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longa ; cotyledonibus late rotimdatis | mm. latis totiusquc longis. 



HAB. Kusukusu, Jan. 1912, (frtictus). 



Near P. smilatifolia WEDD., (Hoc)K. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. p. 553). 



Filea taitoensis HAYATA sp. iiov. Herba subsucculcnta 30-60 cm. longa ; 

 caulis crcotus hand ramosus sursum approximatim foliatus glaber. Folia op- 

 posita ovato-laiieeolata vcl oblongoovata interdum valde obliqua rarius sequalia 

 1015 cm. longa 4-6 cm. lata apice subito acuminata caudato-acuminata 

 (acuminibus 2 cm. longis ad summum obtusis falcato-recurvis vcl rectis) basi 

 rotundata obtusa v r el cuncato-obtusa sed ad extremitatem basis semper minute 

 cordata J^-formia obliqua vcl sequalia niargine integra tenuiter cartilagineo- 

 marginata vel grosse undulata 3-nervia, nervis lateralibus cum margine 

 parallelis propc basin acuminis evanesccntibus a margine 6 nim-1 cm. distanti- 

 bus, venulis transverse dispositis grosse rcticulatis, pagiiic supra cystolithis 

 niinutis circ. -J mm. longis vermiformibus (nervis venis vcnulisque exceptis) 

 conspersa, subtus glabra scd ad nervos cystolithis longitudinaliter dispositis 

 conspersa, petiolis cystolithis longitudinaliter dispositis conspersis -}-plo 

 laminam folioruin sequantibus, stipulis axillaribus triangularibus breviori- 

 bus. Flores dioecii. Flores cymosi, cymis paniculiformibus ad axillas 

 folioruin superiorum dispositis cum peduiiculis 5-1 3 cm. longis gracih'bus 

 glabris laxe ramosis ad nodos bracteatis, (bracteis niiuutis late triangularibus 

 ^ mm. longis - mm. latis), pedunculis 3-7 cm. longis rectis erectis ; flores ad 

 nodos glomeratim dispositi brevissime pedicellati glabri, pedicellis circ. | mm. 

 longis glabris apice leviter dilatatis flavis cum flore articulatis. Perianthium 

 glabrum 4-lobatum, tubo obconi(;o | mm. longo totiusque lato, lobis oblongo- 

 linearibus 1^ mm. longis | mm. latis apice obtusissimis apice rotimdatis vel 

 obtusissimis dorso infra apicem plus minus callosis. Stamina 4, ad basin 

 loborum sita, filamentis glabris complanatis linearibus cum lobo oaquilougis 

 f mm. latis membraiiaceis multo fusco-rubro-striatis, autheris H-formibus, 

 loculis basi divaricatis, dorse; infra apicem glandtila singula instructis. 



HAB. Taito : Haroye, leg. Z. KOBAYASHI, Oct. 1907, (No. 6008), fl. J, 

 typus. 



Somewhat comparable with an Indian P. laneifolia HOOK. f. (Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. V. p. 553), but widely different from it in having quite entire and fleshy 



