1 yS nALAXOPHORE.i:. EUl-HORBIACE.Ti. 



lirauclies and tlie uaale flovrers being more or less couii)lanate. 



Balanophorese. 

 Balanophora Forst. 



Balanophora momsonicola Hatata sji. nov. Parasitica. Plauta 12- 

 15 cm. alta simplex dioecia cylindrico-teres. Volv^a snbgloLosa fnlvescens. Scapi 

 $ rnliescentes cylindrico-teretes cnm spicis circ. 15 cm. longi, pednncnlo 7cm. 

 longo 8 mm. iu diametro basi 2-3-srpiamato : spica floris $ rnbescens cyliudi-ica 

 circ. 10 cm. longa 2 cm. lata dense florata. Fl. $ : majuscnli apertientes plas 

 qnam lcm. in diametro valde depressi sessiles IJcm. in diametro transvereo 

 l|^cm. in diametro verticali, lobis perianthii inroqnalibus 4-6 late rotundatis 

 vel qnadrangularibus ; anther;B perfecte connatje, loculis numerosis plus cpiam 

 100 in flore singnlo. Fl. -^ : dense spicati, spicis rubescentibns ovato-ellixtsoideis 

 circ. 7cm. longis 32 mm. latis apice obtnsissimis, facie corporibns dense dispositis, 

 corporibus clavato-cnbiformibus 1 J mm. longis 1 mm. latis apicc truucatis basi 

 stipitiformibus basi ovarii numerosis insitis. 



Hab. Mt. Morrison, leg. T. Kawaicami et S. Sasaki. 



Near Balanopliora formosana Hayata, but distingnisliable from it by the 

 ovoid or ellipsoidal spikes of female plants and by the veiy much larger malc 

 flowers with very much more numerous antlier-cells. 



Balanophora mutinoides Hayata Ic. Pl. Formos. III. p. 168, t. 31. 



Balanopliora Kawahamii. 



H.YB. Mt. Arisan: Ximandaira, leg. B. Hay.\ta, JTart. 1914. 



B. mutinoides, B. Kawalcainii are two names given to oue and tlie same 

 species by two difierent anthors. One name shoifld be rendered a synonym of 

 the otlier. Male flowers creera-yellow, female flowers light reddish-pnriile. 



Kuphorbiacese. 



Cijelostemon Blume. 



Cyclostemon karapinense H.vy.ata sp. nov. Arborescens vel frutex. 



Eami graciles cinerascentes longitudinaliter rugulosi, cortice plus minns flsso, 



lenticeHis minutis haud distinctis, ramulis foliiferis gracillimis in exsicciito 



fasco-nigricantibus iiaucissime hirsutis subrectis. Folia alterna remote disposita 



