196 ART, 19.— 15. HAY ANA : 



'^Flcus Linn. 



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

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

 ing of receptacles and therefore they are not determinable. 



TJrtica Linn. 



Urtica Thunbergiana Sieb. iu Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. 11. p. 214, 

 n. 75G ; DC. Prodr. XVI.-l. p. 55 ; Forbes et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. H. p. 472 ; 

 DiELS, Fl. Centr. Chin. p. 301 ; Matsum". et Hayata, Enum. PI. Fornios. p. 390. 



Urtica diolca Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 09. 



Had. Tappansha, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moiu, Oct. 1906, 

 (No. 1747). 



DiSTEiB. Japan and central China. 



Girardinia Gaud. 



Girardinia heterophylla Dcne. ; DC. Prodr. XYI.-l, p. 100 ; Blume, 

 Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. II. p. 158 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brifc. Ind. V. p. 550. 



* The following Ficus Avas found on the sea shore in the island of Koto. As the j)lant is 

 very remarkable for the smallest size of recej)tacles and the full description of the species was 

 not previously made, I take this occasion to give the following description of the j)lant. 



Ficus vacciuioides Hemsl. et King. (PI. XXXV.), in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.-2, p. 12G, t. 

 15i), A; FoEBES et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. H. p. 468 ; Matsum. et Hayata, Enum. PI. Formos. p. 379. 

 Suffrutices. Piami rexDtuntes vel scandentes graciles ferrugineo-tomentoso-pubescentes remote foliati 

 teretes. Folia subrhombea vel obovata obtusa vel acuta basi rotundix vel subcordata lg-2 cm. 

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

 venulis retictilatis inconspicjiis, margine minute serrulata, jietiolis 2-3 mm. longis, stipulis subu- 

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

 etipitata globosa apice 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, perianthia 4-5 partita, segmentis linearibus, 

 l^urpureo-fuscentibus ; stamina 3-4, filamentis brevioribus. Fl. galliferi ssope longe pedicellati ; 

 ovarium stipitatum. Fl. 9 : breve pedicellati ; perianthia 4-6-i)artita, segmentis piirpureo-fuscenti- 

 bus, subulato-linearibus ; ovarium obovoideum basi contractum, stylo laterali filiformi. 



Had. Kotosho, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Mori, 1907, (No. 2461) ; ibidem, G. Nakahaka, 1905, 

 (No. 974). 



DisTKiB. An endemic, and very local plant. 



This curious and beautiful Finis was found creeping on the walls or roc-ks along the sea 

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

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



