196 AIÎT. 19. — B. HAY ana: 



^- Fie HS LiXN. 



The plants belonging to this genus are very few in the flora 

 of the hilly regions. The specimens brought to me are all want- 

 ing of receptacles and therefore they are not determinable. 



JJrtica LiNX. 



Urtica Thunbergiana Sieb, iu Sœb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fain. N;it. FT. p. 214, 

 B. 750 ; DC. Prodr. XYI.-l. p. 55 ; Fobbes et Hemsl. lud. Fl. Sin. H. p. 472; 

 DffiLS, Fl. Centr. Cliiii. p. 301 ; Matsuai. et Hayata, Enum. PL Forinos. p. 390. 



Urtica dioica Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 09. 



Hab. Tappansha, leg. T. Kawaka:\ii et U. ^NIoei, Oct. 1900, 

 (No. 1747). 



DiSTEiB. Japan and central China. 



Girard i nia Gaud. 



Girardinia heterophylla I)( xe. ; DC. Prodr. XA'I.-l, p. 100 ; Blume, 

 Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. IL p. 158 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. lud. \. p. 550. 



* Tlie following Fic/us was found on the sea shore in the island of Koto. As the plant is 

 very remarkable for the smallest size of recex^taeles and the fiül description of the species was 

 not xireviously made, I take this occasion to give the following description of the plant. 



Ficus vaccinioides Hemsl. et Ivixa. (PI. XXXV.), in Ann. Bot. Gard. Cale. I.-2, p. 126, t. 

 159, A; FoEBEs et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. H. p. 468 ; Matsum. et Hayata, Entim. PI. Formos. p. 379. 

 Suffriitices. Piami relatantes vel scandentes graciles femigineo-tomentoso-ixibescentes remote foliati 

 teretes. Folia subrhombea Tel obovata obtiisa vel aciita basi rotunda vel sxibcordata I3-2 cm. 

 longa 1 cm.— 8 mm. lata 1-nervia, venis primariis lateralibus utrinqne 3-4 sub angulo 60° egressis, 

 venulis reticulatis inconspicuis, margine minute serrulata, i^etiolis 2-3 mm. longis, stipulis subu- 

 latis 1-nerviis caducis scariosis ferrugineis 3 mm. longis. Eeceptaciila axillaria solitaria breve 

 stipitata globosa ajjice leviter contracta basi rotundata rarius leviter attenuata hirsuta, ore rotundo 

 concavo extus bracteis latioribus clausis et intus bracteis triangularibus vel lanceolatis instructo, 

 basi bracteis 3-4 late ovatis acutis. Fl. J : sessiles, j)erianthia 4-5 j)artita, segmentis linearibus, 

 piirpureo-fuscentibus ; stamina 3-4, filamentis Virevioribus. Fl. galliferi snjpe longe pedicellati ; 

 ovarium stipitatiim. Fl. Ç: breve pedicellati ; perianthia 4-G-partita, segmentis purpureo-fuscenti- 

 bus, subulato-linearibus ; ovariiim obovoideum basi contractiim, stylo laterali filiformi. 



Hab. Kötöshö, leg. T. Kawakaio et U. Moni, 1907, (No. 24G1) ; ibidem, G. Xakauaka, 1905, 

 (Xo. 974). 



DisTEiB. An endemic, and very local plant. 



This curious and beautiful Ficus was found creeping on the walls or rorlcs along the sea 

 shore. It is very remarkable for its smallest form of the receptacles. Gall and male flowers are 

 found mixed in one receptacle, while female flowers are in a different receptacle. 



