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2^ mm. longis IJ mm. latis apico ciliatis. Flores ad receptacnlum 

 sessiles vel brevissime pedicellati, infra perianthinm articnlati. 

 Perianthium 4 -parti tum, segmcntis obovatis, hyalinis apice viride 

 coloratis infra apicem ealloso-apiculatis, 2 mm. longis, 1 mm. latis. 

 Stamina 4, segmentis perianthii opposita, tilamentis expansis, (in ala- 

 bastro inflexis), antheris albis oblongis 1 mm. longis. Endimentum 

 ovarii 0. 



Hab. Randaizan, leg. B. Hayata et U. Mori, Aug. 1908. 



Very near Fellionia racUcans, from which the present plant is 

 distinguishable by obovate leaves with a nearly truncate and o- 

 lobulate apex. 



Bœhnieria Jacq. 



Bœhmeria spicata Thunb. var. duploserrata C. H. Wright in 

 Forbes et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. II. p. 488. 



Hab. Nantö : Nankökei, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Mori, (No. 

 3389), 1908, Juli. 



Distrib. Chekiang. 



Bœhmeria formosana Hayata sp. nov. Caules graciles tetra- 

 goiii in sectione, (angulis obtusis), sulcati, glabri, fuscentes. Folia 

 opposita vel subalterna, petiolata, stipulata, oblonge -ovata, 9 cm. 

 longa, 4J cm. lata, apice acuta, vel acuminata, basi obtusa vel 

 rotundata, trinervia, utrinque scaberula, venulis reticulatis impressis, 

 margine serrata, (sen is acutis ascendentibus), ima basi intégra, 

 petiolis gracilibus 2-3 cm. longis, stipulis acuminatis 1-nerviis G mm. 

 longis, basi 1 J mm. latis. Spicœ monopciœ, axillares, solitariœ, 

 8-0 cm. kmga3, sursum flores masculines deorsum flores fœmineos 

 gerentes, floribus ad nodos rhachis spica3 glomerulatis. FI. 



