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Linn. Soc. XXVI, 486 (1899) ; Matsumura, Ind. PI. Jap. II.-2, 42 

 (1912) ; Mori, Enum. PI. Corea, 125 (1922) ; Handel-Mazzetti, Symb. 

 Sin. VII, 151 (1929) ; Masamune in Mem. Fac. Sci. Agr. Taihoku 

 Imp. Univ. XI, Bot. n. 4, 158 (1934) ; Satake in Journ. Fac. Sci. Imp. 

 Univ. Tokyo, Sect. Ill, Bot. IV, Pt. 6, 534, f. 154 (1936). 

 Syn. Bcehmeria longispica var. platanifolia Franchet & Savater, I.e. 



II, 497 (1879). 

 Bcehmeria holosericea (non Blume) Nakai, Fl. Korea. II, 198 (1911). 

 Bcehmeria japo7iica var. platanifolia Maximowicz apud Makixo 



& Nemoto, Fl. Jap. 1063 (1925) ; ed. 2, 223 (1931). 

 Bcehmeria Miqueliana Tanaka var. platanifolia HaTSUsiMA in 



Bult. Exper. For. Kyusyu Imp. Univ. V, 55 (1934) ; Nemoto, 



Fl. Jap. Suppl. 145 (1936). 

 Herbacea monoica. Caulis erectus simplex vel ramosus, inferne teres 

 g'labratus leviter vel haud 4-stilcatus, 3-5 mm. in diametro, superne 

 obtuse tetragonus distincte 4-sulcatus pubescens vel subtomentosus, 

 usque 50-100 cm. altus. Folia opposita, pro quaque magnitudine et 

 longitudine sequalia ; laminis late ovatis vel subrotundatis, usque 10-20 

 cm. longis et latis, basi truncato-cuneatis, margine grandi-serratis inter- 

 dum duplicato-serratis, serris falcato-triangularibus 1-2 cm. longis et latis 

 apice acutis fere intus curvatis, apice ssepe profunde duplicato-serratis 

 vel inciso-duplicato-serratis, in sicco interdum tenuibus papyraceis, 

 supra sparse vel densius hispidis, cystolitbis distinctis minutissime 

 punctatis, subtus subglaucis pubescentibus prassertim in nervis primariis 

 patenti-hispidulis ; petiolis gracilibus laminis asquantibus vel breviori- 

 bus. Stipulas lanceolatas 10 mm. longae 2 mm. latae costis extus pilosis. 

 Flores masculi ignoti. Spicse femineae sursum axillares, simplices, 

 interrupte glomeratae, foliis longiores vel breviores, 3-4 mm. crassss. 

 Perigonia fructifera compresse obovoidea, ca. 1.5 mm longa 1mm. 

 lata, plus minus complanato-marginata, apice obtusa breve tubulosa 

 dense hispida, basi subcuneata pubescentia, seminibus lenticulari-ovatis 

 glabris ca. 0.8 mm. longis. 



Nom. Jap. Meyabitmao, Yamaso. 

 Hab. 

 Prov. Zennan : Insl. Kyobunto (T. Nakai n. 11102, Mai. 192S). 

 Prov. Kokai : Insl. Taiseito (T. Nakai n. 12679, Jul. 1929) ; Peninsula 



