EUPHORBIACE.E. 



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petiolata oLlonga obovato- vel ovato-oblonga circ. 8 cm. longa 3 J cm. lata apice 

 caudato-acuminata, cauclis circ. 7 mm. longis, ad summum obtusa margine 

 iutegra basi jilus minus oblique latere uno cuneato-acuta latere uno oLtusa in 

 exsiccato chartacea utraque pagine glabra, costis venis veuulis reticulis venularum 

 utrar[ue pagine tenuiter elevatis distincte visis, venis lateralibus primariis 

 utroque latere costfB 6-7 basi a costa angulo 60° egi-essis basi rectis sursum 

 arcuatis, petiolis 3-5 mm. longis hirsutis intus sulcatis. Flores ignoti. Fruclus 

 axillares sub-penduli solitarii, peduncixlis circ. 2i cm. longis gi-acilibus apice 

 lilus minus dilatatis. Capsula praBmatmu 

 carnosa globosa 13 mm. longa totiusque lata 

 viridis 3-locularis, loculis l-sjjermis. 



Hab. Jlt. Arisan, inter Karapin et 

 Suisharyo, leg. B. Hatata et I. TAUAJiA, 

 Aprili. 1914. 



Difiers from all tlie species of this 

 genus found in the Philippines, as is sug- 

 gested by. 3Ir. E. D. JIeerill of Manila. 

 Jlercnrialis Lixx. 



Mercurialis transmonisonensis 



Hayata sp. nov. (Fig. 75). Herba basi lig- 

 nosa prostrata ad nodos radicifera et ramosa 

 H basi sursum ascendento-erecta eramosa 

 perennis; caules simplices erecti 40-50 cm. 

 longi glabri sub-tetragoni nodosi, internodi- 

 is 5-15 cm. longis. Folia omnia caulina 

 oi)posita lanceolata ovato-Ianceolata mem- 

 bi-anacea 4^-7 cm. longa 1^-2 cm. lata apice 

 acuminata ad summum obtusa acl centrum 

 summorum acuta basi obtusa acuta margine 

 sen-ulata ciliolata, serrulis ascendentibus 

 apice unciformibus interiore reciuvis, inferi- 

 oribus 2 mm. longis, in acumine basique in- 

 tegra supra strigoso-pubescentia subtus sub- 



Fig. 75, Mercuruilis iransmorrison- 

 ensis Hayata.; a, a leaf, natiiraT size ; 

 b, a male flower ; o, a sepal ; <1, a 

 stamen ; e, a female flower ; f, the s.ame, 

 seen from side ; g, tlie same, ovary taken 

 oft, showing starainodes ; h, apical por- 

 tion of stigma ; i, a valve ofacapsule; 

 j, a seed ; k, margin of a leaf. 



