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tractum, (stigmato scssili infra apicem ovarii latcro sito brevissimc pectinato) 

 rubescens rubro-punctatum, pericarpio coriaceo-crustaceo. Semina ovata 

 utrinque acuta, testa membranacea. Embryo ignotus. 



HAB. Mt. Arisan : inter Heishana et Nimandaira, Mart. 1914, leo\ B. 



7 * & 



HAYATA. 



Near Pilea umbrosa WEDD., but differs from it by the leaves which are 

 usually acute at the base. 



Pilea funkikensis HAYATA sp. nov. Herba subsucculenta altissima 

 erecta aggregatim abundante crescens. Caulis 60-200 cm. altus vel altior 

 glabcr simplex haud ramosus subtetragoiius 4 mm. crassus medio sursum 

 foliatus ereetus. Folia opposita (jugis a se 3-5 cm. remotis) longe petiolata 

 in exsiccato chartacea in vivo crassiuscula elongato-ovato-oblonga vel elongato- 

 oblonga 12-14 cm. longa 4^-5 cm. lata apice breve caudato-acuta (acumini- 

 bus \ cm. longis) basi cuneato-obtusa obtusa vel rotundata margine tenuiter 

 remoteque serrulata (serrulis ascendentibus ab apice ad apicem 5 mm. distanti- 

 bus) trinervia, nervis supra impressis subtus elevatis, pagine supra dense 

 subtus minus dense cystolithis vermiformibus coiispersa, cystolithis ^-f mm. 

 longis, petiolis 3-6 cm. longis glabris, stipulis intra-axillaribus non satis iiotis. 

 Flores dioecii vel moncecii, (si monoecii tune inflorescentise floris foeminei su- 

 periores, inflorescentise floris masculini infcriores). Flores toto cyniosi, cymis 

 axillaribus solitariis vel geminatis. Cynise floris J : quam ese fl. ^ longiores 

 et plus expanses 3-5 cni. longse 2-4 cm. latse sessiles vel breve pedunculatse 

 ramosissimse glabrse ad nodos glomeratini dense floriferse ad nodos bracteatse, 

 bracteis late triangularibus 1 mm. longis 1^ mm. latis apice obtusis basi hand 

 contractis glabris ; flores 10-30 ad nodos glomerati sessiles basi 1-bracteati, 

 bracteis oblongis 1 J mm. longis -| mm. latis vel minoribus apice acutis glabris; 

 alabastrum floris J obovoidcum 1^- mm. latum apice cornibus erectis brev r issi- 

 mis segmentorum breve apiculatum glabrum; apertientes leviter rosei. 

 Perianthium campanulatum, tubo 1 mm. in diametro intus cupulaeformi, 

 4-lobatum, lobis oblongis 1 mm. longis | mm. latis apice minute inflexis tri- 

 angulari-acutis basi haud contractis intus valde concavis extus dorso infra 

 apicem brevissime cornutis, cornibus erectis minutissimis triangulari-acutis ; 

 stamina 4 lobis pcrianthii opposita e basi loborum oriunda, filamentis lineari- 



