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URTICACE2E. 



210. Elatostema membranifolium, nov. sp. 



Suffrutex erectus, ramosissimus, E. lineolati habitu, glaberrimus, ramu- 

 lis 4-quetris, lajvissimis ; folia alterna, subinsequalia, cum basi insequali 

 sessilia, 1| — 2^ poll, longa, acuminatissima (acumine obtuso et integro), 

 tenuiter membranacea, grosse et obtusiuscule crenato-serrata, utrinque laevia 

 et striis destituta, basi irregulari-triplinervia, nervis tenuibus sed eonspicuis, 

 per nervos laterales strictis rectangulares cum costa anastomozantibus ; 

 stipulse minutse. subulato-lineares ; flores minuti, sessiles, capitula (nondum 

 evoluta) parva sessilia in foliorum axil lis v. iisdem opposita formantes ; peri- 

 anthium glabrum. — Tenasserim, (Dr. Brandis) — E. lineolato, Wight, arete 

 affine, absentia striolarum autem tute distinguendum. 



211. Elatostema bulbiferijm, nov. sp. 



Herba monoica v. dioica, erecta, ^ — 1 pedalis, succulenta, simplex v. 

 sub-ramosa, glabra, caulibus teretibus ad internodia bulbiferis ; folia oppo- 

 sita, dimorpha, quorum evoluta obliqua, ovata v. ovato-lanceolata, petiolis 

 vix lin. longis sufFulta, superiora cum basi insBquali subsessilia, 2^ — 3^ poll, 

 longa, grosse serrata, herbacea, breve acuminata, glabra, supra striis albis 

 adnatis obtecta, basi triplinervia, passim nervis nonnuUis adjectis ; folia 

 stipuliformia, lanceolata ad ovato-lanceolata, magis variabilia, \ — J poll, 

 longa, acuta v. obtusa, Integra v. serraturis nonnullis, inferiora vulgo majora ; 

 stipulse minutoe, subulatse ; flores minuti, pedicellati, cymosi ; cymi feminei 

 densiores et pedunculis gracilibus brevioribus suffulti ; masculi laxi, pedun- 

 culo 1 — 2 pollicari suffulti e tuberibus globulosis crassis axillaribus v. in 

 ramulorum furcationibus sitis subvillosis orti ; perianthium glabrum. — Te- 

 7iasserim, Ar7^acan. 



212. Elatostema gibbosum, (Procris giblosa, Wall., Cat. 7273). 

 Herba procumbens, repens, glabrescens, caulibus ascendibus c. semipe- 



dalibus florigeris ; folio alterna, obovato-oblonga ad trapezoideo-oblonga, 

 subobliqua, cum basi oblique-cordata subsessilia, obtusa v. subobtusa, 2 — 3 

 poll, longa, herbacea, grosse rotundato-crenata, supra pilis brevibus albis 

 transverse adnatis adspersa, subtus secus nervos parce pubescentia, basi 3 — 5 — 

 plinervia ; stipulse conspicuse, membranaceae, brunnese, usque ad 3 lin. lon- 

 gse, lanceolatse, acuminatse, persistentes, etiam ese foliorum abortivorum 

 evolutae ; flores masculi majusculi, c. 1 lin. in diametro, subsessiles, in cy- 

 mam parvam pedunculo 1^ — 2 poll, longo pubescente axillari suffultam col- 

 lecti ; perianthium glabrum. — Ifartahan, Tenasserim. — In vicinitate E. cor- 

 nuti ponendum ; an potius generi Pellionice adscribendum ? 



213. DoESTENiA Grifeithiana, nov. sp. (D. sp. Griff. Not. Dicot. 

 403). 



