EUPIIORBIACEARUM ET BUXACEARUM JAPONICARUM. 17 



columna hemisplierica, leviter 8-10-sulcata. Ovarium 4-5-loculare, 

 rarius 6-loculare. Capsula depresso-globosa, leviter 8-sulcata. 



A G. cacumino differt pedunculis pedicellisque florum J 

 longioribus. 



Hab. Formosa : Kelimg, leg. T. Making et C. Owatari, anno 1896. 



2. G. zeylanicum A. Juss.; Muell. Arg. in Linnœa, 

 XXXII. 60 et in DC. Prodr. XV.-2, 281 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. V. 311. 



Nom. Jap. KaJcibano-hanhonohi. 



Rami grabri, foliosi. Folia oblongo-ovata, acuta v. obtusa, basi 

 obtusa, glabra, v. nitida, supra pallidiora, subtus fusca. Stipulée 

 minutée, triangulari-ovatse, acuminatœ, rigidse, arete recurvse, 

 persistentes. Petioli 6 mm. longi. Inflorescentise pedunculatee ; 

 pedunculi 15 mm. longi, spatio circ. 6-7 mm. longo ab axilla 

 remoti. Flores utriusque sexus in quaqua inflorescentia mixti, J 

 longius, Ç brevius pedicellati. Fl. J : sepala oblongo-ovata, 3 J 

 mm. longa, levia. Stamina seepissime 5. Fl. $ : glomerato- 

 fasciculati. Sepala ovata, acuta, levia, 2 mm. longa, interiora 

 angustiora. Ovarium globosum, glabrum, 8-9-loculare ; columna 

 stylaris conica, truncata, apice 5-6-fida. Capsula depresso-globosa, 

 circ. 18-sulcata, ambitu teres, 7 mm. lata, 4 mm. longa. 



DisTRiB. In insula Ceylonia, Banca juxta Sumatra, Borneo, peninsula Indiœ 



orientalis, Formosa, Liu-kiu. 

 Hab. Formosa : Taipea, leg, T. Making et K. Honda, anno 1896. Kelung, 



leg. C. Owatari, anno 1896. In Tai-tong-thian, Ka-leng-oan, leg. K. 



Miyake, anno 1899. 

 Liu-kiu : Yontanzan, leg. J. Matsumura, anno 1897. 



3. G. hirsutum Muell. Arg. (Tab. II. D.) Muell. 



Arg. in Linnœa, XXXIL 61 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 311. 



