63. RCBIACE.E. 93 



Musssenda kotcensis HAYATA (PI. IV.) Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 143. 



MiiKxprnlfi ui'i'i-opLiill" MATSUM. in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XIV. p. 147; 

 Mvrsm. et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. p. 188, (noii WALL). 



Slirubby herb, branches terete, slightly angulate, with pith in the center, 

 leuticels oblong, a few barbate on the nodes, otherwise glabrous. Leaves 

 somewhat larger, membranaceous or thinly cliiirtaceo-membranaceons, oblong 

 or obovate-oblong, 20-24 cm. long 8-10 cm. broad, cuspidate-acuminate at the 

 apex, cuneate-acute at the base, slightly liairy on the costa and reins on 

 both surfaces, otherwise glabrous, lateral veins 9-10 on each side, basal lateral 

 veins diverging with an acute angle and parallel to the margin, medial 

 lateral veins erect-ascending with an angle 40 from the costa, arcuate up- 

 wards, very pale on the lower surface, petioles 5 cm. long, stipules interpetiolar 

 vt-rv broad, 12 mm. broad 8 mm. long, barbate on the outside at the in-rr- 

 tion, smooth but setose on the inside, (seta finger-like, many,) 2-fid at the 

 apex, lobes divergent, margin ciliate and reflexed. Cymes terminal, 10 cm. 

 long as broad ; floral leaves 1 or 2 somewhat larger, whitish membranaceous, 

 ovate- cordate, 11 cm. long, 74 cm. broad, cuspidate-acute at the apex, rounded- 

 cordate at the base or rounded-acute, shortly attenuate at the very base, 

 margin ciliate, scarcely liairy on the costa and veins on both surfaces, other- 

 wise smooth, distinctly 5-nerved, nerves divergent with an acute angle, bracts 

 jxdrnately trilobed, densely liairy outside, scarcely liairy inside, densely hairy 

 on the insertion, central lobe narrowly acute at the apex, larger, 8 mm. long, 

 2 mm. broad, lateral loljes ovate-acute shorter. Calyx densely hairy cylindrical- 

 obconical, 5 mm. long, lobes triangulari-lanc^olate, 8 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, 

 acuminate, densely liairy on the outside, scarcely pubescens on the inside. 

 Corolla-buds cylindi-ical, slightly dilatate and acute at the apex, 5-costate 

 densely hairy on the outside, (hairs 2 nun. long), tube 23 mm. long, inside very 

 densely villosely barbate, glabrous near the base. Limbs of the corolla patent, 

 5-fid, lobes ovate, 5 mm. long, cuspidate-acute at the apex, hairy out- 

 side, glabrous inside, grayish rubeseent in a dried specimen. Stamens inserted 

 on or near the base of the corolla, filaments short, 1] mm. long, anthers 

 linear 5lr mm. long, connectives slightly produced, obtuse at the apex, with an 

 appendage at the apex of the cells, appendages obtuse. Stylo short, 3 mm. 

 long, 4-5-fid at the apex. Disk annular. 



