46 URTICACK.E. 



bus glabris 1 mm. longis quarn labo plus minus longioribus in alabastro 

 inflexis, antheris oblongis dorso infra apiceni glandula singula - mm. longa 

 retrorse elevata rubra instructis; rudiinentum ovarii conicum minutissimum. 

 Cymse floris ^ quam eae fl. breviores superiorcs 1-1 g- cm. longse totiusque 

 latse sessiles vcl breve pedunculatse ; floras ad nodos densissime glomerati ; peri- 

 anthium achseniferum 2-4-partitum vel lobatum, segmentis linearibus vel 

 quadrangularibus f- mm. longis marginc erosis apice truncatis hand cornutis 

 glabris ; rudimenta staminis 2 vel 4, filamentis ad nullum reduetis, antheris 

 abortis sessilibus minutissimis quadrangularibus r 1 ^-^ mm. longis. Achsenium 

 oblongum plus minus obliquum 1 J mm. longum mm. latum apice brevissime 

 et lateque apiculatum ad summum stigmate terminatum basi coiitractum acutum 

 brevissime stipitatuni biconvexum complanatum lentiforme Ifeve minute rubro- 

 punctatum, maturun igiiotum ; embryo ignotus. 



HAB. Mt. Arisan : inter Toroyen et Funkiko, leg. B. HAY ATA et 

 TAKEO ITO, Mart. 1914; Nimandaira, leg. T. SOMA, Jan. 1915. 



Near Pilea petiolaris BLU^IE, but differs from it in having much longer 

 and thicker leaves. 



Pilea kankaoensis HAYATA sp. nov. Annua. Caulis 15-25 cm. longus 

 succulcnttis glaber deorsum efoliatus sursum foliatus 5 mm. in diametro sec- 

 tionis. Folia versus apiceni caulis oppositim disposita a se 3-21 cm. distantia 

 longe petiolata ovato-oblonga vel obovato-oblonga 2^-5 cm. longa l|-2|-cm. 

 lata apice caudata ad summum caudse obtusissima basi obtusissima rotundata 

 vel truncata sed ad apicem petioli semper minute cordata jL.-formia margiue 

 integerrima crassiuscula plus minus succulenta supra fusco-viridia plus minus 

 iridescentia supra cystolithis vermiformibus ^-f mm. longis conspersa subtus in 

 exsiccato alveoli-forme elevato-reticulata in vivo hand reticulata glaberrima 

 3-nervia, nervis in exsiccato supra impressis subtus tenuissime elevatis 

 gracillimis, ncrvo centrali ad acumen ipsum extenso, nervis kteralibus a 

 margine 2-3 mm. distantibus margini parallelis sursum gradatim evanescenti- 

 bus, venis transverse dispositis tenuissimis ; petiolis 2-3 cm. longis teretibus 

 cystolithis conspersis, stipulis intra-axillaribus latere interiore se connatis 

 late triangularibus apice acutis vel obtusis 1 mm. longis 2 mm. latis. Flores 

 monoecii corymboso-paniculati ; paiiiculis ad folia superiora axillaribus cum 



