— 133 — 



Willdenow, Sp. PI. IV, 343 (1805) ; Persoon, Syn. PI. II, 556 (1807) ; 

 Weddell in Arch. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. IX, Liv. Ill, 384 (1856) ; Nakai 

 in Bot. Mag. Tokyo, XLI. 513 (1927) ; Handel-Mazzetti, vSymb. Sin. 

 VII, 151 (1929) ; Makino & Nemoto, Fl. Jap. ed. 2, 222 (1931) ; 

 Nemoto, Fl. Jap. Suppl. 145 (1936) ; Satake in Journ. Fac. Sci. Imp. 

 Univ. Tokyo, Sect. Ill, Bot. IV, Pt. 6, 476 (1936). 



Urtica frutescens Thunberg, Fl. Jap. p. 70 (1784). 

 Bazhmeria nivea (non Gaudichaud) Siebold & Zuccarixi in 

 Abh. Mimcli. Akad. IV, Abt. 3, 214 (1846)— Blume in Mus. Bot. Lugd.- 

 Bat. II, 210 (1856) pro parte— Miouel in Ann. Mus.. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 

 Ill, 131 (1867)— Franchet & Savatier, Enum. PI. Jap. I, 439 (1875) 

 — Maximowicz in Mel. Biol. IX, 639 (1876) — Matsumtjra & Hayata, 

 Enum. PI. Formos. 385 (1906)— Matsumura, Ind. PI. Jap. II. -2, 42 

 (1912)— Makino, Iinuma's Somoku Dzusetsu, IV, 1270, PI. 1159 (1912) 

 — Yamamoto, Suppl. Icon. PI. Formos. I, 20 (1925) — Makino & Nemo- 

 to, Fl. Jap. 1063 (1925). 



Boehmeria frutescens var. concolor (non Nakai) Sasaki, Catal. 

 Govern. Herb. 177 (1930). 



Frutex monoicus. Caulis erectus, ramosus, interne glabratus, superne 

 pubescens vel hirsutus. Folia altei'na, laminis ovatis vel ovato-lanceo- 

 latis, apice acuminato-caudatis, basi truncato-obtusis vel rotundatis, 

 trinervibus, usque ad 8-12 cm. longis 5-8 cm. latis, subtus niveo- 

 tomentosis ad nervos g'labratis vel sparse hispidulis, supra subglabris 

 vel sparse hispidulis laevig'atis vel scabriusculis, margine asqualiter 

 crenato-serratis serris acuto-apiculatis, petiolis laminis longioribus vel 

 brevioribus, glabris vel sparse hispidulis. Glomeruli florum d* breve 

 paniculati interne axillares descendentes ; perigonium 4-partitum, parti- 

 bus navicular i-ovatis apiculatis, extus sparse hirsutis, intus ad basin 

 lanatis ; stamina 4 ; pistillum rudimentale obovatum minimum. Glo- 

 meruli florum 9 dense paniculati superne axillares ; perigonium 

 fructiferum ellipsoideum, angustissime complanato marginatum, apice 

 brevissime tubulosum dense hirsutum basi subcuneatum pubescens, ca. 

 1 mm. Ion gum. 



Nora. Jap. Mao, Karavntsi. 



Hab. 

 Quelpaert : circa Saisyu (T. Nakai, n. 1041, Mai. 1913) ; Koro (T. X'akai, 



