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Suffrutex monoicus. Caulis caespitosus, simplex vel ramosus, usque 

 1-2 m. altus, inferne glabratus superne dense canescenti-hispidus. 

 Folia alterna, laminis late ovatis apice acuto-acuminatis, basi rctun- 

 datis vel rotundato-subcordatis, usque 10-12 cm. longis 7-9 cm. latis, 

 supra viridibus subscabridis vel lsevigatis, glabris vel sparse hispidis, 

 subtus niveo-tomentosis praesertim ad nervos patenti-hispidis, margine 

 aequaliter serratis, petiolis dense canescenti-hispidis laminis fere brevio- 

 ribus. Glomeruli riorum d* breve paniculati deorsum axillares ; peri- 

 gonium 4-partitum lobis naviculari-ovatis extus hirsutis intus glabris ; 

 stamina 4 ; pistillum rudimentale minimum obovoideum glabrum. 

 Glomeruli riorum 9 dense paniculati sursum axillares descendentes ; 

 perigonia fructifera compresse ellipsoideum usque 1.5 mm. longa, apice 

 non tubulosa, basi subcuneata, dense hispidula seminibus conformibus 

 lenticulari-ovatis 1 mm. longis. 



Nom. Jap. Namban-fCaramtisi. 



Nom. Kor. Mosi (Quelpasrt). 



Hab. 

 Prov. Zennan : Yakusuitei (T. Nakai, Mai. 1913). 

 Quelpsert : Ins. Hiy6to (T. Nakai, Jun. 1913). 

 Ins. Uturyoto vel Dagelet : Tudo (T. Ishidoya, n. 158, Mai. 1916); 



Taikado (T. Nakai, n. 4244, Jun. 1917). 



D 1 str. China, the Philippines, Indo-China and the Malay Peninsula. 



Commonly cultivated. 



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