Drets—URrrTICACEAE. 293 
segmenta 3 inaequalia, vix 0°5 mm. longa; I maius cucullato- 
cymbiforme, 2 minora; ovarium compresso-ovoideum subinae- 
quilaterale, stigma sessile, breve, penicillatum; staminodia 
a 
“Plant of 3-4 inches. Flowers green, minute, foliage 
succulent. Shady situations on humus-covered boulders on the 
eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’N. Alt. 8-gooo ft. 
July-August 1906.’’ G. Forrest. No. 4667. 
“Plant of 3-9 inches. Foliage succulent, flowers pale, 
yellowish-green. On ledges of cliffs and humus-covered boulders. 
Extremely local. One of the side valleys of the eastern flank of 
the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 7-8000 ft. July 1910.” 
G. Forrest. No. 7190. 
This is widely different from the only other species with peltate 
leaves, P. peltata, Hance, from the West-River, prov. Canton, 
by its stouter habit, the persistent stipules, the succulent entire 
leaves, the long peduncled inflorescence. 
‘°° Morus longistylus, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Frutex 1°5-3'5 m. altus, Rami cortice cinereo-fusco praediti, 
ramulos in tempore florendi breves gignentes. Folia (nondum 
matura) petiolata, supra brevissime puberula subtus praecipue 
ad nervos pilosula, oblique ovata, acuminata, serrata serraturis 
saepe mucronulatis. Stipulae pallide fuscae dorso puberulae 
lanceolatae.- Spicae ¢ pedunculo circ. 1 cm. longo praeditae, 
ipsae 1-2 cm. longae; sepala late elliptica, extus pilosa vel 
glabrescentia, concava, marginibus involuta, 2°5-3 mm. longa ; 
stamina 3°5-4 mm. longa. Spicae ? breves subcapitiformes, ped- 
unculo circ. 0°5 cm. longo praeditae, tepala 4 late ovata vel 
suborbicularia, valde concava, subglabra 1°5 mm. longa. Styli 
glabri longe (3-3'5 mm.) connati, superne (circ. 2 mm.) liberi 
papillosi. 
“Shrub of 5-12 ft. Flowers yellowish-green. Moist, open 
situations amongst scrub in side valleys on the eastern flank of 
the Tali Range. Lat.25°40’N. Alt. 7—8000 ft. August 1906.” 
G. Forrest. No. 4672. 
Allied to Morus indica, Linn., but distinct by the less acumin- 
ate leaves, which are very slightly hairy. The tepals of the ¢ are 
broadly elliptical, those of the 2 not carinate, the styles not 
hairy as in M. indica 
A similar plant, having the foliage more developed and the ¢ 
spikes larger, is represented in the ¢ state only. 
hrub of 8-20 ft. Flowers yellowish-green. Shady thickets 
of side _ valleys on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 
25° 40’ N. Alt. 8-gooo ft. June-July 1906.” G. Forrest. 
No. 4669. 
