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292 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
longi. Sepala ovarium pilosum ani eam lanceolata, acuta. 
Petala viridulo-lutea, exteriora radian 
“ Plant of 3-4 ft. Flowers megane Open, shady 
situations in Bhaitly. pine forests on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat. 27° 15’ N. Alt. ro—1z,000 ft. August 1906.” 
G. Forrest. No. 2847. 
In foliage not unlike H. votundatum, Wall., of Nepal. From 
H. acuminatum, Franch., of the Tali neighbourhood, it differs by 
the hairy leaves with the segments being even more acute, the 
more numerous rays of umbels and umbellules, and the greenish- 
yellow petals. 
URTICACEAE. 
\v Laportea Forrestii, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caulis superne subfiexuosus, pilosulus et stimulis praeditus. 
Foliorum petiolus 3-6 cm. longus, stimulis armatus; lamina 
herbacea, hispida nec non stimulis conspersa, suborbicularis vel 
late ovata, grosse et alte dentata dentibus triangularibus ca. 
o’5-I cm. longis, anguste longeque acuminata, 7-9 cm. longa, 
5-7°5 cm. lata. Pseudoracemi axillares, angustissimi elongati, 
15-20 cm. longi. Flores 2 fasciculati, breviter pedicellati. Tepala 
pilosula. Fructus valde compressus, latissime ovatus inaequil- 
ateralis, ca. 1°5 mm. longus, stylus decurvus. 
“Valleys of Mekong and Yangtse, common in places. Alt. 
5-7000 ft. Yunnan. September 1904.” GG. Forrest. 
No. 520. 
In habit very similar to L. grosse-dentata, Wright, but different 
by having stinging hairs. 
Pilea peperomioides, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caulis (an hypogaeus ?) elongatus crassus, glaber, cinereo- 
fuscus, foliorum pristinorum cicatricibus confertis notatus. Folia 
ad apicem caulis conferta carnosa; petiolus laminae peltatae 
trans basin insertus, 3-6 cm. longus ; stipulae scariosae, fuscae, 
ovatae vel lanceolatae acuminatae acutae, 0°5-1'8 cm. longae 
persistentes ; lamina late elliptica vel fere orbicularis, 4—4°5 cm. 
longa, 4-5 cm. lata, obsoletissime undulato-repanda vel integer- 
rima, cystolithis minutis fusiformibus densissime farcta, nervi 
5-7-ni (sicci) obsoleti. Inflorescentiae efoliatae, pedunculo 7 
cm. longo praeditae, paniculatae, rami subflexuosi, primarii 5-7 
cm. longi, glomeruli ultimi conferti. Bracteae scariosae, + fissae. 
Inflorescentiae ¢ quam? maiores. Flores quam’ multo majores, 
sessiles; perianthium trans medium 4-partitum, ad 3 mm. 
longum, segmenta purpurascentia; stamina 4, filamenta 2 mm. 
longa, antherae latae. Flores ¢ virides minutissimi ; perianthii 
