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distincte elevatis, tennissimis, petiolis 6-7 cm. longis, brevissime 

 denseqne piibescentibns etiamqne pilosis, stipulis lanceolatis, 12 mm. 

 longis aciiminatis, extns dense intus parce brevissime pubescenti- 

 bus. Flores monœcii, spicati. Spicae J : amentiformes, gracillimae, 

 filiformes, recurvatae, 18 cm. longae, villoso-pnbescentes, pedunculis 

 1 cm. longis, bracteis ovatis f mm. longis, extus dense pilosis, intus 

 glabris, margine ciliatis, floribns secns rhachin hac atque iliac remote 

 glomeratis, bracteis inter flores lanceolatis, 1 mm. longis, ciliatis. Ala- 

 bastrnm floris J : minu turn tetragono-tnrbina tum, ^ mm. in diametro 

 basi articulatum. Spicge floris Ç : graciles 9 cm. longse, pubescentes, 

 pedunculis 1 cm. longis, bracteis ovatis | mm. longis, extus dense 

 pilosis, intus glabris, remote floratis, bracteis latissimis 3J mm. 

 longis, 5 mm. latis, 10-nerviis, extus pubescentibus, intus glabris, 

 10-dentatis, ciliolatis, generaliter 2-florem amplectantibus, floribus 

 altero fertilibus, altero sterilibus, bracteoKs minutis ciliolatis. 

 Perianthium 3-fidum, laciniis ovatis acutis § mm. longis ciliolatis. 

 Ovarium depresso-globosum, 3-lobatum, hirsutum, stylis distinctis, 

 2J mm. longis, prope basin laciniatis, laciniis filiformibus. 



Hab. Alvö : Kotansliö : leg. G. Nakahaea, Sept. 1905, (No. 537). 



Near A. grandis Benth. and A. stipidacea Klotzs., but differs 

 from the former in having leaves which are cuneately cordate at 

 the base, and from the latter in the bracts of female flowers. The 

 leaves of A. çirandh are rounded or obtuse, but never cordate, at 

 the base. 



Acalypha formosana IJayata sp. nov. Sufirutescens. Kami 

 hirsuti, terotes, multi-sulcati, loeves, patento-hirsuti, pilis trans 

 versim patentibus. Folia magna membranacea, longe petiolata 

 globoso-ovata, 23 cm. longa, 15 cm. lata, apice cuspidato-acuta 

 (cuspidibus 2 em. longis, 3 nun. latis, subintegris), basi late rotundata 



