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incrassati. Caj'tsuLe H mm. in diametro œquantes clepresso-globosa^ 

 profunde trisulcaUu iiavido-hirsuüp, coccis compresso-carinatis. 

 Semina 2 mm. longa i mm., lata, rubella, acute oblongo-tetragona, 

 transverse irregulariter rugulosa. 



DiSTRiB. In tota America tropica a Florida et Novo Mexico ail Brasiliani 

 raeridionalem ; in Africa tropica occirlentali et oiientali, India orientali 

 omni insulis Sundaicis, Philippinis, China, Formosa et Hougk. 



Hab. Formosa : Taipea. Kluug, leg. T. Making, anno 1896. Tai-tong- 

 thian, Tai-kah-kbœ, Gi-lan-tbian, Toa-o-tsng, leg. K. Miyake, anno 

 1899 ; Tsui-tng-lau, Hokukokei, leg. C. Owatari, anno 1898. Heiig- 

 chhun. Sei-mon, leg. Y. Tashiro, anno 1898. 



Liu-kiu : insula Miynkosima, Okinawa, Yaeyama, leg. Y. Tashiro, anno 

 1887. 



14. E. liypericifolia Linn. (Tab. V. C.) Linn. Sp. 



PI. ed.-2, 650 ; Willd. Sp. PI. II. 895 ; Aiton. Hoit, kew. III. 

 1(31 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 301 ; Hook. Niger Fl. 176 ; Grisebach, 

 Fl. Brit. West. Ind. 54 ; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. XV.-2, 23 ; Maxim. 

 in Mel. Biol. XL 832; Hemsl. in Voy. Challeng. Bot. I.-l. 63, 

 et I.-2, 22 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 249 ; Hemsl. Biol. Cent. 

 America, HI. 96 ; Forbes et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. II. 414. 



E. parviflora Linn.; Boxb. Fl. Ind. IL 472 ; Boiss, in DC. 

 Prodr. XV.-2, 22. 



Nom. Jap. Unrin-nishikiso. 



Caules pubescentes erecti simplices vel parce dicbotome ramosi, 

 rarais tenuibus. Folia brevissime petiolata oblonga vel oblongo- 

 elliptica obtusa vel acutiuscula serrulata, 8-10 mm. longa, 4-5 mm. 

 lata, basi rotundata vel subcordata, stipulée triangulares bifida'. 

 Cymœ axillares pedunculatœ oligocepliabe, tenues folio breviores. 

 Involucra minima, è mm. in diametro œquantia, turbinata extus 

 glabra intus fauce liirtilla, lobis lanceolatis acuminatis integris, 

 glandulis orbicularibus concavis, appendice alba rotundata glandula 



