apice caudate-acuminate, margiue ciliolata basi plus minus 

 cordata ; ovarium depresso-globosum 2 mm. in diametro tenuiter liirsutum, 

 stylis 3 basi connatis patentissimis divaricatissiuiis. Capsula depresso-glotosa 

 1 cm. lata 8 mm. longa glabra tenuiter 3-sulcata. Seinina complanato- 

 obovoidea apice subtruncata basi obtnsa vel truncata facie cinerasceatia ver. 

 rucosa 7 mm. longa. 



HAB. Kelung, leg. Y. SHIMADA, Juli. 1918. 



Near A. trewloldes BENTH. ; but distinguishable from it in the much 



