58 URTICACE^. 



capituli peltiformibus rotimdatis 7-8 mm. in diametro supra leviter convexis 

 stibtus leviter concavis marginc bracteis exterioribus 5 majoribus linearibus 

 2 mm. longis et interioribus linearibus minoribus ^ mm. longis multis involueratis ; 

 palese inter flores densissime dispositoe lineari-spathulatse ^-*- mm. longae 

 | mm. latae apicc truncatse et dense piloso-setulosse ; flores brevissime pedicellati, 

 pedicellis ^ mm. longis glabris ; perianthiurn fl. ^ minutum ^ mm. longum 

 ^ mm. latum 3-4-lobaturn, lobis linearibus. Ovarium ovoideum \ mm. 

 longum, stigmate sessile pectinate. 



HAB. Formosa, loco non indicate : Description above given is drawn from 

 premature flowers. It is desirable to repeat the description when perfect 

 materials are collected. Xear Elatostcma lineolatum WIGHT, but distinguishable 

 from it in having much thinner leaves and quite glabrous branches. 



Elatostema lineolatum WIGHT var. major THW. ; MATSUM. et 

 HAYATA Enum. PI. Forrnos. p. 384. Herbaceo-sufFrutcscens 60 cm. altus, ramis 

 et ramulis teretibns fuscentibus densissime brevissime hirsutis (pilis transverse 

 patentibus vel descendentibus) sursum foliatis. Folia alterna obovato-lanceo- 

 lata vel oblanceolata membranacea sessilia vel brevissime petiolata 6-10 cm. 

 longa 2-3 cm. lata apice caudato-acuminata (acuminibns 12^- cm. longis basi 

 4mm. latis ad summum aristato-acuminatis) basi plus minus obliqua recto- 

 cuneato-acuminata ad extremitatem obtusa margiue medio deorsuni integra 

 medio sursum grosse serrata, (serris latere superiorc 2-3 latere inferiore 5, 

 triangulari-acutis apice breve cuspidatis), venis lateralibus primariis utroque 

 latere costse 4-5 a costa angulo acute egressis, costis venisque supra planis 

 subtus elevatis, pagine supra pilis liberis f mm. longis et cystolithis brevissimis 

 ^ mm. longis vermiformibus conspersa, pagina subtus ad venas nervosque pilis 

 liberis hirsuta, petiolis brevissimis 2 mm. lougis adpresse hirsutis vel subnullis, 

 stipulis linearibus 7 mm. longis singulis 1 mm. latis apice acuminatis aristatis 

 liirsutis castaneis membranaceis extra-axillaribus latere superiore caulis sitis. 

 Flores dloscii. Fl. ^ : ad axillas foliorum fasciculati ; fasciculi solitarii basi 

 bracteis castaneis 3-4 lanceolatis 1-2 mm. longis medio carinatis acuminatis 

 margine ciliatis instruct]* capituli formes peltiformes 6 mm. in diametro bracteis 

 4-5 exterioribus majoribus involucrati, bracteis involucralibus majoribus plas 

 minus connatis late ovatis 2 mm. latis totiusque longis apice obtusis vel acutis 



